| Author | Message | ||
     Turf_moor |
My 06 Uly has the standard exhaust, which I rather like. The fuelling of the bike is perfect and I'd like to keep it standard and reckon it's noisy enough. Has anyone worn one of the standard exhausts out? Can it be expected to last the life of the bike? I do not ride in a country that salts the roads. The exhaust has some rust as they all seem to. | ||
| Etennuly |
I have seen many of them over 60,000 without rusting through. Ugly as sin with surface rust but still solid and no problems from the internals. | ||
| Turf_moor |
The appearance of rust on this type of exhaust worries me about as much as rust on a car exhaust. In other words, not at all. Anyway I have a bash plate covering it. | ||
| Etennuly |
What? A bash plate?  I thought my muffler was the bash plate! | ||
| Turf_moor |
I suppose you're right. It's one of the Touratech ones. Totally unnecessary, but seeing I bought it, it's staying on. | ||
| Etennuly |
I don't blame you, they look much better than a rusty can! | ||
| Turf_moor |
Looks quite cool too. I've got the mesh Touratech front engine guard on too. That does a useful job. | ||
| Rayycc1 |
POR 15 makes this stuff called Black Velvet...you rush it on your muffler...looks like hell as your brushing it on...but come back an hour later and it looks better than most factory paint...Lasts forever....rust will not be an issue again. http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_SPM798084 8308?hlSellerId=23392&ci_src=184425893&ci_sku=SPM7 980848308&sid=IDx20131030xMPAPxCPA28 | ||
| Turf_moor |
I suppose you've got to wire brush the existing rust off, otherwise it will rust from beneath the Black Velvet. Is it crucial to get it all off? Thanks for the link. | ||
| Rayycc1 |
yes...i would wire wheel it or wire brush it off at the very least...i sandblasted mine...that stuff is awesome though. | ||
| Rayycc1 |
I do believe the can says its NOT crucial to get all the rust off first. I don't know if your farmiliar with the POR line...but most of their products are awesome...and all of their products are made to deal with rust. They make a great tank lining kit for old rusty gas tanks too. | ||
| Reepicheep |
I had much better luck with ceramic engine paint than I did with high temp black BBQ paint. Neither is perfect, but I'd say the engine paint lasts about twice as long. | ||
| M2nc |
Stock muffler does make a great bash plate. On second stock muffler, first met with a tree at about 25 mph. Flattened the muffler a bit but valve and all still worked. I had to replace it because the mounting straps kept breaking on the sharper radius cause by the bend. | ||
| Turf_moor |
Thanks, Ive found a place that sells this Black Velvet paint in England who will courier it to Portugal. This means no import duty as both countries are within the EU. Many thanks. | ||
| Uly_man |
The rust is just cosmetic on these cans and I have NEVER heard of one, as yet, that has rust out. If you want to make a std can look good and last get it cam coated as nothing else will last very long including BBQ paint. And yes tried everything else. | ||
| Callawegian |
I have a 2 mile ride on gravel to get to paved roads and I repainted my stock muffler over 3 years ago (10,000 miles) with no rusting yet. Rustoleum BBQ paint is all that I used after wire brushing it. | ||
| Ratbuell |
I used to BBQ-paint mine every oil change, as PM. Just part of the service procedure. Drain, refill, clean with carb cleaner, brush, paint, test ride. Bakes it on real good. I lately upgraded to a ceramic coated muffler. We shall see. I won't know what to do with myself at service time if this holds up as well as I suspect it will! | ||
| Twotalltodd |
I noticed rust starting on mine so I pulled it and had a local company ceramic coat it. It looks great and the muffler itself will melt before the ceramic. It cost about 35 bucks I think as for them it was a simple coat job. I am very happy with it. Next for the exhaust pipe  | ||
| Simond |
I've had my S2 muffler ceramic coated by Camcoat and Buell UK used to settle warranty claims against rusty exhausts by sending them to Camcoat. It's a nice finish but doesn't last much longer than regular high temperature paint. It was a shame that Buell dropped the stainless mufflers - I still have an S3 stainless one sitting on the shelf. Putting the muffler under the engine and then making it out of mild steel was not the brightest move for the UK market. (Message edited by SimonD on May 05, 2014) | ||
| Turf_moor |
I'll do it next time it's serviced. | ||
| Sharkguy |
I've noticed mine is starting to rust at 22,000 miles. It looks like the tube that vents the fuel tank allows fumes to blow/drip directly onto the rear end of the exhaust can. This is also where rust is starting. Looks like I need to re-locate that tube before spending any time repainting the can, otherwise it's going to happen all over again. | ||
| Uly_man |
Mild steel exhausts rust no matter what they are on due to road/ riding conditions. Seems to me as less of a worry than a bad running bike. | ||
| Dtaylor |
Sharkguy -- on my Uly the tank vent tube terminates on the inside of the left footpeg mount, and any drips are clear of everything. There is a hoop or maybe a clip cast in the mount to secure it in place. |
