Stainless steel exhaust?

I'm looking for a new stainless steel exhaust (downpipes and collector box section) for a Honda CB500(Y), dated 2001. Where can I get one and will one from Delkevic fit? It's £145 but listed as being for a CB500 'Sport'... Mine isn't a 'sport' version...

Yup, it be rite

Good to know! Thanks!

I bought the delkevic exhaust, and it fits My cb500 96' (naked model). I Could not fit the copper gasket that came with it though, Because the bolts could not reach the threads.

Anyone with suggestions?

I tried to flatten the gasket with a hammer, but it was not enough to get the bolts on.

I now fitted it wirhout the gasket, hoping that tightening the flange will Bent it little to make room for the gasket.

Last option is to remove sone material from the flange maling it thinner, or putting in New thread that are longer?

twinwin wrote:I bought the delkevic exhaust, and it fits  My cb500 96' (naked model). I Could not fit the copper gasket that came with it though, Because the bolts could not reach the threads.

Anyone with suggestions?

I tried to flatten the gasket with a hammer, but it was not enough to get the bolts on.

I now fitted it wirhout the gasket, hoping that tightening the flange will Bent it little to make room for the gasket.  

Last option is to remove sone material from the flange maling it thinner, or putting in New thread that are longer?

Did you get the old gaskets out? They can appear to merge into the exhaust ports but if you have a dig, they will pop out.

I got it on.. With clamps and a crowbar. Also i hammered the copper gaskets down to around 2mm in thickness. I was close loosing the threads. ( And My mind) :p....

I did not notice Any gaskets.. Oh.. Maybe they were in there.. (duh) it surely looked like aluminium
casting around the ports! O_o

I will check next time i change gaskets.

IT Looks good now. Stainless from engine to end of muffler.

my 99 model sounded good with its delkevic silencer 

twinwin wrote:I got it on..

Right... twinwin - where are you located? My can setup resembles yours a lot;

Hi Stormbringer
Our bikes are very similar.
In locted in Denmark.

twinwin wrote:In locted in Denmark.

Your avatar kinda gave that away:


However, avatars are avatars, and not always to be trusted. Eg. I doubt @trevor machine lives in Azerbaijan. Or Mongolia for that matter
Trevor's antics...


So, with that out of the way; hvor i landet slår du dine folder? Jeg bor i Aarhus. Det ku' være sjovt at mødes.

Aarhus, the city @badseeds instantly named 'Arse'. Oh well, we had a good laugh. Long story...

teamster1975 wrote:

twinwin wrote:I bought the delkevic exhaust, and it fits  My cb500 96' (naked model). I Could not fit the copper gasket that came with it though, Because the bolts could not reach the threads.

Anyone with suggestions?

I tried to flatten the gasket with a hammer, but it was not enough to get the bolts on.

I now fitted it wirhout the gasket, hoping that tightening the flange will Bent it little to make room for the gasket.  

Last option is to remove sone material from the flange maling it thinner, or putting in New thread that are longer?

Did you get the old gaskets out? They can appear to merge into the exhaust ports but if you have a dig, they will pop out.

I can confirm that, I was sure someone had installed the exhaust without any gaskets until I scratched the surface to find that they are there.

When I had a 2002 cb500, I changed to a s/s Black Widow downpipes and 300mm can/silencer. I cleaned the exhaust outlets with a flat screwdriver and popped the old gaskets out. New ones went in a treat with a thin film of high melting point copper grease, the headers bolted in just fine. I found that the Black Widow silencer wasn't as noisy as the Delkevic ones I had on my Yam way back when. I have kept my new cb500f standard as it came with s/s headers/downpipes also the can due to the cops now checking noise (db) levels of bikes and cars down my area.