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scrambler pipes on a superhawk?

cafe_crazer
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scrambler pipes on a superhawk?

Post by cafe_crazer » Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:26 pm

i was thinking it would look pretty nifty putting some scrambler pipes on my superhawk. is there any reason this wouldn't work? i think the only real problem is finding scrambler pipes in the first place. if anyone is selling or knows where to get a set i would appreciate any info.

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Post by davomoto » Mon Jun 29, 2009 8:18 pm

I had a set on my cafe' CB77 until a few days ago. The only thing you'll need to do is make a braket for rear mount. Try to find CL72 pipes with the baffles in end of pipes.

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Post by cribbs74 » Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:32 pm

Anybody ever gone the other way? CB pipes and exhaust on a CL. Just curious.
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Re: scrambler pipes on a superhawk?

Post by e3steve » Sun Jul 12, 2009 9:49 am

cafe_crazer wrote:i was thinking it would look pretty nifty putting some scrambler pipes on my superhawk. is there any reason this wouldn't work? i think the only real problem is finding scrambler pipes in the first place. if anyone is selling or knows where to get a set i would appreciate any info.

cheers.
This mod was 'the done thing' way back in '71. I had a couple of pals (brothers) who owned a CB72 & CB77 respectively; each had the high pipes, but I'm not sure that they were from CLs, as they exited down the r/h/s. No muffler, just mutes in the ends, similar to snuff-or-nots but fluted. I think they were marketed by John Oldfield of Southampton.

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cl77 pipes

Post by chico » Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:52 am

I remember the pipes on CL going down the right side in 67. Did it ever happen or am I just remembering wrong. Chico.

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Post by jensen » Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:41 am

I don't know if they fit easy, it would give a CB72 / 77 a nice scrambler look.

From a performance point of view is not and advantage, the bending radius is much smaller then the CB72 / 77 pipe, restricting the gas velocity, and the lenght of the bends are longer, restricting the flow (more resistance).

In other words : performance drops, especialy in higher revs.

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Scrambler pipes on CB

Post by Dgormley » Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:54 am

Not to mention the key getting VERY hot

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