Rust in exhaust pipe ?

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Oct 10, 2012 | 04:40 AM

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katobird

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From: General Sherman's Christmas Location 1864

My end tip had some rust showing, at the welded area, it could be seen and annoyed me.
Cleaned it up and painted it black..problem solved.

Oct 10, 2012 | 04:51 AM

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jjames

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From: ohio

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sauceman

^^^^this

If you ride short trips and do not let the bike get to operating temperature the chances of this happening are greatly increased.

cheers

+1 on this. Part of the reason I won't ride the bike to work unless I know I'll get a little extra ride in before and after I get off. My wife and I both work exactly 4 miles straight up the road from our house. We go thru exhausts on our cars much quicker than most due to this short drive.

Oct 10, 2012 | 08:37 AM

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harleycharlie1992

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From: san diego

does this bike have a cat? by-product of the catalytic converter is water just like the cars will do. getting exhaust up to temps, as stated earlier will fix this, but it is a normal function

Oct 10, 2012 | 09:05 AM

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oct1949

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Originally Posted by Tanuki

What would be the reason why the rear cylinder muffler would have rust at the end where it exits ? Engine fault, common, result of sitting around unused at dealers etc or don't worry about it?

Will it change color with use?

As per pic below

Thinking U answered Ur own questions...

Spray a little oil on it and wipe it out/off, U'll prob get most of it off. Looks like normal rust from sitting for a while.
Moisture will and does do that to metal's unless protected or made of Alloy of some kind.

And yes ridding her will prob turn it back to normal black/gray again.

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Oct 10, 2012 | 09:49 AM

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HoggyMtnBreakdown

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From: Japan

That'll be replaced by a beautiful shade of black soot soon enough...

Oct 10, 2012 | 02:19 PM

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dickey

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Last year I was considering a brand new RKC at my local dealer, and the pipe looked exactly like that. I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.

Besides--they look stock to me. You're gonna change 'em for something with a little more growl, right?

Oct 10, 2012 | 06:40 PM

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HoggyMtnBreakdown

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Originally Posted by dickey

MORE growl??? In Japan, they don't have ANY growl to begin with. They are dead silent straight from the showroom.

Oct 10, 2012 | 06:54 PM

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seniorsuperglideE8

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I would be more concerned about using non-HD air in the tires.

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Oct 10, 2012 | 08:05 PM

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Sauceman

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Quote:

Originally Posted by harleycharlie1992

does this bike have a cat? by-product of the catalytic converter is water just like the cars will do. getting exhaust up to temps, as stated earlier will fix this, but it is a normal function

It's not catalytic convertors that produce water, it's the burning of the fuel/air mixture.

cheers

Oct 10, 2012 | 08:30 PM

#20

Tanuki

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Will be looking to change pipes over to something with a growl instead of the quiet pur of standard pipes soon as i can find some at the right money here in tokyo.

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