Yoshi exhaust ID

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Re: Yoshi exhaust ID

26 May 2026 19:41
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This is how I remember Yoshimura exhausts from the 70's. Found these pictures on a Yoshimura website HERE .







 
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Re: Yoshi exhaust ID

10 Jun 2026 10:53 - 10 Jun 2026 10:53
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Exhaust is mounted and o2 sensor installed - still looking for the correct badge. 

 

I found this badge matches the rivets width but I am unsure if it matches the era -

 
1977 kz1000 - the Rooster, 1981 KZ750 Chopper, 1975 KZ400 , 1984 GPZ750
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Re: Yoshi exhaust ID

10 Jun 2026 19:17 - 10 Jun 2026 19:36
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Looks that was but no, those shocks are vintage Marzocchi and were designed / intended to be run that way.




 
I bought a set of those shocks new in 1986 but popularity was declining a bit by then.

This is the pipe badge I remember from around 1980.

 

I think that the longer badges are for cannister mufflers.

 
1978 KZ650B2 w 1197cc Z1 engine
1977 KZ650B1 w 750cc Spectre engine
1979 KZ650C3 w 831cc Hot Rod engine
1978 KZ650C2 w 762cc DFI project
1977 KZ650C1 stock restoration project
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Re: Yoshi exhaust ID

10 Jun 2026 21:04
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145mm - 146mm between rivets
1977 kz1000 - the Rooster, 1981 KZ750 Chopper, 1975 KZ400 , 1984 GPZ750

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Re: Yoshi exhaust ID

11 Jun 2026 13:46
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At this point it is what you say it is. Most of the people from that era are dead and if there are any left no one remembers. Are you thinking there is going to be some kind of Yoshimura police telling you to stop running non authentic pipes? If so You can stand down. Yosh doesn't even have a Superbike team anymore; they sell bucket caps and XXXXL t-shirts now. Pops is dead. A Hayabusa in any configuration will decimate our old two-valvers.

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Re: Yoshi exhaust ID

08 Jul 2026 14:30
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Badge on. Thanks yall!   
1977 kz1000 - the Rooster, 1981 KZ750 Chopper, 1975 KZ400 , 1984 GPZ750

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