Hi guys,thanks forthe replys.

Yeh i 1st thought they were cobra speedster longs too,they look just like them but the cobra long speedster baffle dont fit themand i also sent cora the pics of my exhaust and also the current baffles in them and they said they dont apprear to be thier product esp since thier baffles dont fit.

Has anyone seen a bafflelike the one in my pipes thats thew shortet one with no holes in it nest the the lon=ger new cobra baffle that looks normal with holes in it like most others baffle i have seen over the yrs.

I was hoping someone would see the not very commong lloking baffle in my pipes and say A HAAAA,i have seen that baffle before in SO & So's pipes/exhaust but no such luck so far.

Gee,maye i could stuff them with fibeglas exhaust packing like i use for the 4 into 1 kerker on my kawi 1000 ,you never know it may work.

It took litterally a few yrs for that fiberglass ex packing to burn out of the kawi's 4 into 1 .

Maybe i could attach/tack weld or braze some fairly wide mesh steel screen to the back of the baffles to keep that packing from blowing out .

Or maybe i could simply weld/braze a washer onside the baffles with a smalled opening to quiet it down a bit .

Its just starnge thet Cobra and Samson have pipes that look like mine but both mfgs said after seeing the pics of pipes & baffles that the baffles in my pipes dont look anything like their baffles and that they didnt think they were their pipes either .

And on top of that the new cobr baffles i bought didn't fit which is what i would expect since the cobra mfg said the pipes on my bike wete not cobra's

H/K doesnt have pipes that look like mine sto thats not even an option.

Anyone know a custon ex mfg i could contact that could possibly make a set of quieter version baffle's using the current very loud baffles as a model/something to build off of ?

This is a PIA for sure and i sure dont want to resort to reinstalling the ugly assed stock pipes to quiet it down a bit for the wife even though i could drill the stock pipes out from the rear fro a little more rumble .

But i sure can't justify spedning $700 i really can spare for new pipes like the cobra long shots just for the ability to then buy the optional quieter baffles.

But thanks again for all your help thus far in trying to get this figred out.

sott

Baffles?? We don't need no steenkin' baffles! You oughta' hear these wide open Samsons!

Hey! You've got a pattern. Why not go to a muffler shop & see if they can make you some to match?

Look for Curt, on the forum. He has some instructions on making your own baffles. Also Clifford, on the forum, might be able to help you find some baffles that might work.
Take care and good luck.

SMSgt,thanks again for your help/suggestions and also for welcoming me to your great site .

You guys have already saved me some time trying to research this stuff esp with respect to the other questions i have posted in RSC about the rear seat/luggage rack/sissy bar/ & handling issue .

scott

Hi Stinger,yeh i was thinking the same thing this afternoon that i had the baffles as a gtood pattern and maybe a custom bike ex builder could make a set of little qiter baffle's up for me.

Thing is i have to find a cust builder of motorcyle exhaust which should ot be too hard to find.

BYW,i too know what loud is,back many moons ago when i was a crazy youngin i had 4 500 then 1 750 kawi 2 stroke all tripples/ widow makers with expansion chambers and they were loud for sure.

Used to wheelie the crap out of those bikes,esp the h2 750. That 750 would come up at will in 1st/2nd/3rd as soon as it hit the power band when you didnt want it too,you had to coax the 500's a little for wheelies but they came up fairly easy too.

Then i bught a brand new 76 kawi 900 and then in 77 sold the almost new 900 for the oh so much larger by a whopping 100cc's kawi's new for 1977 KZ1000 which i still own & ride to this day.

But many yrs ago when i was younger i rode it with a wide open no baffle inside 4 into 1 kerker,that thing really barked when you woud it up ,could not kill those machines,there are bullet proof.

I have ridden the kawi kz1000 every summer since i bought it new in 77 and the only thing i have had to replace in the 33 yrs i have been riding it other then the usuall tires/batteries/oil and air filters is a rectifier and 2 yrs ago the rubber intakes bewteen carbs & head because they dry rotted and were sucking air resulint in unstable idle mixture .

Other then that the bike has never broken down or faild to start in the 33 yrs i have owned and ridden it ever yr but still ony has 27,500 miles on it.

I still take it out once in a while when i feel like giving the local young guns a hard time with my old 1000 that still has the kerker on it & run wells. That old tech bike surprises them and they really get a laugh when they realize its a 54 yrs old fart driving it/lol!!!!!.

Somehow i survived all the crazy fast riding as a youngster,PHEW!!/LOL!!!!

Have a good one..Scott

Those are 2 1/2" Roadburner Street Pro Exhaust. They are a HK sister unit. HK' parts should fit in them if you know the diameter exhaust.

Cheapest route... ear plugs

kaisayson,thanks for the tip on a possible mfg for the pipes on my bike,i really appreciate it.

Thanks....scott

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Slyguy,yeh i did mentio earplugs to the wife and see doesnt have a problem with that idea if it was a 1x or 2x deal.

But to have use them on every ride ans take them out mult times as we stop and start at times is just to much of a PIA as she put it which i ahev to agree with.

Thanks...scott

Forget the ear plugs get her an IPOD, I got one for the girlfriend when she rides with me and no complaints from her bout the exhaust sound anymore, BUT now in addition to her wiggly butt she gets into her music and starts tapping her feet and my back to her music.....