Stainless silencer

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Re: Stainless silencer

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BMW used double skinned headers on the R1200C.  Gave them up after about 4 years along with the bike.  They were very heavy, pipes and the bike.
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Re: Stainless silencer

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Unlike the BMW R1200C header pipes, the Yamaha ones don't rattle either, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrmHoKNvFZg
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Re: Stainless silencer

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David. wrote: Unlike the BMW R1200C header pipes, the Yamaha ones don't rattle either, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrmHoKNvFZg
Hard to believe, such a nice and expensive bike, with crappy headers like that...
Wouldn't hesitate to ceramic coat them.  Although i wonder if anybody has had
them chromed by a professional?
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Re: Stainless silencer

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David. wrote: Double walled chrome exhaust header pipes are the way forward.

That certainly reduces the colour change effect. However the weight goes up. Weight is the enemy of most of us. It is also more expensive. You won't see that as a solution from BMW.
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