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SunEye
22-02-2015, 06:48 PM
My friend dropped his Triumph Rocket III at very low speed and has damaged two of his three open exhaust cans. He is struggling to find someone who can repair them. Unfortunately they are not a part that Triumph sell anymore so he can't get replacements.

One can has some scratches that go through the chrome, so they need rubbing down and then re-chroming. The other has similar, but the impact with the ground has also caused a flat spot in the round can where the scratches are. Obviously this needs the dent taken out, the scratches removed and then re-chroming. It is only minor damage, but his bike is pristine so it must be repaired as far as he is concerned. For now he has had to put the standard cans back on and remap the ECU for them which doesn't make him a happy man. Previously decatted and with open pipes he had the ECU mapped for unbridled naughtiness.

Obviously he would not have had a problem if he had been riding a Monster and maybe I'll eventually persuade him that a Monster is what he really wants to be riding, but in the meantime can anyone suggest someone in the south of England (my friend lives in Horsham) who can repair his cans?

Dirty
22-02-2015, 07:29 PM
I have lots of suggestions for Triumph Rockets, sadly none of them to do with repairs :)

Mr Gazza
23-02-2015, 04:59 PM
Trebuchet ammo...?

JMH900sie
23-02-2015, 05:01 PM
...... You'd need a big ass trebuchet.

Mr Gazza
23-02-2015, 05:03 PM
Oh I most certainly do....:D

Dirty
23-02-2015, 05:09 PM
Trebuchet ammo...?

I now have lots of suggestions +1 :)

SunEye
03-03-2015, 11:56 AM
I just wanted to bump this thread.

Does anybody know someone who can get scratches and dents out of a chromed exhaust can?

Darren69
03-03-2015, 12:57 PM
ebay?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Triumph-Rocket-III-Exhaust-Silencers-Rocket-3-Exhaust-Silencers-Complete-/381177420808?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts_13&hash=item58bff1dc08

DrD
03-03-2015, 01:03 PM
Try someone like http://www.ashfordchroming.com/motorcycle-chrome-plating

SunEye
03-03-2015, 02:36 PM
ebay?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Triumph-Rocket-III-Exhaust-Silencers-Rocket-3-Exhaust-Silencers-Complete-/381177420808?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts_13&hash=item58bff1dc08

Unfortunately those are the standard Rocket III cans. The ones my friend damaged were Triumph aftermarket less restricted ones.

SunEye
03-03-2015, 02:41 PM
Try someone like http://www.ashfordchroming.com/motorcycle-chrome-plating
Thanks for that. Found an interesting note on their website:

Whilst we are happy to restore and rechrome exhaust pipes, downpipes and tailpipes sadly we cannot rechrome silencers. The electroplating process can damage the baffles in your box and the contents of the silencer can destroy the chemicals in our tanks causing quality control issues.

Unless my friend can remove what little baffling is in his silencers then it looks like they can't be repaired :(

jerry
03-03-2015, 07:22 PM
some chromers will do exhausts as an end of batch job when they are going to clean the tanks ,, so that any carbon in the exhaust is not a n issue ,,but you need to ask around