How To Clean Motorcycle Exhaust Pipes

Having given your motorcycle exhaust pipes a thorough scrubbing youre ready to rinse them.

How to clean motorcycle exhaust pipes. Use a dampened washcloth or a water-filled spray bottle to wipe away all traces of your cleaning solution. Give them a good wipe down with thinners then spray and wipe down with Mr Muscle window cleaner - but make sure its the with added vinegar version as thats the. Ive never tried melted rubber but if you warm it up a bit with a hair drier then soak it down it might do the trick.

Rub the polish onto the pipe using a small circular motion. This is not a rarity on motorcycles and it happens often as riders break in their new bikes. Most exhaust systems are held on by studs.

Repeat until the pipe is clean. Both can be re-chromed and re-buffed to restore to its former shinier state. The air gap between the two pipe layers acts as insulation and keeps the outer chromed pipe from turning colors.

Fortunately cleaning a motorcycles exhaust pipes is a job anyone can tackle with a few easily obtainable tools. The pipe needs some wind blowing over it to stay cool enough to not turn blue. The discoloration of BMW exhaust pipes is a normal result of the exhaust temperature and the fact they are single-wall pipes.

For this stage you need another microfiber cloth. I still favour the rubber bung method. Spray on leave about five minutes and wipe off with a rag careful not to burn your hand.

Use a dry rag to remove any dirt from inside the tip of the exhaust. Problem with using assorted vegetables as pipe plugs is that the caustic soda may eat through them if youve mixed a strong enough solution to properly clean the innards of a coked up stroker exhaust - so beware. Once that area of the pipe is clean move to another blue area using a clean section of the cloth.