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Confused... what vintage pipe is this? Bassani? Hooker?
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Author:  JonW [ Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Confused... what vintage pipe is this? Bassani? Hooker?
I bought this pipe from good ole ebay and the seller said it was a Bassani, but ive also seen a very similar looking pipe thats been called a Hooker... so anyone know what it is?

Its very long in the tail and the silencer is rebuild-able. The guard cover is welded on and seems to be cut from perforated steel sheet.

All in all its a good looking pipe in nice condition, and im going to use it, but since my mum always told me not to use words that i didnt understand, I felt i should try and find out who made it! LOL

My other question.... The pipe does not have the upper/rear mount on it and doesnt look like it ever did. Should i add one?

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Author:  crcraig [ Wed Oct 12, 2011 5:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Confused... what vintage pipe is this? Bassani? Hooker?
Looks like bassani most hooker pipes i have seen had a heart cut-out in the heatshield
Author:  woosh [ Wed Oct 12, 2011 7:31 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Confused... what vintage pipe is this? Bassani? Hooker?
It looks like the bassani pipes ive seen on ebay sold for the mt250. Hooker did put a heart sticker on the fourstroke pipe from the 70's I have, its a nos chrome unit for my xl250.
Author:  JonW [ Wed Oct 12, 2011 7:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Confused... what vintage pipe is this? Bassani? Hooker?
Thanks guys, I hadnt noticed a heart cut out, but will check now you mention it. ta!
Author:  td125 [ Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Confused... what vintage pipe is this? Bassani? Hooker?
looks like a Moto Tec pipe, had one on my MT 125 back in the day
same type of heat shield, had a red tip on it
Author:  JonW [ Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:52 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Confused... what vintage pipe is this? Bassani? Hooker?
Ok, finally got two mins to look at this pipe... defo no heart in the mesh, so its not a Hooker I guess...

td125... when you say 'red tip' do you mean the end of the silencer / muffler was red?

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Author:  rayivers [ Wed Oct 19, 2011 10:27 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Confused... what vintage pipe is this? Bassani? Hooker?
Jon,

Every one of your last set of photos could have been of my Bassani MR175 pipe, except for the first inlet/header pic (my spring hook is identical, but the inlet flange is a little different). If there's any evidence a 5" long by 1.5" high sticker was once on the silencer's side, I'd say it's a Bassani for sure.

Ray
Author:  JonW [ Wed Oct 19, 2011 2:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Confused... what vintage pipe is this? Bassani? Hooker?
Thanks Ray!

I cant see any evidence of the sticker, tho the pipe has been repainted I think. Maybe i should see if anyone does one as a repro as it might be a good addition.

What you can see from the photo but I havent said, is that the silencer is really long, and the pipe is quite a bit longer than the standard MT250 pipe because of that, this goes past the turn signals on the MT!
Author:  rayivers [ Wed Oct 19, 2011 3:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Confused... what vintage pipe is this? Bassani? Hooker?
Jon,

The straight part of my Bassani's silencer section is 16" long, and it appears to 'turn the corner' for a few more inches just like yours does. The Bassani was by far the quietest of the aftermarket MR pipes I tried.

I know what you mean about long pipes. I just converted a weld-on vintage SuperTrapp to clamp-on, and it's 18" long total (16.5" silencer, 1.5" mounting tube). It extends out to exactly the end of the rear fender, about 1/2" ahead of the tire. :>) It took a lot of work, but it flows great and is real quiet.

Ray
Author:  td125 [ Fri Oct 21, 2011 4:25 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Confused... what vintage pipe is this? Bassani? Hooker?
the whole silencer / spark arrestor end of pipe was red, answ to " td125... when you say 'red tip' do you mean the end of the silencer / muffler was red?"

moto tec had small adverts in the back of the mags back then, pipes with bright colered tips or somthing like that red = honda and other colors for the rest
Author:  ~JM~ [ Fri Oct 21, 2011 11:26 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Confused... what vintage pipe is this? Bassani? Hooker?
Put it on & ride it. See how it performs. Looks like a definite improvement over the OEM MT pipe.

~JM~
Author:  JonW [ Sat Oct 22, 2011 3:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Confused... what vintage pipe is this? Bassani? Hooker?
Thanks guys!

I wrote a huge response and the my computer crashed and i lost the words... I will redo it... sigh...

in the meantime.... JM, I cant just do that as im waiting for the last few parts for the CR250 top end and then i will fit that, im hoping i can use this pipe on that setup and that it wont be too restrictive.
Author:  ~JM~ [ Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:20 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Confused... what vintage pipe is this? Bassani? Hooker?
Your doing the CR top end swap? What carb are you planning to use?

I don't know if that pipe will fit properly or not with the CR top-end. I suppose it should & it should be much quieter than the DG down-pipe. I'm looking forward to hearing about your end result. I need to get back to work on mine.

~JM~
Author:  b-joe [ Mon Oct 24, 2011 11:38 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Confused... what vintage pipe is this? Bassani? Hooker?
cr topend + mt pipe.
you won´t get the power what a cr usually has.
Author:  woosh [ Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Confused... what vintage pipe is this? Bassani? Hooker?
No the power wont be the same as a cr but its going to be better than the mt and he wont have to worry about the pipe getting beat to hell. I love the looks of the down pipe its what I use on my mt250 but I hate the fact that they are just hanging there in the wind. It also makes two up riding a real chore with the down pipe, my girlfriend had to use the pipe as a foot rest, lol shes affraid of the bike tho its got too much power and shes affraid shes going to fall off the back.
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