CARBON FIBRE CANS

[marsho]

Hi, has anyone had any problems with carbon fibre exhaust cans which seem to be melting or going "soggy" a friend of mine has this problem on his Ducati any ideas welcome, ps, they have only covered a very few dry miles thanks, David.

[Frik]

Carbon Fibre resins are very susceptible to failure due to excess heat - in fact very few can withstand temperatures of over 100 degrees celcius (ie a hell of a lot less than your average exhaust temperatures).

What make of can is it? Poor design and cheaper resins would most probably be the culprits.

[bimsb6]

more likely the internal wadding has broken up allowing exhaust gasses to get to the carbon and melting it .sounds like it needs repacking .

[rumpelstiltskin]

I heard they just rattled themselves to death and collapsed prematurely on V-TWINS so i just got stainless ones on my TL1000r.