Need Ideas: Custom Exhaust

I have a 1980 KZ1000 LTD Bobber with the stock 4 to 2 Jardine pipes. I am wanting to get custom pipes fabricated for it that are shorter and possibly turnouts. I feel that the stock pipes are too long for the bobber look I have going on this bike. Also, these custom pipes will be wrapped in black exhaust tape/wrap.

Would appreciate any assistance with ideas or also pictures that I could use as an example. Thank you in advance.

Unfortunatly I have no advise about the custom exhaust, but I must say that I am a fan of the wrapped header look. I also like the Kerker look, but have had thoughts of buying a used header, wrapping it and attaching some kind of different muffler or custom pipe. So count me in with KZBobber on this one. What do you guys have?

KZBobber...I'm in the exact same boat. Except right now all 4 pipes are chopped at the headers. I'm looking to add on a little length and also get some sort of turn out. But, I want to make sure that I have the appropriate back pressure too. Anyone have any experience?

MAC has custom turnout exhaust system for our bikes.

4 into 2 Chrome Exhaust with Turn Out Mufflers - KZ 900 & KZ 1000 all
Part Number: 002-0608
Price: 399.50

Those are perfect....I'll have to check out the pricing. Thanks for the info.

$399 retail. And YES it includes the headers.

KZR's resident MAC salesman hard at work!! :woohoo:

Yah- I wish I had something out of it. :laugh:

KZBobber wrote:

I have a 1980 KZ1000 LTD Bobber with the stock 4 to 2 Jardine pipes. I am wanting to get custom pipes fabricated for it that are shorter and possibly turnouts. I feel that the stock pipes are too long for the bobber look I have going on this bike. Also, these custom pipes will be wrapped in black exhaust tape/wrap.

Would appreciate any assistance with ideas or also pictures that I could use as an example. Thank you in advance.

Here's a repair/custom fabrication with good technical info.

www.cyclemadness.com/cmforum/index.php?topic=169.0

Yet more about exhaust header pipe dent removal, including the following excerpts:

timebomb33 wrote:

find a ball bearing that is just abit smaller than the inside diameter braze a chunk of wire rope to it and then pull it down to the crushed part of the pipe then heat the pipe up until it is red hot at the crushed part then pull the bearing thru it repeat on the next headers it will work very well keep the pipe red hot while your doing it.

timebomb33 wrote:

try the ball bearing trick it works awesome i've never seen anything even come close.

Click here > KZr thread

Am still gun-shy about heating a plugged pipe to cherry-red. Seems too much like a pipe-bomb that might explode by bursting out somewhere else besides one of the plugged ends. :ohmy:
Just call me Chicken. :laugh:

Good Fortune!

Does anyone know what the stock exhaust on the KZ650 is made of? I'm planning on welding on some custom pipes, but I'm not sure if the stock exhaust is made of stainless steel or just chrome plated steel. Has anyone had any experience welding on their own exhaust...if so, did you have any trouble bonding whatever metal type you used? Thanks!

It's definitely just chrome plated steel.