CBG Workshop - Dive in and get dirty
MY NEW PROJECT HAD ORIGINAL chrome exhaust silencers in good condition – hurrah! But the excitement waned once I looked underneath and saw two MoT-style patches crudely added where the mild steel had rotted away – bugger. No wonder so many owners fit the stainless copies. Two original exhausts for the scrap pile – but wait…
My RS has original silencers which hadn’t holed (yet) when I restored it, but the chrome was rusty, so I ground them down and painted them to A) save money and B) look sporty like a Moto Guzzi Le Mans. They fit, they look right, and they are shaped so the panniers can fit, but they are quiet for a ‘sportsbike’. Hang