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They dont blue. I have had them one for over 4500 miles. They have a faint gold in them, and that is normal for stainless steel. The still look great, and sound wonderful.

Aww man I was hoping they would stay nice and shiny.
Could anything be done to prevent "golding"? Anyone know?

I was told by Tom at Epco that you can polish the golding out of SS. He said it might take several polishings over time but enventually, the golding would stop.

I have yet to try this as it does not bother me that much.

Well that just plain sux.
Why would they make them so the chrome discolors? At $600 this should not happen. I mean for cryin' out loud (WHAAAA) the stock chrome pipes don't even do that. And we all know how cheap that chrome is.
The Headers I can understand, but the pipes.?.
Polishing opens them up to oxidization as well.

Are there any pipes comprable to Scepters that don't turn gold?

Not sure any others will not turn gold. I heard Epcos do it too. The Sceptres sound amazing though so it is worth it. I have them and love them.

Anyone have pics of these Scepters in their gold fashion?

thats the difference between stainless and chrome, i would rather have gold then worrie about rust that will eventually happen to chrome

Frank

I read this in the following article at http://www.xs11.com/faq/faqpipes.shtml

It reads...
The bluing may be prevented with a generous coating of high-temp on the INSIDE of the pipes prior to be being installed for the first time. If you don't paint it before you use the pipes - even once - don't bother. It needs to be done on "virgin" pipes only.

Anyone ever heard of this?

They are STAINLESS STEEL, not chrome. SS is more expensive. You can polich it out, and it is a hell of a lot better than the rust one gets with chrome. The gold tint I have is VERY faint, and the pipes are VERY shiny. As for their sound, they are incredible. Call Team Triumph and talk with Todd, he makes them.

The gold isn't as hard to buff out as the blue on the headers. The gold comes out fairly easily.

Heat is what causes stainless steel to discolor. I think the best protection is to have your bike properly jetted. A lean condition will make it run hot, and a rich condition will blow unburned fuel into the exhaust, where you get a secondary burn inside the pipes. Both will cause discoloration. Proper jetting will give you the least discoloration, although it may not eliminate it altogether.

This is my opinion. All appropriate disclaimers apply.

Regards,
Cody

Thanx for all the info Y'all.
I guess I just need to suck it up. The gold tint that is...

Here is a couple of pics that were taken like a year or so since the last time I rubbed out the gold. She's a beaut eh?






Vera with full travel attire. (Had to throw this one in for all the race fans.)

I see... Always park on dark pavement. jk
It doesn't look so bad after all. Nice lookin scoot. Ok my desicion stands at Scepters still.

Moe - 10-4 on the S.S.

good decision!!!!!

You will be happy with them.

If you look closely at this picture, you can see some minor discoloration where the pipe meets the header pipe. My Scepters have been on my bike for 6k miles and the golding isn't really that bad. I polished it out once, using car paint polish I had in the cabinet, and haven't been bothered by it enough to do it again. I find it completely liveable.

My only issue with the Scepters is I find them too loud, and once I can muster up the courage to spend another $100 for the baffles, I'll be buying them. Maybe this week...

my scepters have about 65000 miles on them and sound awesome. the slight discoloration will come off pretty easily when i actually decide to wash the bike. (doesn't happen very often) the rain usually does a good enough job. the absolute best improvement i did to my bike!

I should of said gold, sorry,that and I read this 9 days later.


mike

If pipes are not double walled, they will blue or color, depending on the material- i.e. stainless steel or chromed rolled mild. As for the coatings, some companies like Hooker for example(they make 'em for HD's and others but not ours) puts a ceramic coating on the inside of their pipes/headers and they don't color.

Thats what I was wondering. The article I refered to said something about spaying high temp paint on the insides. But only on brand new pipes. That prevents discoloring. I was wondering if anyone has tried or heard of that. I'm sure it wouldn't hurt anything, so I'll probably try it.