Ever see exhausts like these?

[Mailman]

I poached these photos from Instagram. These bikes are in Japan, there is a huge vintage bike scene there, anyways these look straight off a Triumph TR6 scrambler and a BSA Hornet. I think they look very cool. They are probably handmade if I had to guess.

 

[willis]

I like the set on the green bike. I thought about something similar but couldn’t get past clearance issues with the dipstick. I don’t weld, so my fabrication skills are pretty limited.

 

[Superjet]

Simply awesome! Gotta be custom made....over there they are real crafty!

 

[member28833]

Green bike has the most visually appealing pipes in my opinion.
One beautiful aspect of parallel twins is the visual symmetry.
I'm not seeing any passenger pegs on that yellow bike either ?
My vote ? Don't do it Mailman !

 

[halfmile]

I`m the biggest sucker for a pair of High Pipes there is, but the ones on the gold bike (IMHO) have a very abrupt bend at the mounting flange and the right side pipe is behind the frame lower and they are a little too long for my taste. Pipes on the green bike are way cooler. Drum front brakes on both bikes look great!

 

[Goldenboy]

I poached these photos from Instagram. These bikes are in Japan, there is a huge vintage bike scene there, anyways these look straight off a Triumph TR6 scrambler and a BSA Hornet. I think they look very cool. They are probably handmade if I had to guess.
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Beautiful!!! The Honda 305 Scrambler had similar pipe config.

 

[perki48]

I like the set on the green bike. I thought about something similar but couldn’t get past clearance issues with the dipstick. I don’t weld, so my fabrication skills are pretty limited.

Strange, my dip stick is on the right side.

 

[Mailman]

See what I mean about these looking very British?

 

[willis]

Strange, my dip stick is on the right side.

The green bike has one pipe on each side. A high pipe on the right side will interfere with checking your dipstick unless there is some real crafty fab work done.

 

[TwoManyXS1Bs]

The side stand extensions caught my eye...

 

[mrtwowheel]

The side stand extensions caught my eye...

Yeah, those are interesting. Maybe a helpful safety feature in the case of leaving the stand down?

Scott

 

[TwoManyXS1Bs]

Yeah, Scott, I remember when Honda implemented those dangly rubber tabs on their sidestands. Never seen that kinda thing on any XS...

 

[mrtwowheel]

I will testify as a witness, those rubber "fingers" on a Honda will save your ass at low speed when leaving the sidestand down. I don't know how they work, but they work when worn down past the inspection line, curled up, and hardened up.

Scott

 

[Goldenboy]

See what I mean about these looking very British?
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I knew a guy in town who was a structural engineer and had a '66 Beezer and made it lighter by drilling holes in the the frame in every conceivable place to make it light, but knew how to keep it strong. The frame looked like swiss cheese. The bike was very light , but so was he...

 

[Goldenboy]

I will testify as a witness, those rubber "fingers" on a Honda will save your ass at low speed when leaving the sidestand down. I don't know how they work, but they work when worn down past the inspection line, curled up, and hardened up.

Scott

Rubber fingers? Please tell me more. I was going to epoxy a piece of mountain bike tire under the foot of the stand.

 

[TwoManyXS1Bs]

Google "honda cb360 side stand" for pics...

 

[Goldenboy]

The side stand extensions caught my eye...

Google "honda cb360 side stand" for pics...

Just put on my to do list #14, thanks 2M

 

[mrtwowheel]

Google "honda cb360 side stand" for pics...

Honda used that same rubber "safety" part on every Honda that I've ever owned. I thought I had a lifetime supply of them once, that was before my lifetime supply was taken from me piece by piece. One of my brother-in-laws needed one after they were gone, that bike was crashed after leaving a rest area with the side stand down, he left the bike at the towing company's property, never to be seen again.

Scott

 

[gggGary]

Sorry guys I have never seen the point of a high exhaust on a street bike. Gary whose first real bike was a 305 scrambler. JRP1 on a 125 Rapido could ride circles around me on that tank in the dirt. LOL

 

[Goldenboy]

Marlin had one, his first motocross bike. Yeah, heavy, but a great work out throwing it around. As a result, when he got a 250 Suzuk as his next racing bike he was stronger and better and wound up being a top rider in the circuit.