Oil on tailpipe

[BS Gal]

There has been what appears to be an oil stain on my tailpipe since I got the bike. Looks like it was spilled on there. Suggestions on what to use to get it off? Thanks.

 

[Ken King]

There has been what appears to be an oil stain on my tailpipe since I got the bike. Looks like it was spilled on there. Suggestions on what to use to get it off? Thanks.

This is almost too funny to pass on, but I'll restrain myself.

 

[BS Gal]

This is almost too funny to pass on, but I'll restrain myself.

Guess I could have re-phrased that. Thanks for restraining yourself.

 

[Kyle]

This is almost too funny to pass on, but I'll restrain myself.

Yep.

I thought it might be a mis-catagorized review of a sequel to Brokeback Mountain.

 

[Mikeinsmd]

There is a compound you get at the bike shop. It looks like cotton. You get the pipe real hot and use this "cotton" to remove the stain. Works for discoloration and if a shoe touches the pipe and melts too. Give it a try.

 

[BS Gal]

There is a compound you get at the bike shop. It looks like cotton. You get the pipe real hot and use this "cotton" to remove the stain. Works for discoloration and if a shoe touches the pipe and melts too. Give it a try.

Why thank you very much, Mikey.

 

[aps45819]

You sure it's an oil stain? If you can feel the discololation, it's probably melted plastic and not oil.

 

[bcp]

or is it just the blueing (sp) of the pipes due to normal heating?

 

[itsbob]

There has been what appears to be an oil stain on my tailpipe since I got the bike. Looks like it was spilled on there. Suggestions on what to use to get it off? Thanks.

Ride it more, worry about cleaning it less..

If it's nice enough to wash it, you should be riding it.

 

[aps45819]

Ride it more, worry about cleaning it less.. .

I'm sooooo enjoying the lack of chrome on the V Strom

 

[BS Gal]

or is it just the blueing (sp) of the pipes due to normal heating?

No, it's a stain, kind of orange-ish/brownish in color.

 

[aps45819]

No, it's a stain, kind of orange-ish/brownish in color.

You need to be more careful if you're going to chew tobacco when you ride

 

[BS Gal]

You need to be more careful if you're going to chew tobacco when you ride

I was aiming for the street, but the wind caught it.

 

[itsbob]

I'm sooooo enjoying the lack of chrome on the V Strom

I have one piece, and it's dirty.

 

[Pete]

You can scrub and polish a butt ugly bike all day long and when you are done all you have is a clean butt ugly bike.

 

[aps45819]

You can scrub and polish a butt ugly bike all day long

Polish?
Oh, I remember now. That's what I used to spend a lot of time doing instead of riding.

 

[itsbob]

You can scrub and polish a butt ugly bike all day long and when you are done all you have is a clean butt ugly bike.

That's true.. but does it take you all day??

 

[Pete]

That's true.. but does it take you all day??

Nope, but of course I would never pretend to be the bike studs you and APS are, wearing out tires every 5000 miles, lean angle 80 degrees, knees worn out of your Joe rocket ballistic nylon riding pants with Kevlar reinforced knee pads, GPS/cell phone/MP3 player piped into helmet speakers with a Blackberry HUD visor, round the world wheelie popping rides through ice, snow, mud, typhoons, hurricanes, earth quakes and Tsunami's. I realize it is just a machine and some people like machines who look nice and ride nice and some people don't.

 

[bad1032]

Bluejob works good for getting the stuff off the pipes

 

[itsbob]

Bluejob works good for getting the stuff off the pipes

Excuse me??

This is afamily thread.. take the sexual innuendo elsewhere..