When washing the mud off my bike last weekend, I noticed how rusted the front header/pipe was where it made the bend away from the cylinder head. In fact, it flaked off its first piece of rust, about 1/2" X 1/4". The pitting is pretty deep along that bend.

Has anyone else noticed this? Have you done anything to treat it? With my luck, I will be in the woods one day, umpteen miles from the truck, and hear "BBBRRRAAAAAAAAAP!" when I hit the throttle.

 

I have often wondered the same thing. The stuff that I own with an engine are[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]1) Z-71 (2) Edger (3) atv (4) 2 lawnmowers. All excecpt the truck stay in a garage.None have a rust issue except on the pipe w/in a foot of the exaust manifold.Maybe heat breaks down the metal.I thought that it might be cooked on mud,but why would thw edger have it to. Mystery.....................

 

I did not put the sad face there, I love my Z. Anyone know how a sad face got in my previous post.

 

its baked on mud and then it peels the blk paint or w.e color it is then it looks like rust after awhile your pipe will get farther toward teh back like that

 

biggin,if you type : ( next to each other it will show a sad face.if you space them apart like i did your fine.go to a reply and go through the emotions and click on them you'll see how they are made.hope this helps...later

 

[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img] now I get it (: