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z1100r:

 Another nightmare problem. The new exhausts I bought 10 years ago have a major manufacturing fault. The first bend by the head isn't bent enough on no3 cylinder.
It stands out a mile when all pipes are bolted to the head. All the other pipes sit pretty close to the rear mounting and the rear connecting pipes line up on the left pipes. On the right pipes 3 and 4 they are half the hole out on the connecting pipes and no 3 is hangin well below its mounting hole and too far forward. I could easoily fix it with a bit of heat but that would screw the chrome. I dont know what to do..!! what a pain.

K2-K6:
Are they mounted onto spiggots at the head? if so could you make up a bespoke one to re-align the pipe to get a better fit.

It looks really good though, a very nice bike.

Bryanj:
Have you got it the correct side of the side stand flange/bracket as it doesn't go where you think it ought to!

z1100r:
Its the righthand side Bryan - the side you can see in the above pic. All is fine as they hang loose but when you do the engine flanges up the inner lower (no.3) drops and pulls forward dramatically. You can see whats going wrong at the front. No3 pipe sticks up and out alot more than the others - like its got 3 or 4 sealing washers in the head and the others  have none.

 I had a go at it last night and it just about fits now. I had to seriously bend the tight bend in the header some more. I've put a small ding in it on the inside but the pipe would need re-chroming otherwise and I haven't got time for that. Got some more fiddling to do with it tonight. I used a 6ft Jemmy bar down the header pipe by grinding the end down to fit in the pipe. Worked really well. I think I'm going to have a go at No1 pipe aswell...that was a bloody tight fit and needed the bracket altering alot. I've blamed the brackets for the poor fit on the left but on the right its definately a very poorly made pipe.

I remember buying and fitting a set of these in the early 90's...I just bolted them on..no issues. I bought a secondhand set of K3 pipes in the eighties - straight bolt on no probs. I've bought numerous aftermarket pipes, Motad etc, and its always been a lot of pissing about. Well these pipes are like that, like someones had a bloody good go but their quality control is non existant. Just like trying to bolt on an ill fitting Aftermarket pipe. I hadn't expected that, I thought I was buying genuine Honda parts....!!! I've lost faith in DS alot doing this bike.

SteveD CB500K0:
If you're going to screw the chrome, now's the time to do it (when its clean)

It surely can't cost that much to rechrome one header?

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