So I had been noticing the exhaust pipe on the bike slowly turning a golden-bronze colour over time. Whenever I clean the bike, I usually rub the pipe with a rag just to polish it a little, and to keep the crud off. On several occasions, I've used Nevr Dull on it and it seems to clean it up nicely (with little effort), however, it doesn't do anything about the dis-colouration.
During my teen years, my best friend's father always used a cream polish called Autosol around his garage to polish old engine casings, chrome parts, almost anything made of metal that he wanted to restore to a shiny glow. I also remembered that he used to rub, and rub, and rub. But after lots of rubbing, the shine was amazing. Brilliant.
I found a tube of Autosol metal polish at a local hardware store for $9. It might be worth a try.
I spent about 3/4 of an hour just rubbing it on with a clean shop rag. Rub, rub, rub. Doesn't require a whole lot either. Then a final buff with a clean micro-fibre cloth. Wow. This shit really works. I did the entire exhaust system (although the header pipe on the rear cylinder didn't get as much attention as the front pipe because it's so damn hard to get your hands up in there).
of the pipe after 9,000 Km on the odometer
Hopefully the shine will stay for more than just a few days. We'll see.
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Wow, that's what I call a good result!
I used to use that stuff on the aluminum head of my CB750Four. It took a lot of elbow grease, but when you were done it looked excellent. I'm going to have to try that on the SS header of my Sumo and see if it works ... I had forgotten all about that stuff.
Yeah, it looks great. It didn't take as much rubbing as I expected... I just hope the dull bronze color doesn't return too quickly.
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