cleaning metal parts...
 

Right, I know some of you think I have a cleaning fettish.. but its no where near as bad as some on here... :lol:

I want to clean some metal parts, mainly the radiator.... its covered in crap, and looks like it needs a fair bit of work, only problem is the fins bend very easily, so cant exactly scrubb those.... anyone know of anything I can use to clean this up.. I dont htink autosol will do the trick :lol:
going to stock up on a few tubes of that for the downpipes ready for summer... you people with SV's dont know how lucky you are with only one downpipe at the front of your bikes! :lol:

theres not much you can do with radiator fins, i just wd40 them and use a high pressure air hose every now and again to clear the crud out.

yep - i agree - not a lot you can do. previously, i have found an electric toothbrush and wd40 can help. my rad now covered with hamicad thing so dont have to bother :D

what about the sides of the radiator ? thats looking grubby as hell as well....

this will probably be for a cold winters day, as I have a few things to do on the bike, but the rad will be taken off the bike at somepoint.. get the downpipes off and clean them good and proper then... :lol: so when its off the bike, Id like to give it a once over and also straighten out any bent fins

very soft toothbrush and don't press hard.

I'm sure I saw a life going spare around here somewhere, if you like, we could organise a search party to go out looking for yours :D :D :D :D :D

:lol: My life is long gone, so I just take pride in my bike looking cleaner than most peoples low mileage examples, whereas this things done 32K :wink:

Just leave it as it is, it'll fall to bits eventually and you can get a new one.

Spray-on carb/throttle body cleaner and a soft tooth brush. Be gentle. Then lightly spray with WD40

buy a new radiator,

use the old one for riding, and when you pull up anywhere, just swap it with the new one.


simple :)