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Buelllightening
Posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 04:31 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Any body Know how to restore the gold header coating on my ulysses,my friend hung his Jacket on my handlebars and the lining ended up burnt on the headers,aftr removing it carefully it has taken some of the plating off.any ideas ?

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Glitch
Posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 08:02 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Plating?
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Eric_m
Posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 08:06 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Polish it up, it is natural stainless.
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Lenb
Posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 09:49 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
My old '04 XB9R didn't have any coating on the headers but my '06 XB12R definitely does (and it is scratched in one place). I'd venture to say it's some kind of heat resistant paint.
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Jcbikes
Posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 12:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Question on 2006 headers if stainless steel or not. Magnets generally do not stick to stainless steel. A magnet will STICK to the 2006 headers and I think their is some kind of paint on them.
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Sinatra
Posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 04:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
mags will stick to certain types of stainless, at least they do at the shop i work at....maybe its the amounts of other material in cheaper stainless...we machine all different types of SS.
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Jcbikes
Posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 04:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
So maybe the 2006 headers are made of a lower grade SS and are then painted.
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Dennis_c
Posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 05:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
ss turns gold when it gets hot
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71sportster
Posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 06:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Jet-Hot ceramic coat them!
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M1combat
Posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 07:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Dude... He was asking about how to restore the original finish... not get a different finish...

In any case... I'm not sure there's a "plating" on it as such. Anony could probably answer that though. I've heard that mother's metal cleaner works well, and the pipes will return to their gold color fairly quickly.
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Madsx
Posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 08:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Get em hot. Scrape off anything you can. Sand them wet, when cool, with 300/600/1200 . Polish with Eagle One or Mothers.
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Bads1
Posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 08:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Can't do that either. Sanding is a NO...NO on 06 headers unless you don't mind the bead blast texture that is on it from the factory being sanded off.
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Mb182
Posted on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 - 09:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I would like to know what is original finish as well.

Bike was washed by dealers 2X and what ever they used messed it up

MB
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