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(07-25-2016, 07:56 AM)ChipBeck_imp Wrote:
(07-24-2016, 11:08 PM)uscgmac_imp Wrote: I would spend less time with the header pipe and more time riding. The bronzing of the pipe is just an excepted effect. You just get used to it and move on. Gives the bike character and not much you can really do about it.

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Not so but Semichrome is not the answer. Semichrome will shine your pipes back up but the first time you ride it they will be bronze again. Real chrome will "rainbow" near the engine where the pipes get hottest. The answer is Jet-Hot polished finish. My 2013 CB1100 header has had this finish for a year and countless rides and they are still a bright shiny silver that looks like chrome or polished stainless. This is the only lasting solution to bronze pipes. Cheers.

Chip

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Not so but Semichrome is not the answer. Semichrome will shine your pipes back up but the first time you ride it they will be bronze again. Real chrome will "rainbow" near the engine where the pipes get hottest. The answer is Jet-Hot polished finish. My 2013 CB1100 header has had this finish for a year and countless rides and they are still a bright shiny silver that looks like chrome or polished stainless. This is the only lasting solution to bronze pipes. Cheers.

Chip

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Chip,

Where did you get your coating done. We have a location 4 hours away in North Carolina. Do they have other locations or did you ship yours to NC?

Rod
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Discolored pipes - by zippooriginal_imp - 07-22-2016, 04:25 AM
RE: Discolored pipes - by Gumby 1100_imp - 07-22-2016, 05:06 AM
RE: Discolored pipes - by zippooriginal_imp - 07-22-2016, 06:47 AM
RE: Discolored pipes - by uscgmac_imp - 07-24-2016, 11:08 PM
RE: Discolored pipes - by ChipBeck_imp - 07-25-2016, 07:56 AM
RE: Discolored pipes - by clearviewx - 07-25-2016, 09:57 AM
RE: Discolored pipes - by LongRanger_imp - 07-25-2016, 10:09 AM
RE: Discolored pipes - by VicsCB1100_imp - 07-25-2016, 02:46 PM
RE: Discolored pipes - by uscgmac_imp - 07-25-2016, 04:50 PM
RE: Discolored pipes - by ChipBeck_imp - 07-26-2016, 08:45 AM
RE: Discolored pipes - by BayAreaRick_imp - 07-26-2016, 10:08 AM
Discolored pipes - by uscgmac_imp - 07-26-2016, 11:58 AM
RE: Discolored pipes - by rodsmith123_imp - 07-27-2016, 03:16 AM
RE: Discolored pipes - by ryanschillinger_imp - 07-28-2016, 02:55 AM
RE: Discolored pipes - by RedWinger_imp - 07-28-2016, 12:14 PM
RE: Discolored pipes - by 4 Paws_imp - 07-28-2016, 12:45 PM

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