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    Individual headers...

    How do we feel about individual, 4 into 4 headers??

    I'm putting together a picture of where I want to go with my 1100E and I like the idea of individual pipes, maybe some sweeping/curving in them, with a slashed pipe-end.

    What say you all...?

    #2
    posted the same 'feeling' some weeks ago. Even had a shop give me a price estimate. It is possible but it is costly...

    38 mm outer diameter pipe (34 mm inner diameter) stainless steel
    the 'brushed' aluminium look
    exactly bent to match the current 'curves' of the original headers...

    still in love with the idea, but one header pipe costs as much as the two new
    Marving mufflers, so I didn't go for it...yet...

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      #3
      Stainless would definitely be more expensive than a milder steel.

      See if you can find a shop/guy that deals with ceramic coatings as the guy I've been talking with reckons there's a process out there that can leave them with a finish "like polished aluminium".

      Next time I see him, I'll ask more questions about it and try come back here with anything I find out.

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        #4
        A very Honda idea. Looks amazing. I'd love to find a cheap (er) 6-6 for my CBX

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          #5
          Originally posted by still_bluenoser View Post
          A very Honda idea.
          Yeah? I was thinking more like the way the custom choppers can have one pipe for each port. I'll have to look up some Honda pic's to see what they look like. Ta

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            #6
            I love it although I went 2 to 1 on my 450.

            Mainly I just want to show you what the ceramic coating looks like, and this is just mild steel with the ceramic coating:









            It will darken up a little with use apparently but I haven't used it yet aside from the first short run...

            Hope that helps as far as finish goes...
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            1984 GSX750S Katana 7/11 - Kit Kat - BOTM May 2020

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              #7
              Thanks Pete!! That's a lovely finish. Something very silky about it...

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by HatchA74 View Post
                  Thanks Pete!! That's a lovely finish. Something very silky about it...
                  No probs Hatch, and yeah I'm really happy with that finish, I specifically didn't want chrome this time around...

                  Blue noser... mmmm...
                  1982 GS450E - The Wee Beastie
                  1984 GSX750S Katana 7/11 - Kit Kat - BOTM May 2020

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                  450 Refresh thread: https://www.thegsresources.com/_foru...-GS450-Refresh

                  Katana 7/11 thread: http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...84-Katana-7-11

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by still_bluenoser View Post
                    I'd love to find a cheap (er) 6-6 for my CBX
                    In that case, you probably don't want this one.











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                      #11
                      That's the most... err... interesting? use of a CBX 6 I've ever seen...
                      1982 GS450E - The Wee Beastie
                      1984 GSX750S Katana 7/11 - Kit Kat - BOTM May 2020

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                      Katana 7/11 thread: http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...84-Katana-7-11

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                        #12
                        somebody save that poor engine....

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