Pipe cleaner

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  1. Naked Wanderer

    Naked Wanderer New Member

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    What a prat I am :)
    I put my bike cover on too soon after getting home in the rain.
    The exhausts were still hot and a patch of the inside cover melted onto the pipe.
    I warmed the pipes again and some of the crap wiped off, now just a bit left.
    Any ideas for a product to get the pipes back to how they should be ??????
     
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    Careful you don't stick your own pipe to the exhausts if you're wandering about naked. :eek:
     
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    I did this the other week by mistake, after a week or so of riding it's all mostly burnt off by itself. I'll try this Autosol for the rest of it.
     
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    Haha :D
     
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    I was working on my Bandit while warming up my America a few weeks ago. After a while I detected a burning smell that turned out to be my fleece on the America downpipe. Black burnt plastic all down the pipe. Once the pipe went cold it came off easily with a super sharp wood chisel.
     
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    Ditto !
     
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    Was in Halfrauds this morning so picked some Autosol up to clean the rest of the burnt crap off the pipe. Only gave it a quick blast and seemed to do the job.

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    Or baking soda mixed with cheap toothpaste is a mild abrasive.
     
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    30p tube of Tesco toothpaste, teaspoon of baking soda, spend the change down Wetherspoons. Sorted.
     
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    On my Dad's side, Ayrshire and Yorkshire, so both pockets are longer than my arms.
     
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    They sell this stuff stateside called Goo Be Gone, lol. Works wonders when the wench you picked up at the bar melts her stripper shoes on your pipe.
     
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    Many thx gents, Autosol it is :)
     
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    Another tip that works on less-than-perfect chrome - rub over it with alu baking foil. I saw this tip on the web. I tried it for the first time today and blimey it works.
     
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