Monday, August 7, 2017

Headpipe polishing

The bikes with single wall polished stainless headpipes seem to have a tarnish issue that some call 'liver spots'. Guzzi Griso pipes have this same problem. The brushed finished look of the Guzzi Stelvio mask this quite nicely. Brushed finished on the Motus would look out of place.

The solution to the Griso and ultimately the Motus was to polish the spots out... 
Bike just after the heat shield was removed:













The main spot I wanted to address was the visible area between the downpipes.

Headpipes after a little elbow grease and a 4" random orbit polisher...
More work and then back together. I'm sure this will be a yearly task...