fabricated exhaust ideas?

[Crunchybeard]

hey dont no if this is the thread this is suppose to be in so sorry about this. I have a 72 cb450 and want to fabricate my own exhaust and dont no the material to use or how to bend the piping....i need ideas plz. I was thinking of going straight pipes and wrapping them. I was going to order a bunch of stuff from evil bay, but decided to just do it on my own. If you can give me some advice or suggest a thread i would appreciate it greatly..
thx for everything

 

[SONICJK]

You'd need a proper tube bender to bend the tube.
You can do it with sand, a vice, and oxy acetylene but if you didn't already know that you probably need a bender ;D

The best way for a garage builder to do exhaust is with a bends kit, basically its all the bends and straights you'd need and you cut and weld it up in the right arrangement for your bike.
Something like:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2053587.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xmandrel+bend+kit+motorcycle&_nkw=mandrel+bend+kit+motorcycle&_sacat=0&_from=R40

 

[johngofast]

+1 on the bend kit. It will save you a lot of headache, time, and probably $$.

 

[Crunchybeard]

awesome!!! thx for the advice.ya its a garage build so ill try the bend kit.

 

[VonYinzer]

Mandrelbends.com

And dont run straight pipes please. They're obnoxious, and near impossible to properly tune for on a street bike.

You can buy or make some proper baffles on the cheap. Couple write ups here on DTT about it.

 

[bradj]

I built these pipes with scraps from a xs bend kit

 

[Crunchybeard]

dude that bike is sick!!!!!!!!

i wanted to run the straights cause i thought it would be easy, but if it makes the bike loud ill re-think it.

thanks for the website VonYinzer!!! i didnt even no you could by that stuff online...im so excited to get started thx for everything guys!!!