Maintaining the exhaust of your FOSTI F51 50

The steps for cleaning the exhaust of your FOSTI F51 50 motorcycle

The number one enemy of your pot is rust forming on the steel manifolds and sleeves. Regular cleaning is an effective way to combat the deterioration of your exhaust.

1) Bring a motorcycle cleaner, a sponge, a bucket or tub of hot water and a microfiber cloth.

2) Apply the cleaner to the entire exhaust line (manifold and silencer), leave to act for a few minutes.

3) Scrub using the sponge. Be sure to remove tar stains, insects and all other impurities.

4) Rinse with warm water, being careful not to get water inside the silencer. Use the muffler cap.

5) Dry everything by rubbing with the microfiber cloth.

6) Your exhaust is sparkling.

Rust on the exhaust of your FOSTI F51 50 motorcycle

If during this maintenance, you notice the appearance of rust, you can remove this oxidation with iron straw (as thin as possible) or by applying a satin finish with a felt disc.

If the oxidation is more significant or the encrustation is deeper, the passage to the sander equipped with a polishing disc will allow an effective cleaning. If the oxidation is slight, use an antioxidant product type polish for metal parts.

For a silent stainless steel, titanium or aluminum exhaust, the polish enough to get a sparkling result. If your silencer is made of carbon, we advise you to use a cleaner such as Wash & Wax

Replace the rockwool of its exhaust pipe on your FOSTI F51 50 motorcycle

we strongly advise you to wear a goggles (calamine dust, decomposed and burnt rock wool or ceramic fibers are highly harmful) and gloves (irritating rock wool fiber).

Cleaning is the best time to replace certain consumables. The Rockwool du silencer loses its effectiveness over time, causing noise pollution and the risk of losing your exhaust's anti-pollution certification.

1) Free it silencer of the clamp.

2) Take it out silencer of the exhaust line connection collar, paying attention to the exhaust gasket by pulling it gently until it separates from the collar.

3) Drill the rivets with a drill so that they pop out. (On some mufflers)

4) There must be the cartridge body and the midtrailletter. Using a wire brush, clean the mitraillette to free the clogged holes and remove as much carbon as possible.

5) Remove the Rockwool used.

6) Wrap the new rockwool around the midtraillette, tighten it so that you can put it in the silencer no problem.

7) Rivet with stainless steel rivets (if you have followed the 3 procedure). Screw all your silencer.

8) Wind it up silencer.