Downpipe material - SV650.org

08-10-11, 07:00 PM

Bike: SV650 X '99

What metal or alloy is it? Is it the same all the way through or coated?

Thanks.

maviczap · 08-10-11, 07:14 PM

Stainless Steel all the way

08-10-11, 07:32 PM

TY

andrewsmith · 08-10-11, 07:37 PM

Stainless Steel

Welded in the only way that the Japanese know how- Very tightly

08-10-11, 07:41 PM

I thought it was, but as i was sanding away i started getting paranoid.

andrewsmith · 08-10-11, 07:48 PM

You attempting to derust the front header clamp

08-10-11, 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andrewsmith

You attempting to derust the front header clamp

polishing the lot, just gonna cut the nuts off tomorrow, can even tell they are nuts lol.

andrewsmith · 08-10-11, 08:58 PM

Hahaha

Thats a job for the winter for me along with the siezed in stud

08-10-11, 09:00 PM

I meant nuts

im not even contemplating messing up the studs! would be a complete nightmare.

andrewsmith · 08-10-11, 09:03 PM

a spark eroding and helicoil job?

08-10-11, 07:00 PM	#1
beabert Guest Posts: n/a	Downpipe material Bike: SV650 X '99 What metal or alloy is it? Is it the same all the way through or coated? Thanks. Last edited by beabert; 08-10-11 at 07:04 PM.

08-10-11, 07:14 PM	#2
maviczap Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 9,097	Re: Downpipe material Stainless Steel all the way __________________ We're riding out tonight to case the promised land Make everyday count RIP Reeder - Jolly Green Giant and comedy genius

08-10-11, 07:37 PM	#4
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: Downpipe material Stainless Steel Welded in the only way that the Japanese know how- Very tightly __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

08-10-11, 07:41 PM	#5
beabert Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Downpipe material I thought it was, but as i was sanding away i started getting paranoid.

08-10-11, 07:48 PM	#6
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: Downpipe material You attempting to derust the front header clamp __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

08-10-11, 08:58 PM	#8
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: Downpipe material Hahaha Thats a job for the winter for me along with the siezed in stud __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

08-10-11, 09:00 PM	#9
beabert Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Downpipe material I meant nuts im not even contemplating messing up the studs! would be a complete nightmare.

08-10-11, 09:03 PM	#10
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: Downpipe material a spark eroding and helicoil job? __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi