Standard exhaust in black

Grignapoco Posts : 139 Join date : 2019-12-31

I personally like the shape and sound of the original muffler.
In silver though it's too "in your face" for my liking.
On looking through mods that others have done I spotted the muffler in satin black and decided that was the way to go.

I painted the muffler in high temp black and shimmed it inboard 19mm, looked good to me.
The headers were pretty shabby, I sanded and polished them, they looked fine but as soon as I ran the bike they went manky

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My solution was to get the headers coated with a high temp satin black zircon coating

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I'm happy with the black exhaust system, it suits the bike

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Cost of the coating was NZ$160 so with the paint all up NZ$200 about US$100

Don Abbondio Posts : 6081 Join date : 2014-03-13 Age : 69

Very nice indeed!

GRiSO Capo Posts : 10058 Join date : 2013-09-30

Looks great. Can we get a side-on view of the muffler?

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Grignapoco Posts : 139 Join date : 2019-12-31

Before the black headers and pipe to the muffler painted high temp black

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L'Innominato Posts : 3346 Join date : 2013-05-29 Age : 65

That looks fantastic. I approve!

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Biondino Posts : 268 Join date : 2015-10-19 Age : 51

Nice! Great job!

I have the same problem with the headers getting that mottled stain on them. It’s a bitch to polish out, looks great for 3 minutes, then they turn all crappy again. Cold/damp air makes it worse.

GRiSO Capo Posts : 10440 Join date : 2013-05-29 Age : 67

Simple answer. Go Ti.

GRiSO Capo Posts : 721 Join date : 2015-01-13 Age : 67

Looks great in all black instead of half and half.

Godfather Posts : 3154 Join date : 2013-05-28 Age : 59

Buono! Back in the 1100 days, I ceramic coated my system in a titanium color. Coating the exhaust is a nice alternative to the raw stainless.

Performance Coatings in Auburn, WA (on the way to Saturday Guzzi Breakfast!)

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GRiSO Capo Posts : 816 Join date : 2014-05-06

That DOES look good! Thumbs Up

Grignapoco Posts : 139 Join date : 2019-12-31

I'm pleased with how well the zircon coating matches the high temp paint
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Don Abbondio Posts : 6081 Join date : 2014-03-13 Age : 69

Kinda like the dark knight with dark red highlights. Looks good Evans.

Biondino Posts : 278 Join date : 2018-04-13 Age : 64

I like the look of the all-black exhaust but the deep red paint caught my attention. I'm a sucker for a nice maroon paint job.

L'Innominato Posts : 3346 Join date : 2013-05-29 Age : 65

I like what you did with your side stand too, Evans. That little stock meat hook always struck me as potentially prone to failure, though I've never actually had a problem with it on either one of my Grisos.

Pete (Street)

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Grignapoco Posts : 139 Join date : 2019-12-31

Yes the bent coathanger look of the sidestand lever didn't do a lot for me.
The bit I made is easy enough to kick down, which was the only thing that I was unsure of.

It's stainless steel, it wasn't until I came to fit it I realized that the stand is aluminium not steel.
mine is drilled and tapped through the side stand and bedded in high strength epoxy.

Knowing now that the stand is aluminium I would have fabricated the part in aluminium and welded it to the stand.

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