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Additives

Tony's Story

I've been riding, wrenching, and playing around with my and lots of other people's brit bikes since the mid -'50's, and have had and shared the lovely experience of putting on a brand-new set of exhaust pipes on a number of occasions.

As with most motorcyles, the exhaust system is a big part of the general appearance of the machine. But a feature I came to accept from my first new pipe on my '52 AJS 500 single in 1957 is that the chrome doesn't stay with them for very long - at least not at the top, coming out of the exhaust port. It seems that the temperature of the exhaust gasses is just too hot for the chrome, and you get burning to a purple-blue colouration for at least 5 inches or so, followed by burning to a straw colour for the next 6.

It's just something you have to put up with - or so we thought. This is a common concern for Brit motorcycle fans, who just come to accept it. There are a number of "old wive's tales" - cures such as spraying aluminum paint down the inside of the new pipe before installing, using fancy "cooling ring" clamps in some instances, but no matter what you try, it seems the real answer is just simply to get used to it.

Which I had long before my last set of new pipes, which I installed on Tony in 1990. I didn't think much about pipe colouration - in fact I'd rationalized long before that that the purple blue was kinda nice, as was the straw colour, and that if the colouration is short enough, it's a sign that your tuning is good - a retarded ignition timing or too rich a mixture will really colour things up - I've seen bikes with the exhaust system dark blue all the way to and including the muffler! So I wasn't too concerned with bluing - I'm always careful about my tuning, and a few inches of colour just add to the "Britness." (A trick developed for the Japanese models, and some Harleys, is to use double pipes, so the outer chromed one stays pristine, while the inner one isn't even finished - let 'er burn!)

However, by the end of my first summer of riding Tony, I noticed that his pipes still looked just like new! Halfway through the second season, I got to wondering about it, until I remembered that our Fuel Additive is claimed to increase burning efficiency, meaning there should be less waste heat going out the exhaust pipe. I had already verified for myself that the power and mileage were better, so it was no surprise to see this very visual indication as well. So there you are: no burning of the exhaust chrome is just one more sign that it makes sense to add the 25mL to every Litre of gasoline!

Discoloration on an Enfield Single	Not bad, but showing colour	Here's a burnt set of pipes
With the gas additive, there was NO coloration for over 5 seasons of riding.	Tony's Pipes Today	There is clearly a much lower exhaust gas temperature in a machine using the gas treatment

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