Kawasaki Triples Club

Hey, are there any other manufacturers of shiny new expansion chamber type pipes for 500s? Other than mr Higgs!

plenty in Japan but the x change rate and the shipping could be killers :smt003

Here is the exhaust page from Webike in Japan,may be of help to you.

http://japan.webike.net/KAWASAKI/500SS+ ... 3/1001/mc/

There is also Gibson exhausts (Allspeeds) in Essex.

http://gibsonexhausts.co.uk/page_8.php?pgenme=2stroke

These look smart & not badly priced .. Anybody had a set ? http://www.jl-exhausts.com/kawasaki-h1- ... -102-p.asp

Peter Mac wrote:These look smart & not badly priced .. Anybody had a set ? http://www.jl-exhausts.com/kawasaki-h1- ... -102-p.asp

I have these and I love them. Typical high rpm pipes. Did close to 11000 rpm on the dyno. JL's website says 13 kg which is way off, they're more like 8 kg.
Fast from the Past in USA actually has pictures of my H1 in his web shop where he sell these pipes.

Here's a picture. That's my girlfriends grandson on the H1.


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If they are anything like the jl pipes for h2 then be prepared to send them back.left hand pipe had no chain run and all the pipes dont line up.lots of washers and beating with a hammer.second set of ss were even worse and sent them back.on return he had merely done what i could have.beaten them with a big hammer.not good for £1200.00

Tartan Triple wrote:If they are anything like the jl pipes for h2 then be prepared to send them back.left hand pipe had no chain run and all the pipes dont line up.lots of washers and beating with a hammer.second set of ss were even worse and sent them back.on return he had merely done what i could have.beaten them with a big hammer.not good for £1200.00

That`s a strange one Andy . I had a set of those JL pipes on an H2C and they fitted perfectly.

Well, we did have to put an indent to clear the rear brake lever. But otherwise they bolted straight up.

They went out on a bike, then the lad traded them back in for something quieter, and they`re now on Ray Uldman`s bike.

Ah but completly different pipes neil.mine are the h2 tucked under pipes and they were a bastard to fit up.i spoke with lomas about them.he uses a track bike as a jigg not a road bike.all the pipes off that bike are wrong for road bike.a big hammer is needed for both ss and steel.he needs to rework the left hand pipe for a chain run and the exit angle from the exhuasts on the barrels.good pipes but not bolt straight on.
not what you expect paying good money

Expand on that.if anyone wants same pipes then the side stand needs to be cut off.i had to take out engine cut side stand off move forward and reweld to get the left pipe on.then find no chain run.take off pipe heat and hit and destroy all the lovely welding work and shape of that pipe.i suspect the rear sprocket on the jigg bike is smaller than standard.hence lack for chain run.
Also i suspect that not every frame is identical
And if you want more clearance for centre pipe then longer shocks and a bigger back tyre.
Simples!!