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In the op there is a pick of the bike with a 4-1 cut off just after the collector. I suspect it woul be much easier to get the engine to run with that way than with short individual pipes. I'm sure with enough experimentation that the bike can be made rideable with pods and short open pipes, but as others have said, it will be significantly down on power and throttle response is likely to be very compromised. If you are determined to go with your plan, spend some time reading threads around here. You can search "pods" and "open exhaust" and "open pipes". CV carbs are especially difficult to set up in such a build, some mechanical slide carbs might make thins easier.
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Performance and big power are not likely on the op's short list of priorities. He's after a particular style. Instead of pissing on his dream, maybe we could offer some sage advice on how he can get at least close to where he wants to be.
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davido wrote: ....... Race bikes have a minimal baffle and noisy they may be but they run like stink!
But they do not simply chop off the pipes with a hacksaw and lose the proper scavenging effect, backpressure, and length required to increase power and prevent valve damage. Ed
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So my sage advice (2 cents worth, anyway) is that he should buy another exhaust system and not cut it off. Assuming he wants a bike that runs reasonably well I sincerely believe that will get him closer to where he wants to be. Ed
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It is what it is.
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Did I miss a caveat? Come on people,lets try and get this bloke on the road. Surely thats what it all about.
( Weird George? I dont know anything about the guy or his history here. I pulled my carbs, disconnected everything without taking pictures. When it came to putting it all together again I had no idea what went where. I found a picture on his website that showed where everything goes.If he was a twat and fucked people over,ok,not cool but his picture enabled me to put my carbs together.Simple as that.)
So, in short,can we not put our positive underpants on tomorrow and try and help this guy????
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this site is not "friendly" to people who want to build a custom or something that is not a near resto.
pretty sad really,
so i get what i can get from this site and seek what i can't get from this site elsewhere.
guess what happens when people start hanging out on other forums???
they quit returning to this one and it dies.
so maybe next time someone puts up a build you may not care for,
either help the guy out or keep your "thinly veiled" negative comments to yourself.
seems pretty simple.
leon
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Just ignore all the haters Welcome to KZR
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it's a shame because they could prolly at least turn some of the resto guys onto some stock parts they won't be using.
maybe share some knowledge they learn along the way.
but after having there dreams dashed and told that their bike will never run again i can't blame them for moving on.
our loss ,
leon
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