can you post a link please, your searching prowess exceeds mine.

http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=16981

See post #7

Ta muchly :break:

Also the following in nearly a perfect match

Car Plan, Silver (Met) 08. Also on the can was CC YAV089

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Yo bald_pig: I will try to remember to get temp probe from work when I return on Wednesday. I will do some temp readings probably next weekend after a decent ride (subject to weather.....)

do believe my local car dealer stocks carplan paint, and I should still get discount there, result!

Fozzer has pointed out the paint code I used (Car plan), it was a good match for little effort from a local motor factor and even after using the bike offroad the paint was unaffected, it wont be a hard wearing as a pro paint job etc but it was ok for me and was able to keep the engine in situ.

Regarding your exhausts, see the thread below (or just look at the photos), I have pointed you to my heavily corroded original down pipes, it only took elbow grease, wire wool and autosol to clean them, far better than painting them and really easy to keep on top of as access is excellent.

http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=14891&page=4

Before

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/g...x/SAM_0698.jpg

During

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/g...x/SAM_0713.jpg

After

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/g...x/SAM_0744.jpg

I do plan to polish them up, but I was hoping to then lacquer them so I wouldn't have to do it again :P

Just did a quick check with Ryobi SW-638E: http://geoffjones.com/2009/03/03/ryo...-instructions/
As you can see from the notes, it only measures to 315C...
However, I rode into work today - dry, around 10 C ambient, 15 minute ride reaching 60 - 70 mph on B roads. I took some readings with bike still running: about 300 C on downpipes at head, around 200 C at link pipe/downpipe connection. Cylinder head around 110 C near spark plug. The probe returned an 'error' message (i.e. out of range) when I revved engine a few times. Not very scientific, but I think pipes will get much hotter during a longer, harder ride in summer.....

Hope this helps!

Sounds like it would be fine if I went everywhere on tickover lol.
I guess I'll have to be not-lazy and keep polishing my pipes!