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Dfbutler
Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 12:57 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

It was windy yesterday and one of those plastic grocery bags was blowing across the road. It blew in front of my bike and I thought it just blew past. When I got home there was a smell like something was burning. Turns out the bag blew against the headers and melted on to them. Any suggestions on getting the melted plastic off?
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Phatkidwit1eye
Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 01:18 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Just run it and it will eventually burn/flake off. Or you could try a product called "Goop".
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Interex2050
Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 02:22 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Ron is right...
Don't worry about it will just burn off,
unless there is enough on there to be a
fire hazard...
If so it should be thick enough to grab and
"peel" off.
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Crusty
Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 06:10 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You could try Easy Off oven cleaner. Just be VERY careful where you spray it. It can eat paint, and mess up other finishes.
As far as burning off; sometimes, melted plastic bags turn into a hard crusty mess that stays for thousands of miles.
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Adrenaline_junkie
Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 06:42 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I melted my backpack on my header once. I scraped the big chunks off and then used emery cloth to finish removing any residue from the header. It did make a shiny spot on the header for a short period of time but it turned back to the gold/bronze color after a few spirited rides.
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Steve_mackay
Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 09:07 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Yup, it'll be there a while. My TT was 2 weeks old when I hit one of them plastic bags. You can still see some where it was on the pipe 6K miles later.
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Etennuly
Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 09:19 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Since the pipe is stainless you should be able to scrape off the thick stuff and wire brush it. The small wheel on a drill should do it. The stainless pipe will return to its gold patina in a short time.
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Mxer83
Posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 12:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

how about some fine grade steel wool ?
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Xbrfirebolt
Posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 12:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You don't want to use steel wool on stainless steel. It can leave tiny pieces of steel in the stainless that will rust.

You can use a scotch brite pad.

(Message edited by xbrfirebolt on March 19, 2008)
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Spiderman
Posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 12:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

then use stainless steel wool...
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Mr_grumpy
Posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 01:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Just think yourself lucky it wasn't some of Spidey's web, that stuff is HELL to clean off.
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Spiderman
Posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 01:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

:THWIP: :SPLAT:

TEHE
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Mxer83
Posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 03:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

xbrfirebolt, I did not know that I guess a scotchbrite pad will be the way to go
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Speedfreaks101
Posted on Sunday, March 23, 2008 - 12:10 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Adrenaline_junkie & Steve_mackay are 100% right. I also got my backpack (actually the Buell bag that was a free give away) on the header. I let it burn off and figured it would "wear off". Not so. It made a stain that was on the surface of the pipe. I had to use emory cloth on the pipe and get it back into shape (about 4000 miles later).

BTW Spidey, stainless wool is rather hard to come by. I had to order mine from Briwax because I could not buy it local.

http://www.briwax-online.com/sswool.html
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Nillaice
Posted on Sunday, March 23, 2008 - 12:43 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

just wrap the pipes. you know you wanna anyways!
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