How To Clean Motorcycle Header Pipes

If your bike downpipes Header pipes are oxidised and just plain dirty.

How to clean motorcycle header pipes. Now the stainless steel exhaust pipes on my BMW R1200RT needed polishing too after 5000 km on the odometer. Cleaning motorcycle exhaust pipes can be done at home. Some very minor gold tinting has crept in after 4k miles still a mirror shine though.

In order to clean the pipe remove it from the motorcycles exhaust system. Step 1 - Apply Your Metal Cleaner. They dont look new but theyre ALOT better now than they were FOR SURE.

Do not use harsh abrasives or hard objects to clean or polish chrome. This is just a quick video of how good they can be cleaned with just a little time a. Generally youll see that the base of the header pipes will have the most color on them since thats where its takes most of the heat.

When purchasing your cleaning solution make a point of selecting one designed for use with the type of metal of. It should be a part of your motorcycle maintenance routine because clogged pipes can lead to backfiring which is startling and dangerous. During a motorcycle exhibition I also have purchased a polisher called Peek Metal Polish.

You can live without cleaning them but it is definitely refreshing when you clean them. If desired you can clean it again with metal polish as you did in Step 4 and wash it off a final time before allowing to air dry untouched. Neil says some chrome pipes are plated under solution with no oxygen which is unstable.

Stainless-steel pipes are forgiving so you can be harsh in cleaning them. I found the gold tint can wipe right off almost literally with some metal master polish I like the gold tint thoughI have found that this is another benefit to getting the shine on the header is the. Whatever has your pipes looking funny can come off with enough elbow grease.