04 Z1000 with Yoshi R77 exhaust

Mattjin · Post by **Mattjin** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 11:57 am

I thought the Zed boyz might like to see something different. Last night we adapted one of the Yoshimura R77 exhausts to my Z1000. Originally for a 1250 Bandit, we fabricated a new link pipe down to the ZX9 4-1 headers out of 2.25" pollished stainless steel.

hibster · Post by **hibster** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:32 pm

Mate, Thats a schweet lookin' zed. The R77 yoshi looks way better.

oldman · Post by **oldman** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 1:48 am

Looks way better than my 2004 Z1000. Good job. Cheers!

tim · Post by **tim** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 1:52 am

Love it!

greenmeanie · Post by **greenmeanie** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 6:21 am

Very Nice !

z1000-bike · Post by **z1000-bike** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:07 am

Looks great, does it feel and sound much better?
Also, any chance of producing some more to sell?

Phil · Post by **Phil** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:23 am

Looks much better than your last one thats for sure, much more modern looking.

Mattjin · Post by **Mattjin** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 12:59 pm

Thanks guys.

The last one was a relic of the dodgy 4-2-1 that the previous owner tried to make. I re-made the 4-2-1 but kept the old ZX9 flange. Then when I switched over to the ZX9 4-1 headers, I already had a muffler to suit the flange so I kept it. But I finally bit the bullet and decided to do things properly. So a new link pipe was fabricated and converted to a cleaner looking slip-on. It feels the same, I doubt there is even the slightest difference between any mufflers that are un-baffled, and it previously has done 135-ish HP with these headers. It sounds great with a deep bark but not too offensive even without the baffle in.

No chance of making another set

I am more starting the think that maybe the Z750 headers and pipe would have made the whole process much easier. At least it already fits the same bike. Still, it is good to have a one-off!

Dafuzz31 · Post by **Dafuzz31** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 1:21 pm

not really a fan of Yoshi's but that looks good.

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