What did you do to your bike today?

IC3 · 12 Apr 2016 at 12:52

Clov!s said:
I'm not waiting weeks lol, I did say I'd order them myself and pay express delivery to have them delivered by Monday, I bet they've gone for economy delivery and yodel are in charge haha

Yodel is faster than DPD around my area, all orders so far have woken me up early in the morning (ordered day before).

BTW That's their excuse, they say they're waiting for the part... my mate had work experience where I left my bike, he said the part came in ages ago.

Craig321 · 12 Apr 2016 at 14:22

That sucks. Mine were delivered next day from seller on eBay, then if you've done the job before, it'll only take 30 mins per leg if nothing gets stuck.

tom_e · 12 Apr 2016 at 14:25

That's one of the reasons if I need a job doing by a garage for whatever reason I'll usually just take my own parts and get them to do the fitting.

MowyTone · 12 Apr 2016 at 20:05

Thought I'd check out the claim that Harpic max really brings up downpipes.

Here is the results:

Before:

After 2 scouring pads and 30 or so mins:

I have some very high temp paint coming so I'll spray it all up before I get it fitted

Craig321 · 12 Apr 2016 at 20:17

Really tempted to do that myself on my Hornet, but I don't think I can bear taking them off. The collar things at the top are completely rusted, guaranteed siezed bolts

would look so good.

What paint are you using?

MowyTone · 12 Apr 2016 at 20:40

This stuff LINKY

Most vids I've seen are of people doing it while its on the bike. The bleach seems to lose its ability quite quickly so you use a fair bit. I probably used half a bottle.

Removing the head studs can be a massive ball ache especially if the thing snaps. It's going to cost me about £200 to get mine out

wazza300 · 12 Apr 2016 at 20:50

Some wire wool would have brought them up

Black painted pipes tend to corrode really fast,I was forever grinding the rust bubbles of my kmx exhaust and re spraying it,but its better then no paint at all I suppose

Craig321 · 12 Apr 2016 at 20:56

MowyTone said:
This stuff LINKY

Most vids I've seen are of people doing it while its on the bike. The bleach seems to lose its ability quite quickly so you use a fair bit. I probably used half a bottle.

Removing the head studs can be a massive ball ache especially if the thing snaps. It's going to cost me about £200 to get mine out

That's me decided. I'm not taking them off. Had enough of seized stuff costing me money on that Hornet.

Sagalout · 12 Apr 2016 at 23:38

I replaced the headers on the GS at the weekend. The bracket that held the end pipe was really rusty but I couidnt find a replacement so I put it in a vice and used the dremel on it with the wire brush attachment. 5 mins later it looked like new!

.one. · 13 Apr 2016 at 00:49

Head and barrels cleaned ready for rebuild also tapped out exhaust headers some looked a little ropey.

benji182 · 13 Apr 2016 at 07:04

MowyTone said:
This stuff LINKY

Most vids I've seen are of people doing it while its on the bike. The bleach seems to lose its ability quite quickly so you use a fair bit. I probably used half a bottle.

Removing the head studs can be a massive ball ache especially if the thing snaps. It's going to cost me about £200 to get mine out

Picture of can says up to 800°C yet description says 600°C ?

MowyTone · 13 Apr 2016 at 07:19

wazza300 said:
Some wire wool would have brought them up

Black painted pipes tend to corrode really fast,I was forever grinding the rust bubbles of my kmx exhaust and re spraying it,but its better then no paint at all I suppose

Yeah I don't want to have to replace the exhaust again any time soon so thought it best to coat it. I'll grab some wire wool as I havnt sprayed it yet

benji182 said:
Picture of can says up to 800°C yet description says 600°C ?

Yeah I noticed that as well

benji182 · 13 Apr 2016 at 07:53

MowyTone said:
Yeah I noticed that as well

I don't know how hot an exhaust pipe / manifold gets but it must be very close to those temps. I'd be interested in knowing how long it lasts

lmfy2k · 13 Apr 2016 at 10:38

rode to work today, first time in 2 weeks

refreshing

Craig321 · 13 Apr 2016 at 11:07

MowyTone said:
Yeah I don't want to have to replace the exhaust again any time soon so thought it best to coat it. I'll grab some wire wool as I havnt sprayed it yet

Yeah I noticed that as well

Careful with wire wool, if you don't get all the little bits of the wool off, you'll be left with rust spots.

Might be better off with fine grit sandpaper.

^JP^ · 13 Apr 2016 at 11:13

Before you paint the headers I'd ring round for a few quotes to get them ceramic coated, may not be that expensive?

.one. · 14 Apr 2016 at 00:04

Head barrels fitted and torqued down just cams, timing and shimming e.t.c will be ready for the weekend.

MowyTone · 14 Apr 2016 at 10:52

^JP^ said:
Before you paint the headers I'd ring round for a few quotes to get them ceramic coated, may not be that expensive?

Sadly with the other parts and the mrs birthday next week I just don't have the funds to look at it

tom_e · 14 Apr 2016 at 10:54

MowyTone said:
Sadly with the other parts and the mrs birthday next week I just don't have the funds to look at it

Tell her it's your gift to her as it'll save you money in the long run which you can then spend on treating her.

If that works never let her leave!!!!

MowyTone · 14 Apr 2016 at 11:05

tom_e said:
Tell her it's your gift to her as it'll save you money in the long run which you can then spend on treating her.

If that works never let her leave!!!!

She moans a bit about it but she follows it up with 'but it's your money I suppose'....I also remind her I would be using the car otherwise and then she'd have to use the bus