I have given my Multi a really good clean over the winter from front to back & it's looking like new again. Was dissapointed to see the front down pipe was very stained & there were even signs of early corrosion so looked around for something to clean it with & found this: eBay - The UK's Online Marketplace This stuff is brilliant. Removed the down pipe, brushed some of it on, left for about 15mins & then washed off. Gave it a quick buff with a wire brush wheel on an electric drill & it looks better than it did when it was new. Though I would share incase anyone else wanted to do.
Antil, You inspired me to clean mine! I have some Hein Gerricke stainless steel exhaust cleaning spray, similar stuff, squirt on then spray off after 5 mins and it takes all the discolouration away. Mine was a lazy clean though, pipe left on.
I hope you were careful Ian and gave the bike a thorough rinse after?........the HG Exhaust Cleaner is brilliant stuff but is acid based and will damage paint and other coated surfaces, eat aluminium, even damage chrome.....
Thanks Andy. I must admit I was unaware that it could be damaging to other metals but it did get a good spray wash afterwards so hopefully no unexpected cleaning.....
I'm sure you'll be fine Ian....just worth being aware of the potential for disaster! Bob......you posted elsewhere re use of paraffin for chain cleaning...........it's also good for lifting tar spots ;-) (paraffin + rag + toothbrush;-) Looking forward to the 'how to polish your headers' article Bob ..........a before photo?
Wow Bob....that looks like you used a lot of elbow grease to get it that shiny....I feel a weekend project coming on!
I got a polishing set off eBay - search for 'metal polishing supplies' - kit I got came with a mandrill, 3 polishing mops and different waxes - just have to be careful the drill doesn't shift about too much and get caught on the bike - left the exhaust on the bike, might have been easier off but you'd need a vice or similar btw the polishing mops I got were either 3 or 4 inches in diameter - I remember trying to find the smallest I could
This bastard thread has cost me about 7 hrs and lots of sweat in the last few days, I had to take my headers off to make some link pipes, so I thought, what the hell, while they're off I'll give them a polish, I mean, how hard can it be? Well, bloody hard when they're as caked with crap as mine were! Still now they're done they look all "spangly and purdy" so job done
lol..........post some pics ;-) ...decat? Tell us more, sound interesting, I know there's lots of info on the off the shelf solutions (Arrow, Leo Vice, MIVV) but I don't think I've seen a DIY job.....photos and details please
I bought a spaghetti system with carbon cans, was supposed to fit early AND later SS's, it didn't :frown:, so I'm fitting the cans and using the standard headers, and making my own link pipes . I will try to get photo's when the job is done, but will have to wait until my son gets home as I am a complete computer numpty .
