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Exhaust headers

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Ok

I decided I wanted to clean my headers as they were rotten!

I got to work having seen some amazing results from a couple of other guys. The end result is by no means professional but it is the first time and next time will be better!

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And polished.....


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Thats the lot. Used a wire cup end on a drill to start. Then used Policraft steel and stainless steel polishing kit from halfords.
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You've done a great job , well done .
It'll be a lot easier next time [THUMBS UP SIGN]
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Thanks mate! Got a little annoyed around the welds and other fiddly bits...will be investing in a few drill ends next time! So I am sure it will take less time and look better.
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Get the Aulto sol on it then gt85
It should keep in looking nice .
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lloydie wrote:Get the Aulto sol on it then gt85
It should keep in looking nice .
+1 on the GT 85, let them cool down and spray on. Smokes a bit on start up a few days later though. Great work though too.
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Thanks guys. So I put autosol and gt85 on now...and then do it every so often once bike is up and running again?
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bloody hell what a difference... thanks thats just give me another job to do over winter :eek2
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StormyRob wrote:Thanks guys. So I put autosol and gt85 on now...and then do it every so often once bike is up and running again?
Ride and then wash it, apply GT85 when its cold. When you re start up it will smoke a bit but be ok. GT85 is great on wheels, plastics, locks, ign switches, everything but tyres, mirrors and brakes.
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Great job there Rob :D I know how much work is involved to get them to that standard, well done :clap:
They will go a goldie/cooper colour when you use them again, but they will look heaps better than they did, and I actually like the look.
I just wipe mine over with some WD40 on a rag when I think about it. I think I'm addicted to the smell now when it burns off at start up :shh: :lol:

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Great job, well done they look much better well worth doing :thumbup:
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Great job, I did mine last year, spent 3 days getting the crap off
Then I painted em, but I aint happy, so the paints coming off and
im gonna leave em, hopefully like yours !!!!
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bigtwinthing wrote:
StormyRob wrote:Thanks guys. So I put autosol and gt85 on now...and then do it every so often once bike is up and running again?
Ride and then wash it, apply GT85 when its cold. When you re start up it will smoke a bit but be ok. GT85 is great on wheels, plastics, locks, ign switches, everything but tyres, mirrors and brakes.
I wouldn't apply it to the seat either, unless you wanna crush your balls when you hit the brakes..... :eek2
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agentpineapple wrote:
bigtwinthing wrote:
StormyRob wrote:Thanks guys. So I put autosol and gt85 on now...and then do it every so often once bike is up and running again?
Ride and then wash it, apply GT85 when its cold. When you re start up it will smoke a bit but be ok. GT85 is great on wheels, plastics, locks, ign switches, everything but tyres, mirrors and brakes.
I wouldn't apply it to the seat either, unless you wanna crush your balls when you hit the brakes..... :eek2


Haha...I'll keep it off the seat. Missus wants babies flat out at the minute..can't be having the baldrocks destroyed just yet!
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StormyRob wrote: Haha...I'll keep it off the seat. Missus wants babies flat out at the minute..can't be having the baldrocks destroyed just yet!

don't do it................ you will never have any money or time to spend on the bike :lol: its the beginning of the end :Beer Popcorn:
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I could imagine it being a quick way to death if I don't!!
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