ceramic exhaust?

HEY,
I am new to all this, but i can tel you there is an outfit in Seattle Washington, run by bike people. They do s real nice job. The Racers use the company, I wish I could remember the name. Anyway, the real difference, is they are riders, they will do car stuff, but stick to bikes. They must do well because they sponsor plenty of riders at the track.

Car guys are happy with all kinds of junk, bikes are different. Soo if you send your stuff to a car outfit, you get car results.

I would be willing to pay 200-250 if the pipe turned out well. Prep is everything. Rust will stay under the coating, and eventually work to the surface.

I am planning on sending the pipe for my KZ in, but I know if I don't do the prep work, some kid making 10 bucks an hour will blast it, while listening to an Ipod.

If i remember correctly it was about 275 in Seattle last time I checked. My last bike (CBR 900RR)pipe was coated by the Seattle company, it help up well for ten years.

Goos luck.

Cowboy..out.

My pipe looks great,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,hanging in my garage.
Although close, I still don't have my project running yet so I don't know how well it will hold up under use.
My guy feeling is that it will be fine. The coating is tough as nails.



Post edited by: KZCSI, at: 2007/12/08 15:49

I've had two experiences with JettHott. One was the spider pipe/collector on a turbo bike and the other was the 4-into-1 (collector only) off a Kerker. Both experiences were fine, black coating (3 years ago on the turbo, 1.5 on the Kerker) on each. The turbo bike is now down-the-road with its new owner and is doing fine...looks great, really. And the Kerker hasn't gone on the bike (shame on me), yet. I prepped my own pipes with glass-bead media blasting; and I have had nothing to complain about. I suspect that - as noted by the earlier poster - the key may be in the prep work, much like painting. The prices are what is surprising me, it was $150 for the turbo collector spider pipe, and it was $150 for the 4-into-1 collector (only). I went thru a friend's shop, so maybe I got a "deal", but I'm normally aware of hook-ups when they are given to me and I like to show appreciation. Maybe I got a dealer discount or something??? Anyway, I thought it was a tad pricey then...but now after listening to you guys...maybe I got a deal, eh?
At any rate, no complaints from me; additionally I have two friends who run turbo bikes (Suzukis, so they don't count;) ) and they both got their collector spider pipes coated by JettHott and no problems there, either. I prepped one of those guys's pipe and I didn't prep the other one (the one I didn't prep stays in a heated garage).

On the "my thoughts" frontier, I'm with sean30306: WG, you tell us what it's going to cost. And I'm getting ready to do a full Kerker pipe off my ELR clone, so I am an interested party looking at February for my pipe conditioning.

Post edited by: Bad Kaw, at: 2007/12/06 14:03

I'm searching my area, Southern Ontario, for an exhaust Ceramic Coater. I've got a few I'm looking at.
I'll let you know the costs involved.

rstnick wrote:

I'm searching my area, Southern Ontario, for an exhaust Ceramic Coater. I've got a few I'm looking at.
I'll let you know the costs involved.

Best one I've found is just outside Windsor in Ruscom, Ontario.
High Tech Coatings ,ask for Rick.888-225-8648.
Top notch work & service.

I've got my pipe in at The Edge Custom Coatings at the moment.
Getting it Powder Coated, High Heat to 1000 Degree, not sure if that's F or C.

I'll let you know how it turns out.

The Edge Custom Coating
210 Pony Dr. Unit 4
Newmarket ON.
905-868-4970

I sent my exhaust out to be high heat powder coated, good to a heat of 1000*F.
Got it back today.
The pipes are pitted in some areas, as the rust was pritty bad. I made some crude attempts to paint it over the years, and decided to do it this way to prolong it's life. Never noticed that dent in pipe #2. Guess the rust helped hide it.
Cost me $200.

Before:


After:


On bike:

I would not mind paying $130 to coat an exhaust system. $200 would be about the upper limit and I would have to give it some thought. $130 I would pay with out batting an eylash. That is provided, that I do the prep work and that the pipe is ready to spray. I did do some sesearch nad the prices are between $120 and $160 for a bike 4-1 header at most places. Some guys do charge outrageoud prices though.

check the local powder coater,most of them have a process for coating headers;)

I was thinking about having mine done in something called Cermachrome. www.jcmmachine.com/
Looks like polished aluminum supposedly. He quoted me a price of $175.
OR, there's a regular powder coater just down the road from me that will do mine in gloss black for $65.
Decisions decisions...

seanof30306 wrote:

By the way, why is the Kerker so much more expensive than the Mac?

Because MAC is junk.

I would'nt say that; I have had both MAC and Kerker, and I like MAC much better. Especially the sound. It is the closest to the old oryginal Yosi. mini pipe that I have on my Z1-R.