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Main Area => General GS500 Discussion => Topic started by: red_phil on June 21, 2006, 04:49:51 AM

Title: opinions on rusting
Post by: red_phil on June 21, 2006, 04:49:51 AM
New exhaust time for me.

Motad Nexus at £257.52  - This is Stainless steel pipes but only a chromed silencer.
or Predator fully stainless system at £317.25   ?

:dunno_white:

I'm in Scotland and do a fair amount of riding in the wet and with salted roads.
Is the stainless Silencer worth and extra £60?
I'll probably be keeping the GS as my winter bike when I buy a new one so it'll need to last a few years.


Title: Re: opinions on rusting
Post by: MarkusN on June 21, 2006, 05:49:13 AM
My experince with the standard exhaust (and I also ride here a lot in nasty central european weather): Corrosion is no big concern on the muffler. If you hose her down after sujecting her to slaty roads, I'd say the chromed muffler is good enough.