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I just bolted an old Kerker 4-1 I picked up on my KZ650B-2 and I gotta tell ya I had SOOOOOOO many sensory twingles hearing that 'lil 650 blip blap in the shop tonight . Kerker pipes, with their straight fiberglass wrapped core just have THAT sound, don't they?
Really takes me back to a time when Ducktail 4cyl KZ's ALL sounded that way. Silly me I even made a video of the bike running and my partner blipping the throttle so I could bring it home and download it into my computer and listen to it tonight. It's a sickness I tell ya:whistle:

best wishes,
Ray Kelley

So SHARE the sickness!!
Host the clip(or I can do it for You) so We can ALL listen to it,and feel the love!!

SpokeWheel650B wrote:

I just bolted an old Kerker 4-1 I picked up on my KZ650B-2 and I gotta tell ya I had SOOOOOOO many sensory twingles hearing that 'lil 650 blip blap in the shop tonight . Kerker pipes, with their straight fiberglass wrapped core just have THAT sound, don't they?
Really takes me back to a time when Ducktail 4cyl KZ's ALL sounded that way. Silly me I even made a video of the bike running and my partner blipping the throttle so I could bring it home and download it into my computer and listen to it tonight. It's a sickness I tell ya:whistle:

best wishes,
Ray Kelley

pull out the baffle and put just the end cap back in ,then youll really feel the love!

Yea Spoke. Go Kerker or go home.

i wanna hear this sickness:P

Yes please share the video!

But Ray, that's gonna take away the originality of that sweet looking mint bike of yours!

Tell ya what, Chino is just a (grenade launched) rocks-throw from me. I'll swing on over with the stock system I removed from my '78 B2 so you can keep your bike all original.
Heck, I'll even bring some new exhaust gaskets and bolt it onto your bike for ya! Just trying to save you from racking up the potential "modified exhaust" tickets you're bound to accumulate with that Kerker.
Hey, I'm just a cool guy like that.

I agree though, you just HAVE to post that sound clip to a site (I believe photobucket.com has vid and audio capabilities, and they offer FREE accounts) so the rest of us can enjoy it too!

Chris...no matter WHAT others say abouy You,Bud...I still think You're a Swell Guy!

Sandy wrote:

Chris...no matter WHAT others say abouy You,Bud...I still think You're a Swell Guy!

That's ok, I hear them (the voices in my head) talk about me all the time. I figure they're jealous of me, so I just tune 'em out.

OH jeez, believe me I have NO intention of modifying ANYTHING on this bike that isn't just bolt on, YA KNOW?!
I can't post the sound files I have because they are Quicktime Apple program that photobucket doesn't recognize. The video is from a Kodak digi camera and I have no clue how to switch it over to an MPEG or AVI or even WMV....can you do something with them, Sandy?

Hehe, I did fire it open style (no baffle) and Yoshi style with meg pulled off of it. Little louder than I can take, but still fun:evil:

(think I'll walk over and fire it again...oohh yea;) )

regards,
Ray

so you have sound sickness, try a kawi H1500 or H2750 with chambers and pods, there is no other sound like it, pure addiction, then add the acceleration fever and your in real trouble

OK!! Finally was able to work around in Photobucket and uploaded the video of my 650 singing through it's new (old) Kerker pipe. This was before I painted it and fabbed the rear strap, but it's still a bitchen sound regardless:woohoo: Just scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the little picture of the Z. Sorry for the multiple edits...noob showing his colors again!!

smg.photobucket.com/albums/v513/raykelle...w¤t=KerkerKZ650B.flv

best wishes,
Ray

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