Cobra C4 exhaust on Kat 1100

[John Kat]

Has anyone ever seen the 4 into 1 exhaust manufactured by Cobra for the 1100 Kat.
I'd like to see pictures before buying....
I don't understand all the german but apparently the header is made out of inox steel?

http://www.cobraexhaust.de/cobra-exhaust-systems/suzuki/gsx-1100-750-katana/barracuda-duplex-gsx1100-gsx750-katana-4-1-alu.html

[Billy Ricks]

Good find, they look like they should be great. High dollar but with few new pipes to pick from anymore any source is better than none.

[tatu]

Has anyone ever seen the 4 into 1 exhaust manufactured by Cobra for the 1100 Kat.
I'd like to see pictures before buying....
I don't understand all the german but apparently the header is made out of inox steel?
http://www.cobraexhaust.de/cobra-exh...a-4-1-alu.html

Inox steel = Stainless steel

[hampshirehog]

They're well made - the equal of all the other decent 'off the shelf' aftermarket pipes. The stainless is proper stainless - not what the Japanese call stainless that isn't.

[John Kat]

Great, but would you have a picture?
I'm concerned about ground clearance...
Thanks for correcting me on the "stainless"
An advantage I see on the stainless exhausts is that you can modify them by cutting and rewelding as opposed to the "chrome" versions.

[hampshirehog]

One on this thread attached to an EFE (scroll down):

http://forum.oldskoolsuzuki.info/cgi-bin/Yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1173294015/134

Might give you a hint.

Edit: And one here on a Kat:

http://forum.oldskoolsuzuki.info/cgi-bin/Yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1284621867/9

[John Kat]

Many thanks Hampshirehog
I can't believe the quality of the job done on the Kat you've pointed me to...
For the Cobra exhaust it does seem a little low?

had a Cobra exhaust on my GSX (not from Exactrep).. the downtubes sold to me were also listed for GSX-R models.. so this means as the GSX engine isn't as tall that the collector isn't a snugly a fit as it could possible be.. in fact I found the gap so annoying I decided to cut the tubes up and have them rewelded so the collector would sit closer to the sump..
apart from this the quality of the exhaust is really good and will last forever..

on my kat I had a Mac exhaust.. not stainless steel so nowhere as durable but much lighter in weight though.. the fit was spot on although the workmanship wasn't as good as with the Cobra system.. the Mac muffler is crap though (made my own instead..)

Is it true that the GSXR headers will fit the GSX 1100?
If so I may prefer to use a 4 into 2 into 1 design to enhance ground clearance...
I believe the old Hindle header worked this way?