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Old 10-23-2010, 05:43 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by Weldangrind
Spud, please satisfy my curiousity and try a magnet test on the exhaust header. My '96 250 has a stainless header, so I'm surprised that yours would be mild steel.

If it's steel, maybe a dirt-only bike would be a good stainless donor.
A magnet will not stick to the XT225, stainless steel, exhaust header on my Zong. However, the same magnet sticks very strongly to my XR650L exhaust header. :( Thank you for the tip, Brother Derryk. I greatly prefer a stainless steel exhaust header, so I will start looking for one.

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2015 Zongshen ZS250GY-3 (RX3)
2006 Zongshen ZS200GY-2 (Sierra 200)
2005 Honda XR650L
2004 Honda CRF250X
1998 Kawasaki KDX220

Mods made to my Zongshen ZS200GY-2: http://www.chinariders.net/showthread.php?t=6894


 
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