The International CBX Owners Association

I was adjusting my cam chain yesterday and my nylon jacket melted on to #6 exhaust header. I've tried Blue job, acetone and paintstripper and nothing is moving it. Any suggestions as to how to get it off would be much appreciated. Thanks Ross

0000 steel wool wetted with WD-40 should work. Nothing coarser than 0000.

Ouch!

I guess better nylon than skin, but maybe the skin would have been easier to get off the header.

Just like a boot mark on the muffler. Scrape as much off with razor blade without "touching" the chrome, and then a chrome polish of some sort.

Good luck,

Steve

Barely warm exhaust . . . . "Easy-off" oven cleaner !

Someone told me about that years ago when I had my Harleys - "it works"

Bob

Thanks guys. I did not have any 0000 wool but tried the Easy Off and it worked! Unfortunately I ran out so I took another look in under the sink and tried some Weiman Glass Top Oven Cleaner which also made good progress. Ross

I burnt my leg on the stanless exhaust header pipe on my 2000 Yamaha R1 when the bike was only 1 yr old.

That mark remained on that pipe for years, nothing would make it go away.

A couple years back, someone suggested using vegtable oil. I wiped the pipe stain area while it was warm and did that several times and the mark permanently disappeared. Of course this mark was from burnt skin and not a jacket.

I tried it on my leg, but I still have a hint of a scar that I believe will always be there.

Later, George in Delaware

Well, I realize the problem is already resolved but just wanted to mention that I recently polished my exhaust with rouge and a buffer wheel on a 3/8 drill and could not believe how the chrome improved. I'm sure that method would also remove the stain.