Rusty down pipe

Fester · Post by **Fester** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 8:21 pm

I spent 30 mins today cleaning the rust off the front cylinder down pipe, using wire wool; what do folk use to keep theirs free from rust, if anything?
fester

Stormin Ben · Post by **Stormin Ben** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 10:21 pm

Clean it once a year with a pan scourer (not as course as wire wool) and PLENTY of wd40. You don't wanna be taking off the pitifully thin coating of stainless or they'll be even worse!!

Ben

Squiffythewombat · Post by **Squiffythewombat** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 12:29 pm

hiya, i use "autosol" and one of those cheap sponges with the abrasive pad, it seemed to work ok, then winter hit and i gave up! think i might buy those titanium pipes....yeah right!

Stormin Ben · Post by **Stormin Ben** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 1:25 pm

The beauty of using wd40 is it stops it going rusty again.
Instead, after a while it goes a fairly fetching bronze colour which coincidentally nearly matches the blade fork legs

Ben

iggy1966 · Post by **iggy1966** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 9:19 am

I use one of thoses green pan scrubs and solvol, keeps it shiny if you do it regularly.

Johnny Wishbone · Post by **Johnny Wishbone** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 1:53 pm

Better than having a rusty up-pipe I suppose

Go on Tony, give us a filthy comment!!

Squiffythewombat · Post by **Squiffythewombat** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 12:00 pm

Johnny Wishbone wrote:Better than having a rusty up-pipe I suppose

Go on Tony, give us a filthy comment!!

just beware the carbon depoists!

Those pipes look great, mine seem to be more of a rusty old brick colour despite continous cleaning, but then MINES SEES THE RAIN!

Stormin Ben · Post by **Stormin Ben** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:23 am

Squiffythewombat wrote: Those pipes look great, mine seem to be more of a rusty old brick colour despite continous cleaning, but then MINES SEES THE RAIN!

Ooh, ya cheeky fekker!!
OK, so they've not seen the rain THIS YEAR but then again they haven't been touched since I did my last track day at Oulton in november. That was in a friggin monsoon!! It got slung in the garage still dripping and was only cleaned just before the MoT

WD40 -I've seen the future (and its NOT garlic bread

)

Ben