Bandit exhaust pipes...

[Stue11 0]

Right then ile try and keep this short and sweet...Me mate Pike as a B12 as most allready know...when he purchased the bike his collector box was rottern so he bought a new full exhaust system..he bought a slip on end can to go with the link pipe which the link pipe on slip ons are a lot smaller bore etc etc..now the question im asking is...after only a couple of mins after running is bike the front pipes tarnish brown all down the front, is that because they are not a good quality steel or will it have something to do with the link pipe being a lot smaller bore.. I hope ive made sense

[madsod 0]

single skin down pipes . so will go that nice corn colour , can't do sod all about it ,

[fr499y 0]

its the fact there single skinned stainless, it will go brown/gold and even blue if it gets hot enough. The pipes might look smaller but they will be the same as the internal measurement on the stock bandit pipes If you dont like the colour, polish them with something like McGuires metal polish

[Chadatious 0]

my sv has done that stue, i think they look horrible now, as their obviously the origonals and have stained a lot, but nothing you can do!

[lee1 1]

@madsod wrote:

single skin down pipes . so will go that nice corn colour , can't do sod all about it ,

mine does the same stue even after ive just polished them

[fr499y 0]

wouldnt mind my headers going like this!! but it wont happen unless there titanium :P

[Stue11 0]

@fr499y wrote:

wouldnt mind my headers going like this!! but it wont happen unless there titanium :P

Now they would look nice on me Rizla

[Stue11 0]

Thanks everyone youve answerd what we thought but wasnt sure much appreciated

[madsod 0]

@fr499y wrote:

wouldnt mind my headers going like this!! but it wont happen unless there titanium :P

stock on the gsxr 1000 and i have that nice shade

[fr499y 0]

@madsod wrote:

wouldnt mind my headers going like this!! but it wont happen unless there titanium :P
stock on the gsxr 1000 and i have that nice shade

Aye GSXR's have titanium headers/link pipe though

[trebor4460 0]

It's the tempering colours caused by the heat on the single skinned stainless pipes, it's actualy a good indicator of how the motor is running, as it's an indication of how hot the pot is running, ie too hot, it's running lean, not good. Straw is normal, with a bit of blue near the ex port but if one or more pot goes extended blue or worst purple I would check the mixture and maybe check for air leaks on that pot.

[Stue11 0]

@trebor4460 wrote:

It's the tempering colours caused by the heat on the single skinned stainless pipes, it's actualy a good indicator of how the motor is running, as it's an indication of how hot the pot is running, ie too hot, it's running lean, not good. Straw is normal, with a bit of blue near the ex port but if one or more pot goes extended blue or worst purple I would check the mixture and maybe check for air leaks on that pot.

Thanks rob ile look at that on wednesday when i see him at gym