exhaust discoloration

[Southwend]

Firstly Merry Christmas all. Happy New Year to boot.
My factory exhaust is beginning to discolor. What are your recommendations for a cleaner. I imagine this is one of the things that titanium does not do? Warm enough here in Va to ride, unfortunately wet enough to float.
Santa stuck a nice Corbin under the tree this year as well, must be a theme!

[Bob Sdaman_imp]

There is a wealth of information on this subject, but I have to assume you're talking about the headers, and not the can itself. See the link below:
http://cb1100forum.com/forum/search.php?...order=desc

I was recently looking into this for my own bike, and anything from 3M Scotch-Brite & WD-40, to something called "Optiglanz" seem to be reputable options.
One commonality among all the options is that it seems to be a lot of work, and you'll be doing it often to maintain the polished surface.
For me, I may just let the headers go about their merry way. I'd rather ride the thing than clean it.

[Emilio_imp]

My 2014 CB1100 standard also discolored the pipes (4 to 1) to a dark gold color in less than 1000 miles. I'm not impressed with the quality of the pipes at all.
I'm wondering if the 4 into 2 pipes on the Deluxe model would keep their color better?
How about any after market pipes out there that are better quality?
The discoloration happened too quickly, the cleaning product/stainless steel polish doesn't seem like a long term solution.

[Southwend]

There is a wealth of information on this subject, but I have to assume you're talking about the headers, and not the can itself. See the link below:
http://cb1100forum.com/forum/search.php?...order=desc

I was recently looking into this for my own bike, and anything from 3M Scotch-Brite & WD-40, to something called "Optiglanz" seem to be reputable options.
One commonality among all the options is that it seems to be a lot of work, and you'll be doing it often to maintain the polished surface.
For me, I may just let the headers go about their merry way. I'd rather ride the thing than clean it.

Thanks for the link. The Jet-Hot factory is just about an hour away. I am going to pay them a visit an save some shipping costs.

[capttwb136_imp]

Blue Job works well. It has been around a long time. Takes a little work though.

[kennyw]

I love the gold coloring. I just knock off the mud and dirt and keep riding.

[Django]

I love the gold coloring. I just knock off the mud and dirt and keep riding.

+1

[quietguy_imp]

+2

[LongRanger_imp]

My 2014 CB1100 standard also discolored the pipes (4 to 1) to a dark gold color in less than 1000 miles. I'm not impressed with the quality of the pipes at all.
I'm wondering if the 4 into 2 pipes on the Deluxe model would keep their color better?
How about any after market pipes out there that are better quality?
The discoloration happened too quickly, the cleaning product/stainless steel polish doesn't seem like a long term solution.

The single-wall pipes on the STD will discolor. It's normal. The 4x2 pipes on the EX/DLX are double-wall and shouldn't discolor.

[the Ferret]

My dlx pipes with 18,000 miles look just like they did when I brought it home ( except dirtier lol)