How To Clean Stainless Steel Motorcycle Exhaust Pipes

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How to clean stainless steel motorcycle exhaust pipes. Very common on motorbikes with stainless steel chrome or aluminium exhaust pipes it looks like liquid rust. Buff the exhaust pipes. I took some advice from a magazine article which said to apply a thick coating of wheel bearing grease to the inside surface of the exhaust pipes and ride the bike for a few miles repeating if necessary.

Headers and exhaust pipes are PITA to maintain keep them clean shiny and attractive. Stainless-steel pipes can be cleaned using mild acids. This is the 3 year old exhaust of.

The idea was the wheel bearing grease would carbonize and insulate the chrome from the. Wrap a water dampened rag around the bug and tar rag this is to stop it drying out. I polished one pipe back when I got the bike 3 years ago and it took forever using 0000 steel wool and polish.

Scrub off all the surface crud to see whats below. Polished the stainless steel exhaust pipes of my BMW R1200RT. You need to be gentler with chrome pipes which are why the dirt is soaked first before being gently scrubbed with a softer metal and some cleaning agent.

Keep going until you have covered all of the exhaust pipe. Make sure that you use a bucket and microfiber cloth that you dont plan on using for a normal car wash. You can live without cleaning them but it is definitely refreshing when you clean them.

Best Newsletter on the Planet. Quick and easy way to clean and polish an exhaust tip in under 10 minutes. The cleaning agent is high acid content heavy duty toilet bowl cleaner.