Rain pants melting on my pipes!
Tourer
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RE: Rain pants melting on my pipes!
Been there, done that before.....The Easy Off Oven Cleaner sounds good. I think I used kerosene and a plastic dish scrubber....but my wife swears that you should soak a rag in amonia, wrap it around the pipe, covered with tin foil overnight and you can wipe it right off in the morning. Thats worth a try before you go get radical.
Now here is the poor man's funny fix for your future. After it happened to me I always kept a cut off pant leg in my saddle bag. I would put on the rain suit and stick my leg in the old pants leg. Looked tacky but it kept the rainsuit from melting again!
Now here is the poor man's funny fix for your future. After it happened to me I always kept a cut off pant leg in my saddle bag. I would put on the rain suit and stick my leg in the old pants leg. Looked tacky but it kept the rainsuit from melting again!
Road Master
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From: Pacific Northwest
RE: Rain pants melting on my pipes!
lol, I let my son borrow my bike he took off in shorts and sneakers to run to store he melted his leg on my pipes getting off it, silly boy. windex did the trick
Road Warrior
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RE: Rain pants melting on my pipes!
good question I think they are those yellow things I found I the garage awhile back at least that is what I am taking with me to regon in sept.
ORIGINAL: Navychief
What are rain pants?
What are rain pants?
Road Master
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RE: Rain pants melting on my pipes!
ORIGINAL: Navychief
What are rain pants?
What are rain pants?
Cruiser
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From: Exit 3
RE: Rain pants melting on my pipes!
Guys in a forum for my previous bike would sew some material from an ironing board cover on the bottom of their rain pant leg. It's made to take high temps. Just make sure that you water seal the seams.
Tourer
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RE: Rain pants melting on my pipes!
I have seen the ironing board cover trick also. You could always sew the ironing board cover to a wide piece of elastic and then just slip that over your rain suit leg. That way you don't have to worry about heat sealing.
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RE: Rain pants melting on my pipes!
I have kevlar sleeves that are made to wear on your forearms when working on hot engines or other applications where you could burn your forearms.
I stretch one over each rain pant leg and it protects the lower portion of my legs and it keeps my rain pants from flapping in the breeze. They are dark blue and actually blend in with my rain suit.
Now if I could keep the jacket from leaking water around my neck I'd be good.
I stretch one over each rain pant leg and it protects the lower portion of my legs and it keeps my rain pants from flapping in the breeze. They are dark blue and actually blend in with my rain suit.
Now if I could keep the jacket from leaking water around my neck I'd be good.
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