| The exhaust will polish to a chrome like finish if you do it right.
I used the following method on my supersport.
Using a DA sander, sand the pipes starting with around 180 grit and going up through the grades to around 800 grit. This will remove all the tarnish and smooth any flaws out of the pipes. If there are any nadgy bits or crappy welds then you may need to use coarser grits to start with. Once that's done the pipes will be lovely and smooth and silver in colour, with quite a good shine already. I then used a proprietary polishing wheel and block set mounted in a drill to polish the pipes. I mounted the exhaust in a vice and simply moved it around as I went.
This method gives a much nicer finish than just using polishing wheels as you don't end up with that slight ripply look that you always seem to get if you do it that way.
Once done, simply give the pipes a quick buff with autosol whenever you wash the bike, easy. :P |