I'm hoping to treat my exhaust with black temperature paint (PJ1) this spring to curb current corrosion. Hoping to avoid any overspray and the tedious masking off that will be required, I'd love to remove the entire exhaust system and then paint it.
I realize I�ll have to remove the canister from the pipe, but wanted to know how many more additional steps will be required and whether the process is relatively painless? I don�t have a lift so any removal will have to be done while on the center stand.
Any and all advice is appreciated.
I really hope that of you who live in road-salt free areas and where it doesn't snow in April, appreciate just how lucky you are.
I have done this several times, get the extreme high temp paint that goes up to 1700f as the lower temp paint just burns off in an hour or so of riding.
It only lasts a few months so I would suggest haveing it ceramic coated by a professional if its that important to you. I have done mine several times, I usually hit it with a wire cup on my electric polisher to clean off any rusty bits. It stinks to high heaven the first time you ride it as it cures.
I did mine the same time I installed my Ohlins shock
HispanicSlammer, Apr 5 2005, 02:31 PMI have done this several times, get the extreme high temp paint that goes up to 1700f as the lower temp paint just burns off in an hour or so of riding.
It only lasts a few months so I would suggest haveing it ceramic coated by a professional if its that important to you. I have done mine several times, I usually hit it with a wire cup on my electric polisher to clean off any rusty bits. It stinks to high heaven the first time you ride it as it cures.
I did mine the same time I installed my Ohlins shock
Thanks for the tutorial. I feel alot better knowing that it's not that rare a procedure. However, I read in Hayes that it is nessesary to replace the exhaust gaskets on each pipe and the silencer after removal. Is this indeed the case?