My bike isn't exactly a show-queen, but I decided the rusty header was a little much. Here's the "before" pic: Yes, it's a single cylinder, so no, it doesn't have a real manifold, and yes, it only has one exhaust header I screwed up and bought silver, instead of black paint, but since the frame is silver, and I think the exhaust header used to be silver anyway, I just went with it. I'm revisiting this process to do the rest of the muffler soon anyway, so silver is better than rust, and I can always make it black later if I want. Lots of wire-brushing and sand papering later, I'm ready to paint: I placed the bike in my high-tech paintbooth and masked off the area around the header; Translation: on the front walk, I used some painters tape and newspaper: It didn't come out perfect, but well enough... and DEFINITELY better than rust The bike from the side: 3/4 shot Yes, I desperately need to re-do my whole muffler in black! Big improvement in appearance for $9 in paint and some elbow grease.