Crap on pipe, How do I get it off??
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RE: Crap on pipe, How do I get it off??
Thanks for the ideas. And thanks for the tip on belt alignment. I was wondering if this problem was a common one or something was wrong with the bike. Sounds like I have a problem. I'll have to get in touch with the dealer and see if we can't get a fix. OR, is there a simple check and fix for belt alignment? The bike is in the garage on a bike stand that I had made, so belt and rear wheel access is easy.
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RE: Crap on pipe, How do I get it off??
Heat does wonders, but takes a little time. My wife melted the soul of her shoe on my pipe, and before I found something to clean it off, it got hot enough to just flake off on its own.
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Once when the wife rented a bike before we got my Harley, her heel burned on the pipe. When I noticed it I was in a panic because it was a new harley rental, first on the bike and I f'ed it up. So I grabbed the nearest thing I could find. Happened to be a wooden shim it the garage. The pipes were still hot and using the shim I was able to scrape it of and didn't leave a mark at all. I was very surprised. And yes, I would go to the shop, seems to be something out of wack.-PapaTravis
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RE: Crap on pipe, How do I get it off??
Easy-Off oven cleaner here! Just don't get it on the paint, but it takes stuff off quickly and easily, don't need alot of elbow grease to get stuff off the pipes! 
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try toilet paper to get that crap off!!!![sm=goodidea.gif]
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RE: Crap on pipe, How do I get it off??
Left pipe if front of Passanger's floor board was covered with burnt rubber from my wife's shoe. On there for thousands of miles and only gets worse. Used what I learned on this forum and it worked great.
Heat the pipe however is easiest ( run the engine, small tourch) spray oven cleaner in a cup and brush it on the area to be cleaned. Let it sit for about 5 minutes then take aluminum foil roll it up in a ball and use it on area with marks. Rinse it with water and polish it, never know there was a mark there.
That will clean the pipe but as others have posted the bike needs to be looked at, that should not be happening.
Heat the pipe however is easiest ( run the engine, small tourch) spray oven cleaner in a cup and brush it on the area to be cleaned. Let it sit for about 5 minutes then take aluminum foil roll it up in a ball and use it on area with marks. Rinse it with water and polish it, never know there was a mark there.
That will clean the pipe but as others have posted the bike needs to be looked at, that should not be happening.
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