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Message started by Kiwicruisette on 08/21/21 at 16:37:08

Title: Cleaning melted stuff off tailpipe
Post by Kiwicruisette on 08/21/21 at 16:37:08

Hi!

I'm quite sick of burning my pants on my tail pipe. Not only has it left lots of holes in my pants but its left the pipe looking nasty.

Does anyone have any pro tips for cleaning melted gunk off chrome?

Ive since ordered a factory muffler cover but it arrived today and i've realized its not going to cover the majority of the pipe so I will likely continue to burn my pants / melt things onto the pipe.

Does anyone have a novel solution? The only thing I can think of, is to get a custom heat plate / muffler cover made. Would love to hear what solutions others have employed!

Title: Re: Cleaning melted stuff off tailpipe
Post by stewmills on 08/21/21 at 22:03:41

You will see people recommending things like Blue Job, oven cleaner, and other things thought the one that I was most impressed with was the heavy duty magic eraser. It took some elbow grease, but dampen the magic eraser and it'll clean the gunk off the pipe without scouring it to death.

As far as how to stop the melting, good question. I bought a Harley dyna (as many here do) for my bike and the guy gave me two of the small heat shields that clamp onto the main muffler and that has helped me. Dont get me wrong...It still gets warm on the shield but as long as you're moving air between the shield and muffler (moving...not sitting...) it stays cool enough to not melt things.

Title: Re: Cleaning melted stuff off tailpipe
Post by youzguyz on 08/22/21 at 05:34:46

I use Faultless Hot Iron Cleaner:

https://faultless.com/product/faultless-iron-cleaner/

Works well for me.

Ride the bike and get the muffler HOT. Get an old terry cloth towel. Fold it up a bunch of times. Squirt the goop on the towel and SCRUB! It will make horrible hissing sounds, and scorch the towel. Fold it over to an unused area, repeat.

Glad to see you here instead of at mechanics that don't know the bike. The people here KNOW the LS650 like no others.

And, when you get to it, you really should post your epic trip around the "Lower 48" in the Cafe on the "Savage Miles Hall o' Fame..."

Title: Re: Cleaning melted stuff off tailpipe
Post by Armen on 08/22/21 at 08:08:43

This has worked for me every time.
Get a few brand new single edge razors. Using a very low angle, shave off the plastic. Don't flip the blade over or it will scratch. Keep shaving til the blade gets dull, then start with a new one. When most of the stuff is off, use a chrome polish such as SemiChrome and polish the pipe.

Title: Re: Cleaning melted stuff off tailpipe
Post by Tocsik on 08/22/21 at 14:05:21

I use the same technique as youzguyz but I use cheap oven cleaner. You don't want to spray it directly at the bike as it's not good for paint. But it's cheap and it works a treat. Learned it from an old scooter forum and it's taken the melted plastic from my rain pants off and melted plastic from a grocery bag that blew up on a ride.