Ceramic Coated Headers

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Falco9 · #1 Post by **Falco9** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:52 pm

Just thought I'd show you my latest bit of "Bling". Just had the headers ceramic coated in Cermakrome. According to the company who did them, they have been "double-coated" and will not discolour or tarnish (time will tell eh?) Apparently they do a lot of work coating Ducati headers,but these are the first Aprilia ones they have done. The owner is a keen petrol head and car racer, all the joints were cleaned and un-coated as were the threads for the Lamda sensor, all in all a very professional job. Cost £105 which I'm pleased with (well as pleased as a Yorkshireman can get with parting with money)

Look good though,well IMHO they do!

The company are UK based and can be found at http://www.camcoat.u-net.com/

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Samray · #2 Post by **Samray** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:57 pm

Nice.

Fausto · #3 Post by **Fausto** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:00 pm

Interesting. I look forward to seeing them in situ.

How do they stand up to scratching?

fastasfcuk · #4 Post by **fastasfcuk** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:48 pm

very nice rich. b#+^*~d.

Falcopops · #5 Post by **Falcopops** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:53 pm

V nice and damn reasonable.

Okamoto · #6 Post by **Okamoto** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:19 pm

looking good falc'....should match the frame eh? ...looks the same sort of silver sheen.

my fav' colour ...blue and silver

Tweaker · #7 Post by **Tweaker** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:05 am

V. tasty Rich!

What's the turn around time from the company?

Falco9 · #8 Post by **Falco9** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:42 am

To answer a couple of points.

Scratching - not too sure is the honest answer, although ceramic is a tough material, I used to use ceramic tips on my CNC lathe back in my engineering days. Time will tell I suppose. You all know I am a fair weather biker so I'll never be able to tell you how they stand up to winter grime & road salt.

Turn Around - approx 3 weeks, but I wasn't in a hurry and I dropped them off prior to Xmas

FYI- They cleaned & polished the headers before coating. These headers are off a 2006 RSVR and were in a clean but very used condition. To be honest I'm amazed at how clean & smooth they now are. The finish is very close to the frame colour, so I can't wait to get them fitted. I'll post pics as soon as the bike is done

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HowardQ · #9 Post by **HowardQ** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:48 pm

Falco9 wrote:To answer a couple of points.

Scratching - not too sure is the honest answer, although ceramic is a tough material, I used to use ceramic tips on my CNC lathe back in my engineering days. Time will tell I suppose. You all know I am a fair weather biker so I'll never be able to tell you how they stand up to winter grime & road salt.

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Come on Rich, you could at least get the old wire brush out on the electric drill and test it for us.

Looks good though, be nice to see it on the bike.
Just one final thing shouldn't you be T9 by now!

Then again T1 might be more appropriate.

Pierre · #10 Post by **Pierre** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:11 pm

Very nice and a decent price aswell I think. The satin black looks spinky aswell, I'd consider that for my race cans but seeing as circuits are lowing noise limits I might aswell get the standard falco ones done ffs.

If bling=speed then you should be going about 20mph faster

D-Rider · #11 Post by **D-Rider** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:55 pm

Yeah they look good Rich. I've had that website bookmarked for ages - wondering what the stuff would actually look like on our pipes - so know we know.

Still cant decide whether it's worth me shelling out with most of the pipework hidden in the bellypan.

HowardQ · #12 Post by **HowardQ** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:02 pm

That's exactly my thoughts Andy, you don't see too much on a Falco with a belly pan, but see a bit more on a Tuono.
Be nice to see how it looks.

DavShill · #13 Post by **DavShill** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:07 pm

Very nice indeed Rich. In fact I'd leave them on the dining room table -a really funky centre piece

bigun · #14 Post by **bigun** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:38 pm

I seriously considered getting mine done last yr and it looks brill but as stated, the belly pan covers a lot of it. I sprayed mine black with high temp paint. Looks ok and tidys up the discolouration.

Okamoto · #15 Post by **Okamoto** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:29 pm

And ...nice to see some action on this part of the forum....it's been quiet on here for ages

only thing I've done to mine this winter is buy a new chain, sprockets soon to follow

Can't wait for the summer.....
come on global warming ...get your finger out!!!