Ebay Yoshimura exhaust- was it worth the price?

I have seen them go on eBay for twice of what they were when they were new. I paid $175 + post to Hawaii, for mine new in mid 1979.

otakar wrote:

MAC did not do any changes until they took over the design in the late 90s or so and put their name on it. All the Yoshi's had the centered collector and lost the center stand.

Gotcha. I love losing the center stand, gives me a reason to buy a stand and put spools on my swingy. Oil changes are gonna be a bitch, but oh well, price you pay for a cool exhaust.

Just make sure that you have plenty exhaust gaskets on hand.

Oh I'm sure Jeff will be happy to keep me supplied!

That seems like a complete steal. I paid about $300 for mine and thought that was good.

Otakar - don't mean to hijack the thread but what can you tell me about this pipe? Series I or II? Is there a nameplate available for these?

79MKII wrote:

That seems like a complete steal. I paid about $300 for mine and thought that was good.

Otakar - don't mean to hijack the thread but what can you tell me about this pipe? Series I or II? Is there a nameplate available for these?

This is a series I Drag Pipe. The name plate was a STICKER. I posted this on another thread but I think it is pertinent enough to post here.

I just got off the phone with MAC. They used to make ALL THREE of the Yoshimura pipes. Series I, II, III. They are now just coming out with a New competition pipe which is going to be like the Yoshimura series III. They will be about the only US company making 4-1 exhausts for our bikes in the US. All others are discontinuing the vintage bike lines. I asked him about the Yoshimura series I pipe and if he could reproduce it. He stated it was designed strictly for drag racing and the Daytona record runs back in 1973. The MAC megaphone pipe will be the option for the now discontinued Kerker. Mac makes a replacement baffle for the Kerker pipe for $39. The postage to Canada for the Baffle would be $39 priority mail because it is over 4#.

I have a used Series II of the bike that I can take a picture of and post. I will start a new thread for Yoshimura/MAC exhaust systems and quit hijacking this poor guys thread.

otakar wrote:

79MKII wrote:

That seems like a complete steal. I paid about $300 for mine and thought that was good.

Otakar - don't mean to hijack the thread but what can you tell me about this pipe? Series I or II? Is there a nameplate available for these?

This is a series I Drag Pipe. The name plate was a STICKER. I posted this on another thread but I think it is pertinent enough to post here.

I just got off the phone with MAC. They used to make ALL THREE of the Yoshimura pipes. Series I, II, III. They are now just coming out with a New competition pipe which is going to be like the Yoshimura series III. They will be about the only US company making 4-1 exhausts for our bikes in the US. All others are discontinuing the vintage bike lines. I asked him about the Yoshimura series I pipe and if he could reproduce it. He stated it was designed strictly for drag racing and the Daytona record runs back in 1973. The MAC megaphone pipe will be the option for the now discontinued Kerker. Mac makes a replacement baffle for the Kerker pipe for $39. The postage to Canada for the Baffle would be $39 priority mail because it is over 4#.

I have a used Series II of the bike that I can take a picture of and post. I will start a new thread for Yoshimura/MAC exhaust systems and quit hijacking this poor guys thread.

Hijack away otakar! This is good info!

Great stuff here. However I can honestly say I never saw a Yosh pipe on a dragbike. Not enough clearance, which is why Denco,RC,Jardine,Hooker,V&H,Murray( with the exception of the double whack x-pipe) all went to sidewinder style.

Still a classic pipe that works very well and looks great.Would love to have a series 1 for my MKll.That or one of Lang Hindle's originals from the 70's which were a welded together version of the Yosh .

I've started the new thread.

porchev914 wrote:

this one is better:

you suck! :laugh: nice header!

"You suck nice pipe"????? :ohmy:

he sucks for finding the holy grail of headers for that price,nice header.guess i could of worded differantly! :blink: :laugh: