Exhaust-chrome or stainless

markQLD said:
reckon chromed stainless is the go.

it's been done.
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Why would you chrome stainless Marko? am i missing something?, apart from laziness

I wanna get that book too, send me the details, plus ill be ringing you beforehand, she handles like shit( at the moment)
 
In this day of lounge bikes, makes it look used.
In fact for those of you not wanting to get tired or risk discomfort by riding a motorcycle, I'll soon be offering pre blued pipes.

nice one Polo, but remember to swap your carbs around, left for right so as to get them both the correct shde of blue, ans what are us triple riders going to do?
CLEM
 
CLEMTOG said:
ans what are us triple riders going to do?
CLEM
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Youve got a oxy im sure, fck does that mean i need one as the AU agent, i assumed we could just thrash the fuck, I mea  blue the pipes in an admirable sort of way, maybe your after a plumber
 
CLEMTOG said:
In this day of lounge bikes, makes it look used.
In fact for those of you not wanting to get tired or risk discomfort by riding a motorcycle, I'll soon be offering pre blued pipes.

nice one Polo, but remember to swap your carbs around, left for right so as to get them both the correct shde of blue, ans what are us triple riders going to do?
CLEM
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Try 3 hours stuck in a Paris jam on a triple Clem. Carb setup won't matter!
Paul
 
Grant said:
Has anyone tried internal coating on the downpipes with chrome on the outside?
I hear the Triumph guys do this to stop the pipes blueing.
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Yep, worked a treat.

The Harley aftermarket crowd offer a ceramic powder that is mixed with water and the clean, oil-free pipes are then flushed internally with the muck.  Exhaust heat cures it and a solid coating is formed inside the pipe, took over ten years/40000km for the first slight blueing to show.  Still looking good after 18 years, used, but not knackered!

piet
 
sfcpiet said:
Grant said:
Has anyone tried internal coating on the downpipes with chrome on the outside?
I hear the Triumph guys do this to stop the pipes bluing.
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Yep, worked a treat.

The Harley aftermarket crowd offer a ceramic powder that is mixed with water and the clean, oil-free pipes are then flushed internally with the muck.  Exhaust heat cures it and a solid coating is formed inside the pipe, took over ten years/40000km for the first slight blueing to show.  Still looking good after 18 years, used, but not knackered!

piet
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So who does this? I like the blueing, shows the engine has at least been started, but the two sets I have had blued totally different. The originals that were on it when I first bought her were a nice light blue with a tone of miles on them after I started the riding. Went to the factory to get replacements and they sold me the big box system (POS), told me the old pipes and mufflers were outlawed. Do I check with the Harley guys? :o I can buy one of their mag's but not sure I'll be able to read it  :P
 
Think I still have some of it left over, just need to find the container... stashed away in the far reaches of my cave.  I'll let you know what it's called if and when I do find it.

piet
 
I dislike the yellowing of SS headers, so chrome headers with stainless silencers is an option. Just keep the silencers lightly and occasionally polished to keep the faint yellowing at bay and keep the whole system looking 'silver'.      Hag.
 
Thanks for the link Piet. I went out and checked on who sells this since Cycle Shack is the manufacturer(?) and only sells to distributor's, who only sell to dealers  :o :o :o. A google search of the product also led me to many a forum where the Harley guys were talking about how good this product worked, and a product from Kreem called Blue Shield that had similar results. Ordered up one of each kind, I can try it on my R100RT first (practice) on each side and see which holds up better.

Another adventure ahead  :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:

Clay
 
'71 SF said:
I went out and checked on who sells this since Cycle Shack is the manufacturer(?) and only sells to distributor's, who only sell to dealers
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Clay, pretty much any bike shop here in Seppland will have a range of Cycle Shack products, or they'll be happy to order them for you. There's probably at least one bike shop in Pensacola that caters to Harley riders :D, I'd try them. Instant gratification, walk out with what you want instead of waiting for postal delivery from an online purchase, and you also support a local merchant.

Ken in Tampa
 
mcnicol said:
'71 SF said:
I went out and checked on who sells this since Cycle Shack is the manufacturer(?) and only sells to distributor's, who only sell to dealers
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Clay, pretty much any bike shop here in Seppland will have a range of Cycle Shack products, or they'll be happy to order them for you. There's probably at least one bike shop in Pensacola that caters to Harley riders :D, I'd try them. Instant gratification, walk out with what you want instead of waiting for postal delivery from an online purchase, and you also support a local merchant.

Ken in Tampa
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Thanks Ken. Not an issue waiting on the product since I'm stuck here in the land that time forgot for another couple of weeks  :o. The funny thing about the Harley comment is that the owner of the the Harley shop in Pensacola used to own an SF2 years ago, and now also owns the BMW motorcycle dealership (and he's gotten alot of my support for my 1100S). He's been looking for the old photos of the SF and found some of his old pic's that are pretty cool to see how our little podunk town was 30 years ago in the motorcycle world.

Clay
 
Crome by all means, as it sounds better and looks better too. When i first put on a new set of cromed Jota muflers on my former RGS many moons ago, it had become rather late in the evening, say like 04:30 am, I went straight to a Laverda friends house, turned off the bike when getting nearer his house, and dragged the bike up to his front door, put a glove in his letterbox to make sure there was free entrance from outside to inside, and started the bike and became heavy on the gas. The response from inside the house was: "AAARRRGGGhhh, someone is stealing our Laverda's, hurry! Where are my underpants?" etc.....             Later on followed by some beers. I think that my idea was a very mature and well thought out idea, with some vice social aspects (the beer part). Apart from the fact, that I did not give it too much thought, other than "Hmmm, let's make someone aware that I now have a set of Jota cans on my bike"  More like a natural reflex, so to speak  ;)

So crome works for me ;)

Cheers,
Cromefox.
 
redfox said:
Crome by all means, as it sounds better and looks better too. When i first put on a new set of cromed Jota muflers on my former RGS many moons ago, it had become rather late in the evening, say like 04:30 am, I went straight to a Laverda friends house, turned off the bike when getting nearer his house, and dragged the bike up to his front door, put a glove in his letterbox to make sure there was free entrance from outside to inside, and started the bike and became heavy on the gas. The response from inside the house was: "AAARRRGGGhhh, someone is stealing our Laverda's, hurry! Where are my underpants?" etc.....             Later on followed by some beers. I think that my idea was a very mature and well thought out idea, with some vice social aspects (the beer part). Apart from the fact, that I did not give it too much thought, other than "Hmmm, let's make someone aware that I now have a set of Jota cans on my bike"   More like a natural reflex, so to speak  ;)

So crome works for me ;)

Cheers,
Cromefox.
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