I have the full race Termi system on my MTS 1260, sadly, only the end can is titanium, the pipes are steel, matching the OEM header pipes. I don't have a spare kidney to sell on the black market to cover the cost of the proper full titanium race system, so instead I want to try and tidy up the pipes. What is the best method for this? Remove them all and polish on the bench? Or is there some crazy liquid that will save me the hassle?
Be aware, that should you choose to remove the headers, the exhaust studs are very easily snapped. Plenty of info in posts on here how to approach that job. I found a little backstreet work shop offering polishing and a 748R full system cost £35. At that price I couldn’t be arsed to do it myself. Not sure if Amsterdam is similarly blessed with old fashioned engineers. That said, there’s plenty of info in posts on here about polishing. Andy
Didn't think of looking for a shop near by who would do the work! Plenty of home engineers in Fairly land As for the studs, I've heard they can be tricky, will take my time and read up on methods used. Thanks mate
BE AWARE.... it will damage some other painted/finished surfaces and some other metals e.g. chrome and aluminium.
A very good point, thanks Andy. I forgot to say that I had removed the link pipe before working on it
Harpic 10x (and any other cleaner containing Hydrochloric acid) will effectively stop a stainless steel exhaust from being stainless.
get them cerakoted as polishing them makes them nice and shiny for a year or 2 then they go nasty as Ducati stailess is not the best and after a few polishes it gets thin ,, Cerakoting solves the problem for many years .. i have several Ducatis and have seen it all over last 40 years ,,,im just doing my M750 this year , have done the 750SS and the S4 also have a new Kawasaki 2022 Z900 and the stainless downpipes go off brown quick ,, even when cleaned regular and polished ,,
