Pipe colour

[mikey]

Cheers baz but just rang jerry and shims in the post tomorrow

[ZedHead]

I am sure kev and mikey are right about the futility of polishing blue pipes.

For those that want to persist in keeping their pipes blueless, you may have seen this stuff on fleabay..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Blue-Job-Chrome-M ... 19b86f9ba3

If so, you may be interested to know that the products own data sheet describes the constituant ingredient as "Juglans Regia Shell" which translates to nothing more than Powdered Walnut Shell!

Those of you looking to save a few squid after xmas may be interested in this page which describes the properties of walnut shell and even tells you how to make a powder.

http://www.graftedwalnuts.co.uk/polishing.ihtml

So think on as you finish cracking the last of your xmas nuts.

[steve.w]

if anybody gets all 4 pipes to run same colour let me know because all bikes ive had all differ in colour

[mikey]

I know what you mean steve but the difference in color
of mine was very very significant

[PJ]

Right thought id check valve clearences today found a 3 were loose and 1 tight but with the small handful of shims was able to sort them bar one,
now with my grasp of maths i worked out i needed a shim size of 250
which i had, but put it in and was to tight so i guess i would need a shim of 245 or 240, and am i right in thinking the club runs a shim exchange service.

Hi Mikey, I will check my stock tomorrow, if I have a 240 and 245 I will send them to you, just post two back when you are done, let you know !!

[mikey]

Thanks for the offer pj but spoke to el presidenti jerry today
and hes sending me the shims through the clubs shim swap service

[steve.w]

yep agreed mikey u defo have a problem but im sure ull sort it

[02GF74]

Frosts Restoration sell it.
http://www.frost.co.uk/item_detail.asp? ... way%20(70g)


.... but what is the point unless you plan not to run the engine?

Because as soon as you do, then same thing will happen. Only way round it is to fit twin walled exahaust pipes - not really an option.

And yes, they should be more or less the same colour, you would expect the middle two to run a bit hotter. (i.e. blue -> purple as opposed to just yellow).