Cleaning front pipe

elbow grease elbow grease my friend.

[Quiff Wichard]

Originally Posted by injury_ian

I suspect Photoshop .... if he can get the same results on my K5, i will then be a beliver!

I assure u its not photoshopped... Kwak is just dead anal!!!

dont you sell that bike quiff boy! you need to take some good photos of my thou at the stormy!

Originally Posted by kwak zzr

elbow grease elbow grease my friend.

Kwak,

Did you use polishing stuff(pads and compounds) on an electric drill? If so, do the compounds and pads etc come in a kit? Did you take the downpipe off to polish it up like that?

My K1 forks are slightly pitted and my downpipe is very discoloured. I'd like to get them back to a state of shine.

John

errr no ejohnh, i dont ride the bike much in this weather so it dont get ****ty really, the polished bits on my bike are just autosol and rags, i have in the past used a dremel with a polishing mop on but i find the best results come with a push pull motion with rags

Right got some Autosol now - lets see how good this stuff really is!!!

I bought the Comma stuff last week and it wasn't as good as I had thought........

its not magic you need to work at it

I spent an hour and half cleaning it with Autosol and it looked so muc better by the end of it, not yet perfect but much much better.

The only problem was: I then went to get some air in my tyres and when I got back I lent through past the downpipe andmanaged to burn my top onto it!!!

So now I have to do it all again next week, any tips for the more stubborn bits Kwak?

i have used a green pan scourer before to get really stubborn grime off.

I thought of that but wasn't too sure whether or not it might have an adverse effect?? Also any ideas on removing my burnt top off of it, I'm just so lucky I was wearing it!

It did serve as a good illustration to the kids that when I say its hot it really is HOT!