How quickly does bronzing occur?

[Lord Popgun]

http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread....t=bulletin

How do you keep all these threads handy now that we have so many?

And just mild soap and water huh? I wonder what the coating is.

And a great flashback to Foolardi...

[ChipBeck_imp]

Not an issue at all. The coating changes color with time. The standard is a single wall pipe with a bronzed coating. The coating will discolor. This happens on all head pipes unless its a double walled chrome dipped pipe like on the delux. It has nothing to do with abuse or anything else. Some cleaners or solvents may help restore some of the uniformity of the coloring but not nessessary at all. The only thing that could really change the coloring and make the pipes look cooked is if someone did some super mods without any aftermarket fuel managment and ran the bike way too lean and hot. I highly doubt it. The pipes change colors and thats pretty much the extent of it.

Gentlemen,

There is one other way to deal with this and it is to coat the pipes with Jet Hot chrome finish (it's not chrome at all though, just looks like it). Below is a photo of my stock header with hundreds of miles on it and a bunch of heat cycles. Unlike chrome this finish will not "rainbow" near the heads like actual chrome does. This stuff is the bomb as the bronze header really bugged me. The heat shield I fabricated hides the ugly catalytic converter and collector as well. Cheers.

Chip

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[Gumby 1100_imp]

Chip,

I always meant to ask: How do the Jet Hot people coat the flanges without creating shadows or areas of poor coverage on the header tubes?

[ChipBeck_imp]

Chip,

I always meant to ask: How do the Jet Hot people coat the flanges without creating shadows or areas of poor coverage on the header tubes?

Great question, I don't know. The flanges were wired against the lips at the end of the pipe when I picked it up and the ends were plugged with big rubber stoppers to prevent the coating from getting inside and ruining the catalytic converter. The whole thing looked amazing when I got it back and after I polished it for about 10 minutes with Cape Cod metal polish it looked even better. Since I installed it I haven't touched the pipe other that washing the whole bike once in a while and the header stays shiny chrome. Much better.

Chip

[dsan1964_imp]

I tried this cleaner today . It's a start I think I need some good old fashioned elbow grease... washed the bike waxed the chain. 100 mile ride .


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[JimTT_imp]

I had a stainless Supertrapp 4 into 1 on my '81 CB750F and a number of other stainless exhausts pipes and cleaned them all up with with Scotch Bright pads. It leaves a very clean looking finish; it does not last forever but is not hard to renew. I prefer to finish is a circular motion around the circumference of the pipe; how far down you go is up to you.