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Stainless silencer
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 9:56 am
by futterweasel
Hi any one know if the bmw silencer for an LC was made from stainless steel? my bike has the chrome silencer on it which was an optional extra I believe, so was the standard one stainless? UK bike.
Re: Stainless silencer
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 10:58 am
by bandytales
futterweasel wrote:
Hi any one know if the bmw silencer for an LC was made from stainless steel? my bike has the chrome silencer on it which was an optional extra I believe, so was the standard one stainless? UK bike.
The Chrome silencer IS stainless steel (but chrome plated).
Re: Stainless silencer
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 11:13 am
by futterweasel
so all the none chromed ones are stainless?
Re: Stainless silencer
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 12:43 pm
by bandytales
futterweasel wrote:
so all the none chromed ones are stainless?
Well I can't answer that as I don't have one.
Of course, the Akropovic isn't stainless.
Re: Stainless silencer
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 3:19 pm
by guest2360
All RT exhausts pipes are stainless front to back. The ones that have been chromed norms.ly stay shiny except for the header pipes that tend to blue. If they are just the stainless ones they will discolour. None of them should corrode though.
Re: Stainless silencer
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 4:45 pm
by Our Gee
For what it’s worth I much preferred the non chromed headers. Much easier to keep looking good with “Scotchbrite” and elbow grease. Our present Twincam has the chromed headers which require nearly constant attention. Incidently when we first got the bike (with around 3000 miles on the clock) there was considerably rust and pitting of the headers under the engine. Took me ages to bring them back to something like acceptable.
Re: Stainless silencer
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 5:43 pm
by bandytales
So are you saying that the headers on your bike are steel and NOT stainless steel?
Re: Stainless silencer
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 6:05 pm
by temesvar
Stainless or not, the headers look crappy shortly after they leave the show room!
Why not make them like other manufacturers, who's headers are nice chromed
for ages? The can on my 2008 was all rusted under. If SS, then it is of very
poor quality alloy, just like the junk we are getting from China.
Either way, the age of the all around chrome is gone. Most of the tank,
both fenders , rims, headers and mufflers where a must be chrome. Now
they are painted. So why not just ceramic coat the headers, and will have a
clean look for many years? And because the muffler was so bad, i ceramic coated
that too. I think it looks better than chromed, but then again, may be just me. :whistle:
Re: Stainless silencer
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 8:56 pm
by Our Gee
bandytales wrote:
So are you saying that the headers on your bike are steel and NOT stainless steel?
Being chromed I couldn’t say what they are, although it does seem a bit extravagant to chrome stainless rather then mild steel. There again RT man does seem pretty sure that both types are stainless.
Re: Stainless silencer
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 9:10 pm
by simbo
temesvar wrote:
Stainless or not, the headers look crappy shortly after they leave the show room!
Why not make them like other manufacturers, who's headers are nice chromed
for ages? The can on my 2008 was all rusted under. If SS, then it is of very
poor quality alloy, just like the junk we are getting from China.
Either way, the age of the all around chrome is gone. Most of the tank,
both fenders , rims, headers and mufflers where a must be chrome. Now
they are painted. So why not just ceramic coat the headers, and will have a
clean look for many years? And because the muffler was so bad, i ceramic coated
that too. I think it looks better than chromed, but then again, may be just me. :whistle:
Do you have any pictures temesvar? More the 'finish' than the colour, I'll be looking into having the Header's Ceramic Coated on mine next winter if I keep it.
Re: Stainless silencer
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 10:05 pm
by temesvar
Can't see much, but you get the idea.
Re: Stainless silencer
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 9:34 am
by bandytales
Our Gee wrote:
Being chromed I couldn’t say what they are, although it does seem a bit extravagant to chrome stainless rather then mild steel. There again RT man does seem pretty sure that both types are stainless.
Not extravagant, just looks nice.
Re: Stainless silencer
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 10:29 am
by Casbar
I have better things to do than polish exhausts. Gave that up after my 8 Years of Harley ownership 8)
Re: Stainless silencer
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 11:47 am
by bandytales
Casbar wrote:
I have better things to do than polish exhausts. Gave that up after my 8 Years of Harley ownership 8)
Oooh, I love a shiny bike!
Re: Stainless silencer
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 8:33 am
by David.
Double walled chrome exhaust header pipes are the way forward.
Yamaha XJ650 circa 1980.
