Oh yea I just "CHUCK" my custom bikes together,cause Its real easy.
Hardcore Biker
Oh yea I just "CHUCK" my custom bikes together,cause Its real easy.
Forum whore
that maybe the case on brand new pipes with a thou or so of copperflashing, this has seen thirty years on a bike so some of the pits are quite deep.Originally Posted by AllanB
Low personal B.M.E.P.
What gauge were they made from originally ? 16G is marginal for metalspraying and anything thinner, forget it.
IMO you may just have to face up to gas welding a heap of pits followed by file/linish and pro polish.
Remember, you'll only do it once.....
Forum whore
I think he means the choppers you see on the tele... tank from here, guard from there, engine from over there etc etc
Ta
This guy gets it.
Hardcore Biker
Would ceramic coating the inside of the pipe help - I know they say a full ceramic coat inside and out can drop the surface temperature up to 50% not sure what the drop would be just coating the inside of the header?
I love the smell of twin V16's in the morning..
Forum whore
now there's some thinking, just wondering about how it will coat on an old rusty surface...
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Before they put it on they blast it a bit to aid adhesion. I stripped the HPC coating off some pipes & found they needed a bit of a sand before I sprayed them. Not sure how they would do the inside. Also not sure how well it would hold onto inside of square pipes, if you ran the blaster down there, you'd miss heaps.
They will need a severe acid to remove the rust & old chrome, that will leave a depressing surface. From there I guess its hard work, but probably your only option.
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He's the only one I've got.
Forum whore
One could always make a new set I guess - fresh metal to chrome.
In the riders seat
Might be harder than you think, have you seen the pipes he's talking about?
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
Ta
I suggested the same. I have seen the pipes, and Steve Roberts himself said it was the biggest job he'd ever done (or words to that effect).
All made out of flat steel, insane! But modeling the pieces first would reduce the work by half.
Scooter boy
Most chromers won't touch a used set off pipes as the carbon from the pipes will contaminate there baths.Mt Eden electroplaters were good and used triple chrome since they did alot off bumpers back in the day.Till they are completely stripped and all rust removed to inspect if they are recoverable.
Best is to give the pipes to a Good radiator shop for them to cook out the rust and carbon build up and then see where you stand and to see if you have a good amount off metal to play with.
Im sure there is someone local that has a mandrel bender that can laser measure them and bend them up pretty cheap.
Building pipes aren't that hard once you've done a few here is what i finished on monday a 6-1 cbx in stainless
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
that looks nice. real nice.
But how many have you made using square tube? Why would you? Well that's kinda the point
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Scooter boy
Well if it is square thats even easier as you could just find someone with a rotary draw pipe bender there must be plenty off these units around and will give a nice bend.
Early years off indy cars (cosworth) they tried square headers to squeeze the shape off the exhaust wave but it never took off.
Ta
that looks nice. real nice.
But how many have you made using square tube? Why would you? Well that's kinda the pointThe original pipes were made from sheet, and made by hand quite painstakingly I imagine. But aesthetically they would look the same to make new ones the way described.
You know about this Spyda?
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