newbie to the cb500 forum seeking advice

[numknuts]

Hi everyone
I've just bought myself a 2003 cb500, never had one before but needed something light , cheap and fun for an oldie....it ticked those boxes.
My only thing i am dissapointed in is the sound of it, it has the original standard exhaust
fitted . I have seen a delkevic up for grabs offa 2015 cb500 up for sale and was hoping it would fit,improve noise and without having to mess with carbs?
any advice very welcome.

[Al1040]

Hi there, not sure if it would fit as the engines are slightly different and the frame as well.
To be sure, give Delkevic a ring and ask them.

[panagiotis]

delcevic offers 3 end cans for the cb.
short (250 (?) mm)
medium (320 (?) mm)
long (400 (?) mm)

by one way or another, I have used all of them

the first two are too loud, the longest one is ok , this is valid for my taste of course.

no need to touch the carbs, except if you want to.

[panagiotis]

I'm talking only about the oval end cans.

[Al1040]

With the original exhaust, you will need new headers regardless of the end can you get.
With the exhaust you are looking at being from a 2015 bike I suspect that the headers would not fit, but as suggested give them a ring.

[panagiotis]

or, you can just drill some, say three, holes 4mm each at the end can , on the end face of the can and try it.
too loud, thread in a M5 bolt in one hole , not good, drill one more.

trial error, the only way.

[Al1040]

Did the very same on my second bike, CB250RS back in the day, 4 holes in each exhaust

[Alpino]

I had this mounted on my 1997 CB 500: https://www.massmoto.it/prodotto/tromb-inox-matt-black-cbf-500-2013-17/ 
it is perfectly compatible, much lighter and much shorter. It has a nice sound, pleasant but not excessive, a nice "pòt-pòt-pòt" (it looks a bit like a Triumph twin cylinder ;P). But now I have removed it to be able to register my motorbike in an Italian historical register (FMI).
Where are you from?

[panagiotis]

nice !
to me looks like a Moto Guzzi, Le Mans 

does it has a removable baffle ?

[Alpino]

nice !
to me looks like a Moto Guzzi, Le Mans 

does it has a removable baffle ?

Yes, it has a Givi removable baffle.

[ModernUtopia]

Hi everyone
I've just bought myself a 2003 cb500, never had one before but needed something light , cheap and fun for an oldie....it ticked those boxes.
My only thing i am dissapointed in is the sound of it, it has the original standard exhaust
fitted . I have seen a delkevic up for grabs offa 2015 cb500 up for sale and was hoping it would fit,improve noise and without having to mess with carbs?
any advice very welcome.

I've got a delkevic long and it sounds lovely. Doesn't require a tune up. It genuinely gives a nice deceleration pop sounds proper. Negatives is that it rusts easily in the winter.

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