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After working all of the bank holidays last month, I feel like treating myself, but after a bit of searching around, I can't seem to find any companys that produce stainless down pipes for my curvy, so any help or links would be much appreciated
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You bike comes wih SS down pipes as standard
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30 mins with some metal polish on a scotchbrite pad makes all the difference.
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Or 5 minutes with the Hein Gericke super cleaner apparently!
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ran out of elbow grease when i tried, doubt i`ll bother again, that grease wont be back in stock
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Thanks guys, i was thinking about getting some of that hein gerike 13 quid stuff, but wasn't sure if my pipes had maybe gone past the point of recovery, I don't think they are rusty, but still heavily stained with that coppery colour.
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Hein Gericke stuff is the dogs, as you can see my link pipe was bad with that coppery colour you mentioned, completely gone now
Before: Attachment 9031 And these are after 3 spraying on the HG cleaner and using a scourer as per instructions then rinsing after no longer than 3 mins, then me and my wife spent an hour with some Autosol metal polish some rags and a dremel with a polishing wheel to finish it off. Attachment 9032 Attachment 9033 Last edited by daveyrach; 21-08-13 at 11:36 AM. |
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Wow that looks amazing thanks, I will defiantly be taking a trip down to pompey on Friday to get myself some cheers for your help mate
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see if daveyrach`s wife is free,she did a belting job on his while he sat and watched
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I polished my akrapovic system when I was swapping it from my 1st curvy to it's replacement, only reason I did it then was because it was off the bike and I could sit in from of the tv while doing it. That was about 5 years ago and they've not been polished since and it's very unlikely they'll be polished again any time soon.
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