REMUS EXHAUST CORROSION

[baldycop]

The spring clean continues and my Remus pipe is pitted having not been washed after riding in winter.
I have started to polish out the corrosion my question is to leave it polished or polish it then lacquer it any one with experience?

 

[John Armstrong]

Go on give us a clue Stainless / Titanium or Aluminium?

 

[baldycop]

Sorry!
Alloy pipe

 

[newman7096]

Spring clean! Winter has only just begun!

 

[Tarka]

Sorry!
Alloy pipe

The alloy will polish up like a mirror.....witness my 'best' red 1100.

The trouble is that every time it gets wet,there will be watermarks on the finish,and it will need a polish again.
If you don`t polish it,the finish will gradually revert to a dull silver-grey,which is actually a very fine layer of almost protective oxidization.

You could spray the polished alloy with a silicone spray,which coats the surface,so although it still gets dirty,when you wash the cack off it`s still polished underneath. After washing,just respray with silicone.

However,and I`m not taking the piss here,if you`ve neglected to clean your bike so much that the alloy has pitted,I think you`re better off just getting the bad stuff off and making it presentable rather than polishing it up.

 

[baldycop]

The joys of a cold wooden garage too many kids not enough time to clean and barely enough to ride.
I was just wondering if it was worth laquering it?
No offence taken, when i bought it, it had been ridden through winter and hadnt been cleaned I never bothered my arse doing it properly and im paying the price with mucho grief oxidised fasteners, peeling paint and bloody knuckles

 

[sjwb]

Assuming that it is not anodized; wet and dry to get the pits out and the shine back. Then, polish with Alu-Belgom once a month. This preparation leaves an anti-oxidant film and is the best stuff by far for alumimium.
My credentials for such a positive endorsement? I owned an aluminium (unpainted) Caterham and know what hard work is

 

[Tarka]

I was just wondering if it was worth laquering it?

If you lacquer it,it will look lovely and shiny for a while.....then it will go to shit the moment next winter`s salt finds any stone chips in the lacquer.
The alloy will 'bloom' under the lacquer,which will gradually start to lift.

Look at most well used/neglected natural alloy finish 1970/80`s Jap engines for instance. I`m sure this is why they went to black finished casings.

It may be a bit pricey but you could get it ceramic coated....perhaps even powdercoated.....

 

[baldycop]

Have thought about getting it coated as i am feckin useless at cleaning bikes
Thanks

 

[Twotter]

I was chatting to an XJR owner this morning and he confessed to a bit of a cleaning fetish. He can take 4 or 5 hours over a really good clean which includes removing the wheels and the swing arm

Suffice to say it's in the garage until summer arrives

 

[Tarka]

He can take 4 or 5 hours over a really good clean which includes removing the wheels and the swing arm

Nothing at all unusual about that.................

 

[sjwb]

Wish I could clean mine that quickly

 

[baldycop]

20 minutes bucket of soapy water and a hose.
Hence why it is fecked