Prevention is better than a Cure......

[SoulKiss]

Well new bike arriving in just over a week, and it will be kind of noticable if the downpipes go brown (like the SV did)

So rather than spend hours cleaning with Autosol, is there anything I can do to them while still shiny and new to protect their gleam?

David

[G]

Not that I'm aware of

The area gets so hot that you cant treat it with anything.

There stuff you can do to stop it corroding but nothing you can do to keep it shiny short of lots of effort.

[Gazza77]

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

Well new bike arriving in just over a week, and it will be kind of noticable if the downpipes go brown (like the SV did)

So rather than spend hours cleaning with Autosol, is there anything I can do to them while still shiny and new to protect their gleam?

David

On a new stainless manifold on a car I've been told a liberal coat of WD40 will make it turn blue rather than brown. Dunno if it would work on a bike with all the road grime though.

[Stu]

Ask Jester - he's got it sorted

[dizzyblonde]

Originally Posted by Stu

Ask Jester - he's got it sorted

NOOOOO painting it black is not the answer.
I've tried for nearly a year to keep that downpipe of mine clean. It might as well have been straight from factory the shine its got. I've kept the shine up with autosol but it has started to go brown in places, cause I've been out in wet/salt a few times lately. The bar keepers friend(asda £1.94) will keep it at bay, but it dulls the finish so you have to autosol it again.
For my next trick, I shall be getting the dremel out with some polishing felt wheels on it. It was originally poilished on a bench polish mop job. So i'll give it a try. And as its not that bad( as I'm obsessed with that downpipe being kwak kleen) it will probably scrub up a treat with a dremel.
Anything from the second bend back seems to not change colour at all, and is easlily maintained
HTH

I seem to recollect someone mention that you can get ceramic coating done to the zorst. Might have been Cloggsy.

Found a link, here you go http://www.camcoat.u-net.com/Exhtprices2002.htm

Give me a min and I'll find a link for you!

Try something like this stuff. Like the black on mine but clear.

[jambo]

Use an angle grinder, cut the downpipes about 3" from where they meet the block. Possibly re-route any electrical cables directly below them, and you might need to tweak the fuelling a little to suit, but the down pipes can then be stored out of the way so they don't corrode.

HTH

Jambo

[Stu]

I like that idea, i think I'll do it.
Oh wait, I already have !