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Jun 3, 2013 | 11:13 AM

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Jlongshore

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From: West Liberty, Oh

Wow!! Lot of good ideas. I just always used a razor blade to get stuff off pipes. It is time consuming but works great.

Jun 3, 2013 | 03:06 PM

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Midlife Rider44

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From: Clinton Twp, MI

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Originally Posted by socialoutcast

I learnt a new trick and some may frown at it but what I used was road rub (Its like a pit stick eraser thing exactly for this.) and a nickel. Nickel is softer than chrome. I scraped a **** load of boot from my old SE II pipes with 0 scratches! Then I simply buffed the chrome with some polish and was like new. May be worth a try. Dont use the rub when the pipes are warm it will make life worse. Dont dig with the nickel either just scrap like you would with ice on a window. Firm but not ape ****.

Outcast...What is "road rub"? Where did you get it and is that the actual name? Thanks for the info.

Jun 3, 2013 | 03:13 PM

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Midlife Rider44

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From: Clinton Twp, MI

I will be sure to post some before and after pix and let you all know what worked...hopefully something works. It makes me ill to look at (or even think about) those pipes.

Jun 3, 2013 | 03:15 PM

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refuzeandrezizt

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From: Western KY

I've had several stupid moments with hot pipes. I usually scrape what I can off with a vinyl scrapper...and then use steel wool and WD40. Always works for me. I just did this a couple weeks ago actually when my dumbass decided to mess around on the bike with my lounge around the house pants on. Too many shots of whiskey I suppose. But I ran the bike and let it burn on so it would get hard. Scrapped what I could with the vinyl scrapper, and then hit it with some WD40 and steel wool. Everything came off and it looks just like new.