Hi,
I ride all weather and the bike - unfortunately - is kept outside due to lack of garage. Like last year, salt from the roads has made a jolly mess of my down pipe, again, used kurust and high temp paint last year after removing all loose surface rust.
This year I was planning on going a step further, I already have all the materials needed so it wouldn't be at cost, just time and whether the efforts worth it.
Plan was to take off the exhaust, fully clean the down pipe, then give it a good coat of kurust followed by a coat of high temp paint. Then wrap it and follow up with 2-3 good coats of high temp paint again to seal it all.
After reading a whole heap of scattered information across various forums I am at a cross roads as to whether to go ahead as some have said that wrap can trap moisture and damage the pipe quicker.
I must stress, this is for looks and protection only, its a cbr125r5, I'm not bothered about trying to squeeze HP out of a tiny engine. I'm planning on doing my mod1&2 over the next few months so its just to improve appearance for trade in and so that the next person who gets her can enjoy riding as much as I have.
Any one any experience with this?
cheers in advance
I ride all weather and the bike - unfortunately - is kept outside due to lack of garage. Like last year, salt from the roads has made a jolly mess of my down pipe, again, used kurust and high temp paint last year after removing all loose surface rust.
This year I was planning on going a step further, I already have all the materials needed so it wouldn't be at cost, just time and whether the efforts worth it.
Plan was to take off the exhaust, fully clean the down pipe, then give it a good coat of kurust followed by a coat of high temp paint. Then wrap it and follow up with 2-3 good coats of high temp paint again to seal it all.
After reading a whole heap of scattered information across various forums I am at a cross roads as to whether to go ahead as some have said that wrap can trap moisture and damage the pipe quicker.
I must stress, this is for looks and protection only, its a cbr125r5, I'm not bothered about trying to squeeze HP out of a tiny engine. I'm planning on doing my mod1&2 over the next few months so its just to improve appearance for trade in and so that the next person who gets her can enjoy riding as much as I have.
Any one any experience with this?
cheers in advance