i tried using a grinder and steel brush to clean and polish my headers but they showed signs or rust before i could even finish so i have to take a different approach. i was thinking exhaust wrap or ceramic coating. ive heard exhaust wrap can hold in water and cause rust so ive ruled that out as well. i have found this ceramic coating spray that just sprays on and once dried you re install on the bike and then use the engine to heat and cure the coating. here is a link let me know if anyone has tried or used this before.

http://www.amazon.com/Colorgard-Ceramic ... B001E6FLBW

All that time and work ... why not just take it to a place that specializes in doing ceramic coatings if that's what you want? Seriously, is it about the money? Because you will never get as good a finish quality as places that are in the business of applying these coatings.

well i live in st.maarten, an island in the caribbean. no one here does it as a profession. i was thinking about boxing it up and sending it out but i see that being a month at least before its ready to bolt back up. thats why im looking at a diy job, and no i couldnt think money was the issue.

does anyone know exactly how hot our headers get? it says good until 1300 F.

I had my old headers ceramic coated black. They did a great job and they looked fab but that brown shite soon builds up an any area exposed to shit off the roads. I couldn't find anyway to take shit off without some ceramic coming with it.

Is there anyone on the island who can shot blast them first? You want as clean a surface as possible.

You know ...I keep hearing everyone wanting to ceramic coat and wrap their head tubes. Not a good idea. For one wrap will cause moisture to get caught between the tube and wrap. Two.. coating and wraping can lead to pipes getting so hot that welds can start to crack. Also the packing in your muffler may need more changing due to the heat being trapped all the way to the muffler. Those pipes are air cooled for a reason and do any good on a bike like this. The only time its good to wrap or coat is if the head tubes are enclosed in the engine bay without room to cool. Heat will then soak into the motor and cause bad running conditions.

Titanium headers are the way forward, for some reason they stay amazingly clean and no crap seems to build up