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Forum Name: Small Blocks
Forum Description: V35 up to V750 including Breva750, V7, V9 and new V85.
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Topic: Shiny shiny
Posted By: iansoady
Subject: Shiny shiny
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2018 at 15:09
The pipes and silencers on my V50 had seen better days but were good quality stainless (Keihan). So I decided to have them polished. I used a company I'd used before for plating: http://www.chromefix.co.uk/

£195 wasn't cheap but I think you'll agree a very nice job - indistinguishable from chrome.

Polished:



As bought:




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Ian
1952 Norton ES2
1986 Honda XBR500
1958-ish Greeves/Triumph in progress



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Posted By: Brian UK
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2018 at 15:51
Wait till they get hot again. Stainless always goes a straw colour when it gets hot.
 
But vinegar and aluminium foil rubbed on it will get the shine back.


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Brian.

Better 5 minutes late in this world than years early in the next.


Posted By: cyclobutch
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2018 at 15:58
Yes, my Keihan system has a distinctly braan tinge to it. 

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Butch
V50 II - 'The Black Pearl'
T3 - 'Blue'
Eldo Loop - 'Jug'


Posted By: iansoady
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2018 at 16:37
Originally posted by Brian UK Brian UK wrote:

Wait till they get hot again. Stainless always goes a straw colour when it gets hot.
 
But vinegar and aluminium foil rubbed on it will get the shine back.


Hot? You mean I'm supposed to ride it?


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Ian
1952 Norton ES2
1986 Honda XBR500
1958-ish Greeves/Triumph in progress


Posted By: Mike H
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2018 at 17:37
Eventually go black as per second pic.




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"Chicken nuggets don't dance on a Tuesday."


Posted By: johnno
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2018 at 20:43
I really like the look of that bikeThumbs Up

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1100 sport corsa , Yam R1, guzzi 650tt rider


Posted By: GC888
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2018 at 18:00
2nd image looks like a gun blue which I like,

You can get an acid to turn steel blue if you don't do the hot oil dip, but never tried it with stainless. 

My own pipes are rusty chrome so was considering a wrap... on the other hand get them on the machine wire brush to strip the chrome and give them a brushed finish before gun bluing may be an alternative?  


Posted By: Dave P.
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2018 at 22:14
Stainless does indeed go brown but unlike rusty chrome pipes can easily and quickly be smartened up with Solvol or similar.Stainless every time for me.......when I can afford it.

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TO LIVE OUTSIDE THE LAW YOU MUST BE HONEST.

1971 V7 Special. 1972 850GT.
1970 T120 Bonnie. 2009 500 Bullet.


Posted By: Brian UK
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2018 at 22:24
Or if Solvol proves expensive, crushed aluminium foil dipped in vinegar does the same job.

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Brian.

Better 5 minutes late in this world than years early in the next.


Posted By: Dave P.
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2018 at 23:04
It's not the price of the Solvol Brian.It's the cost of replacing the complete rusty exhaust system of the GT 850 with stainless.

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TO LIVE OUTSIDE THE LAW YOU MUST BE HONEST.

1971 V7 Special. 1972 850GT.
1970 T120 Bonnie. 2009 500 Bullet.


Posted By: iansoady
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2018 at 10:37
Originally posted by johnno johnno wrote:

I really like the look of that bikeThumbs Up


You can have the front mudguard for a modest price if you like.......


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Ian
1952 Norton ES2
1986 Honda XBR500
1958-ish Greeves/Triumph in progress


Posted By: cyclobutch
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2018 at 10:43
Originally posted by Brian UK Brian UK wrote:

Or if Solvol proves expensive, crushed aluminium foil dipped in vinegar does the same job.

Or just ride around with brown pipes of course. 

I actually have a beautiful chromed mudguard for mine, exactly the same pattern as OE but came from a Benelli. I never fit it for fear of it rusting - my Veefer is mostly a winter bike. 


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Butch
V50 II - 'The Black Pearl'
T3 - 'Blue'
Eldo Loop - 'Jug'


Posted By: Brian UK
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2018 at 13:18
Originally posted by Dave P. Dave P. wrote:

It's not the price of the Solvol Brian.It's the cost of replacing the complete rusty exhaust system of the GT 850 with stainless.
Yes, there is that I suppose.


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Brian.

Better 5 minutes late in this world than years early in the next.



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