Making custom pipes for kz550?

SO, for anybody who read my latest post about my nightmare - I mean KZ550, you'll know i had issues with it. NONE THE LESS, I GOT HER RUNNING. Turns out it was the valves, they weren't all opening.

Back on topic - I got the stock pipes for this bike, but they're old and rusty and scratched etc. A few years back I went to what here we call a 'hay day' where people donate stuff and the money goes to paying stuff for the hospital. Anyhom I bought some MINT MINT vance and hines exhausts for 10$!! (crazy right?) The exhausts are for twins, not too sure what bike all i used them for was hanging on the wall in my basement. I thought about this, i feel a lot of hate and insults coming this way, but it's the internet can't hurt?

I was thinking of cutting the "header" part of the v&h and putting them on the headers of my KZ. Not just for sound or anything just so i don't need to buy new exhausts..

If you're going to bit-- and complain for chopping up v&h pipes don't comment, i just want to know if you guys ever done something similar or have any experience doing this, reading online i got some so-so responses. thanks

You can do whatever you want, if the 'exhausts' are for a twin, if you have two tail pipes you may be able to make something work, without pics though, best I can do is speculate.

4 into 1 headers are kind of rare for the 550s, I've got one in the shed, they don't ever come up for sale it seems. Which seems to limit your exhaustoptions

Sorry should of posted some pics. I'll get on with that. The KZ is 4 into 2, no? That;s why I was thinking of chopping the twin ones so i'd have 2 'cans' i guess you can call em, and stick em on the stock headers. 'm sorry for bad explanation english is not my first language as you can surely tell.

Heres a pic of the same (or very darn close) exhausts I got, (they are not welded together in the middle, it's just a platting)

Might be easier to sell the one you have and then purchase one for your bike with the proceeds

Are there any markings on the mufflers that might be a clue as to what V-twin make and model the V&H exhaust system is designed to fit?

Good Fortune!

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