Removing baked on tar spots

Hi,

Im a bit of a perfectionist, and when i come to wash, polish my bike, its all fine and dandy until I see the baked on tar spots on my engine and pipes. As i ride all year through, these have steadily built up, and spoil the look.

Does anyone know of a product/method which can remove these?

Thanks

Tar remover!

It can really remove baked on tar/tree sap which is hard/impossible to remove when scratching it with your finger nails?

Paraffin will dissolve it too.

I have some Autoglym tar remover. Little bit on a rag and the tar is history in a wipe. Is it any good for the paint? No idea but it works.

[mister c]

Autosol & wire wool for the exhaust. Bit of petrol should bring it off the engine

Thanks very much. I tried using metal polish and wire wool but it took ages and didnt work well anyway.

[mister c]

Could try the petrol on the exhaust as well. It works as a degreaser

I will suggest something funny ..USE Butter (lots of it ) on the plastics (to avoid scratches) its a trick I read on another forum

For the pipes I use some Oven cleaning products......

Elbow and grease mixed in = proportion with autosol (think thats what its called) metal polish.