2003 Z1000 EXHAUST

rooster · Post by **rooster** » Thu May 03, 2012 11:10 am

Come on one and all, like arseholes everyone has an opinion, I want a good performing full exhaust system for my little red beast, I already have end cans on the stock headers, that replicates the look of the original 4-2-4 system, recommendations, statistics and pictures please, and above all price and where you got them i.e. local or OS.
I know there are probably real good 4-1 and 4-2 but I do like the look of the original pipes, all recommendations must come with a pic

I could be be persuaded to look at 4-1 or 4-2

: Something that looks like these pipes; 2008-kawasaki-z1000-25_460x0w.jpg (41.64 KiB) Viewed 8961 times

: Current pipes; IMG_0380.JPG (165.79 KiB) Viewed 8961 times

Bogan · Post by **Bogan** » Thu May 03, 2012 11:37 am

The ones Firey is selling?

rooster · Post by **rooster** » Thu May 03, 2012 1:34 pm

Nope they are what I currently have

oldman · Post by **oldman** » Sun May 06, 2012 12:42 am

A full Muzzy looks good, (I think) on my 2004 Z.

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Nelso · Post by **Nelso** » Sun May 06, 2012 10:19 am

A full 4-1 system looks, sounds and goes much better. That was and would still be my choice.

z1000-bike · Post by **z1000-bike** » Sun May 06, 2012 11:30 am

My bike came with ZX9R 4-1 header and pipe with the very quiet ZX9R muffler.
I thought about changing back to standard headers with different mufflers, but heard the ZX9R headers flow better, so kept them.
Changed the muffler to the viper bolt on and now sounds awesome.

Phil · Post by **Phil** » Sun May 06, 2012 1:38 pm

You have seen mine Eric.....how you could go past a quality 4-1 I dont know.......

Just ask Firey, he has just put a new pipe on his Z, ask him what he thinks of the 4-1 compared to the 4-2

fireyrob · Post by **fireyrob** » Sun May 06, 2012 1:49 pm

Did a couple of thousand kays with the 4-2 and friday a run with the 4-1 Akra full system. Night and Day

Above 6K rpm it has more punch! Not loud at low revs but a nice sound and a proper sportsbike scream up higher

smithy5 · Post by **smithy5** » Sun May 06, 2012 2:50 pm

I'm with you Eric, I like the look of the stock system or the 4-2.
Not keen on the 4-1. Looks like something is missing IMHO.

Cojack · Post by **Cojack** » Sun May 06, 2012 11:37 pm

I much prefer the 4-2 system.
But to my knowledge you cant get a full system in that configuration.

rooster · Post by **rooster** » Mon May 07, 2012 9:57 am

The issue is here is form over function still undecided

however it doesn't look like there to many 4-2 full systems out there, however half the fun is the investigation

Chitchats · Post by **Chitchats** » Mon May 07, 2012 8:05 pm

smithy5 wrote:I'm with you Eric, I like the look of the stock system or the 4-2.
Not keen on the 4-1. Looks like something is missing IMHO.

+1, i like the look of the 4-2 and it was a big contributer to which bike i bought back in the day.

I may have less power

etc etc etc, but honestly it doesnt show if or when the mood strikes me.

And i like the sound of snap crackle and pop, i have standard headers with Yoshi tri oval, no baffles.

Afterall i only commute

ProblemChild · Post by **ProblemChild** » Tue May 08, 2012 9:11 pm

mate i have a full arrow as i think you have seen, so i think that4/1 is the go but i have seen a slip on type of cans called sidewinders that ya might wanna have a look at.

Phil · Post by **Phil** » Wed May 09, 2012 8:36 am

What about these?

http://www.riderforums.com/general-z100 ... haust.html

Mattjin · Post by **Mattjin** » Sat May 26, 2012 8:50 pm

You can go ZX9 4-1 headers and a Yoshi R77 like I did. R77 was from a Bandit. Here is a bigger version of the avatar.

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