Topic: exhaust question cb550 k

[bike54]

hi all
well i am slowley giving the old girl a good clean and have hit a little problem it means the exhausts have to come off where you canot get to they have started to get rusty so its off with them clean the rust off and i thought paint the rusty parts dosent mater about looks you canot see it i thought about using hammerite, uk members will now this paint so the question is how hot does the mufler part of the exhaust get in case hamerite will not take the heat pleasently warm to the hand is about as much as it will take. also i intend to put plenty off oil inside the pipes before i refit them any thing else i should look for or do eg new exhaust gaskets
thanks in advance for any help the members on here are worth their weight in gold for the info and help i have got already

bike54

[SteveD CB500F]

Don't forget some new exhaust gaskets - you don't need them every time you remove the exhausts, but after 30 years, a new set may be in order!

My 550K3 exhausts get too hot to touch - my daughter melted her trainers on them!

Note to self.  Must get Dear Daughter some proper biker boots (that suit a 15 year old )

[bike54]

thanks steve gaskets are on the way have fun finding boots that suit your daughters fashion sense

[dieselbenz]

This subject has probably been beat to death, but I will post at the risk of flames. When I went 4-into-1 I heard this strange sound for a few days. D'oh -- center stand into the chain.

I drove over to my brother-in-law's house (he makes his living as a mechanic) and had him take a look. Ten minutes later he had welded a small piece of round stock to the center stand so the stock would rest against the frame and the center stand would stay out of harm's way.