This 1975 Honda CB550 belongs to a friend's dad, who bought it new.
His dad wants to get it running again, as it has been sitting in his parent's basement for over 20 years, but was running when he parked it.
We are going to do the usual, oil change, valve adjustment, new tires and tubes, chain, carb cleaning and sync, front brake pads and lines, MC rebuild, fork seals(even though they arw not leaking now), etc
My question is; he wants an aftermarket full exhaust for it, preferably 2 into 1 on each side, so a 4 into 2 header with 2 mufflers. One of the stock mufflers is broken through at the midpipe(and he doesn't want to replace it with another stock pipe), so, what to buy?
I haven't had a chance to search, but I'm thinking V&H or Kerker??
Anyone know of if and where any aftermarket exhaust for these may be available, new or used?
A jet kit would be nice too, but I can buy individual pilots and mains if need be.
I know a few of you guys know these oldies pretty well. Maybe Wuzza?
Otherwise, this bike is in really good shape, aside from a little surface rust on the chrome. It needs a seat cover and a good cleaning too as you can see, but only has 13k miles on it.
I see clean originals like it selling for $5-$6k, even though he has no plans to get rid of it.
Thanks for any leads on parts.
His dad wants to get it running again, as it has been sitting in his parent's basement for over 20 years, but was running when he parked it.
We are going to do the usual, oil change, valve adjustment, new tires and tubes, chain, carb cleaning and sync, front brake pads and lines, MC rebuild, fork seals(even though they arw not leaking now), etc
My question is; he wants an aftermarket full exhaust for it, preferably 2 into 1 on each side, so a 4 into 2 header with 2 mufflers. One of the stock mufflers is broken through at the midpipe(and he doesn't want to replace it with another stock pipe), so, what to buy?
I haven't had a chance to search, but I'm thinking V&H or Kerker??
Anyone know of if and where any aftermarket exhaust for these may be available, new or used?
A jet kit would be nice too, but I can buy individual pilots and mains if need be.
I know a few of you guys know these oldies pretty well. Maybe Wuzza?
Otherwise, this bike is in really good shape, aside from a little surface rust on the chrome. It needs a seat cover and a good cleaning too as you can see, but only has 13k miles on it.
I see clean originals like it selling for $5-$6k, even though he has no plans to get rid of it.
Thanks for any leads on parts.