12-09-2017, 02:16 PM
OK, this is kind of like a 'who cares' issue, but I'll ask anyway.
What the 'hey' has happened to my exhaust pipes? They're splotchy, have little dots all over them, at least off the cylinder head. I own a 1991 BMW R100GS (since 1991) that shows less heat damage to the pipes at 150k miles than my 2014 CB1100 with slightly over 3000 miles showing. And my 2008 Guzzi pipes still look reasonably kept up, even though they have 65000 miles on them. And all I do to either bike is wipe the pipes down periodically.
It's not a big issue, but I won't concede to the logic that some fellow Triumph owners said about their 2001 Bonnevilles, when their pipes turned a scorched blue within a few hundred miles. I simply don't believe that discolored pipes show that I'm a hot shoe that really runs my bike hard.
So what gives with my CB1100 pipes? Or is it just my bike?
What the 'hey' has happened to my exhaust pipes? They're splotchy, have little dots all over them, at least off the cylinder head. I own a 1991 BMW R100GS (since 1991) that shows less heat damage to the pipes at 150k miles than my 2014 CB1100 with slightly over 3000 miles showing. And my 2008 Guzzi pipes still look reasonably kept up, even though they have 65000 miles on them. And all I do to either bike is wipe the pipes down periodically.
It's not a big issue, but I won't concede to the logic that some fellow Triumph owners said about their 2001 Bonnevilles, when their pipes turned a scorched blue within a few hundred miles. I simply don't believe that discolored pipes show that I'm a hot shoe that really runs my bike hard.
So what gives with my CB1100 pipes? Or is it just my bike?