Subject: Standard exhaust in black Fri Oct 16, 2020 12:46 pm
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
Subject: Re: Standard exhaust in black Fri Oct 16, 2020 7:11 pm
That looks fantastic. I approve!
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Subject: Re: Standard exhaust in black Fri Oct 16, 2020 8:04 pm
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.
Pete Roper GRiSO Capo
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Subject: Re: Standard exhaust in black Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:36 pm
Simple answer. Go Ti.
JohnA GRiSO Capo
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Subject: Re: Standard exhaust in black Sat Oct 17, 2020 3:17 am
Looks great in all black instead of half and half.
Steak Godfather
Posts : 3154 Join date : 2013-05-28 Age : 59
Subject: Re: Standard exhaust in black Sun Oct 18, 2020 2:26 pm
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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2012 MOTO GUZZI GRiSO 1200SE
2013 MOTO GUZZI STELVIO 1200NTX - Orange Blossom Special
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bioman GRiSO Capo
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Subject: Re: Standard exhaust in black Sun Oct 18, 2020 4:20 pm
That DOES look good!
Evans Grignapoco
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Subject: Re: Standard exhaust in black Tue Oct 20, 2020 1:09 pm
I'm pleased with how well the zircon coating matches the high temp paint [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
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Oz1200Guzzi Don Abbondio
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Subject: Re: Standard exhaust in black Tue Oct 20, 2020 3:29 pm
Kinda like the dark knight with dark red highlights. Looks good Evans.
tvboy Biondino
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Subject: Re: Standard exhaust in black Wed Oct 21, 2020 10:42 am
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.
Street L'Innominato
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Subject: Re: Standard exhaust in black Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:00 pm
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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Subject: Re: Standard exhaust in black Thu Oct 22, 2020 11:54 am
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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