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Leeaw
Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 10:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I have had one for about a year and a half and was changing the oil today, and noticed a fair amount of surface rust around the outlet pipe and some spots that look even worse under the chin spoiler.

Anyone else having the same problem? I don't want to take it off and lose riding time, since I have very little time for even that, much less wrenching.
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Johnk3
Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 11:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
stock muffler on my bike rusted, stands to reason that the drummer would do the same. get the stainless when he starts selling them.
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Blake
Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 12:13 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Steel will oxidize. Deal with it. Wire brush, wipe clean, apply naval jelly, prime, paint, done.
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Odie
Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 12:31 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
What Blake said. Any steel pipe located down there is exposed to roadrash, water, sand, dirt, etc and then add to it the constant heating/cooling cycles it goes thru throughout it's days. It's tough being a pipe I guess!
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Ingemar
Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 01:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Mine does that too.

I plan on taking it off at the end of the season and do what Blake said.
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Charlieboy6649
Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 03:51 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Treat as Blake said, then coat with the new textured spraypaints available. I did mine in charcoal and it's great. Has resisted all chips, scrapes, and rusting...
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Cyko_bob
Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 06:03 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
What is the difference between the polished ceramic race muffler and the silver ceramic? Is the polished ceramic less susceptible to rust?
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Saintly
Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 06:44 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Leeaw, if it's for a 9R I'll buy it from you. I've been looking for a rusty muffler to put on my 03 9R. That way It'll match my rusty head pipe & the peeling wrinkleblack finish on my primary cover. I'm going to flaunt the XB ratbike look!

I'll give you my stock muffler plus $250 that way you'll have a muffler to use as a core if you decide to have another drummer made.
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Buellman39
Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 07:54 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
ATTENTION

This is what your Drummer is painted with from Kevin.

Clean and sand with 320 and put several light coats of DUPLACOLOR DH-1602 on.
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Jerseyguy
Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 08:47 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
What Buellman said... I've redone mine twice now.
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Kds1
Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 09:19 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Leeaw,
If you send it to me I will refinish the can no charge and send it back...

Kevin
www.kdfab.com
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Phantom5oh
Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 10:01 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
That's pretty good customer service!
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Madsx
Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 10:45 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Now thats standing behind your product!
How about that!
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Leeaw
Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 12:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I just don't have the time to waste taking it off and repainting, nor do I want it to get worse before possibly having it powdercoated.
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Kds1
Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 12:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Just wait till you get time and send it then....

Kevin
www.kdfab.com
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Leeaw
Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 12:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Kevin,

I appreciate the refinish offer but I won't waste your time with that. Will hi-temp powdercoating do the trick? I had my old M2 headers done in gloss silver a few years back and it was quite durable, so I may just get the muffler done this winter.
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Nasty73z
Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 12:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Just get the muffler ceramic coated. Not only will it bling, it will reduce engine temperatures and the heat put off from the bike. Performance Coatings (a shop here in OKC) will do a muffler for like $45-50 bucks. Great deal if you ask me.

Chase
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M1combat
Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 02:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
What Blake said...
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Kds1
Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 02:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Hi-Temp powdercoating, ceramic coating, or what Blake said will do just fine....I have one here local that is just regular satin black powdercoated that is still going flawless....

Kevin
www.kdfab.com
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Opto
Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 05:09 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
For quick and easy short-term protection I've touched up mine with a hi-temp spray-can with the muff still on the bike, removed the chin spoiler to do the front, taped up the outlet to do the back. Works better than expected, a one-stubbie job.
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Paulinoz
Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 06:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
External rust does not harm performance or handeling whats the problem.
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Blake
Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 09:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
If you can knock the rust off, you can save a little weight? : ]
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Ingemar
Posted on Friday, July 29, 2005 - 01:42 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Not that it's very important 'cos its mass centralized.
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2k4xb12
Posted on Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 07:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Wouldn't knocking the rust off and reducing the weight down low have the unwanted effect of raising the bike's CG?
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Opto
Posted on Monday, August 01, 2005 - 04:31 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Yes it does, that's why you need the hi-temp spray-can. : )
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