Brand new single edge razor. Hold it a low angle and shave the stuff off. Don't flip the razor over as the edge will have deformed and will scratch if flipped over.
Then Happich Semi-Chrome polish.

Brass doesn't harm chrome.

Armen wrote on 10/09/19 at 01:03:46:


Thank you Armen.  I might try that.  Most of it is very thin and appears to have come off.  There's a slightly thicker/more stubborn patch I might try that with.

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 10/09/19 at 12:27:57:


Thanks!

Hello All:  Thanks for your feedback.  Result is that Easy Off on a warm pipe (ran engine until pipe became warm to the touch) did the trick.  No harm to chrome.  There's a tiny but stubborn deposit left near the exhaust shield proximal to the right foot peg.  Likely I'll need to apply a material removal technique (like a razor blade) to detach that and the chrome will need a little local polish touch up (Blue Job perhaps.  Or I've got some generic chrome cleaner.)  

And I need better boots.  Rode in the rain last week, took 2 days to dry out my boots.  LOL!  But apparently my foot technique has gotten better.  No additional residue on the pipe.

Thanks again!

I've never had much luck removing burnt-on stuff on chrome pipes/mufflers.  At best, I get the stuff off and there is a large dull spot that cannot be shined to match the existing chrome.  But I guess a dull spot on the chrome is better than a large black spot.