Honda Deauville NTV650 exhaust

I dont know why this is taking so long.... but it is, I finally managed to remove the chrome cover that Honda put over the joint between the downpipes & the front of the silencer (presumably to hide the fact that they couldn't be bothered to chrome plate it? or that they had cut corners by making it out of mild steel!). This unfortunately involved grinding off the heads of the bolts which had rusted in.... Anyway more rusty mess was revealed... which will have to be "repaired" with some tape...

Honda NTV650 Deauville

My bike, been laid up all winter & now needs an MOT, but before that the split in the exhaust that appeared half way through last season has to be sorted. A new exhaust is out of the question until one comes up for sale at an affordable price. Honda OEM exhausts seem to be arround £800!

Of course, the area to be repaired is well hidden by the heat shield, which, in turn is held in place by bolts which have rusted in... drilling the heads off is, of course a possibility, but the force involved in that operation is likely to do more damage to the already weakened rusty split!

Next saturday.....