Well I decided to ride my bike in to work today. Sunny, mid 80's and not a cloud in the sky. Beautiful day for riding, even if it's just to work. Anyway, my company has a business casual dress policy, so slacks and a collared shirt are required. Well I was wearing a pair of slacks that were not 100% cotton, they are a synthetic blend, andmust of brushed my leg against the pipes while I was getting off the bike (Im not the tallest person in the world 5'7"). Iburned a hole in my slacks. So, I am a little embarassed by this because the first person I talked to today noticed the burned slacks. Needless to say I made it through the workday,but what really got me was when I walked out to go home today I noticed the burnt slacks were still stuck to my mufflers. I tried to get the melted fabric off the mufflers and have only been partially successful. Has anyone ever experienced this faux-paux, and if so do you have any recommedations for how to get the melted fabric off the pipes?

Chris

 

faux-paux???

 

oven cleaner,,,,watch over spray,,,,and buy 100% cotton....keep the cotton pickers going....

 

Buy yourself a set of coveralls

 

You're not alone man, I've done it myself[:@]

 

Well, I carefully scrape off what I can of the heavy stuff, then use 4-O steel wool and it buffs right up nicely...............and be careful of those fancy words round here! LOL

Shoulda said, I use a razor blade to do the scraping with...........be careful!

 

yep oven cleaner will take it off just dont get overspray what yuck posted before

 

It literally means "false step" and is usually used to refer to situations like farting in front of your date or other breaches of etiquette.

 

breaches of etiquette???

 

With the oven cleaner like easy off I have read that it is much easier to spray it on a towel away from the bike and use that to clean the pipes with the burnt on stuff. If you spray it directly on the bike it could and will ruin the finish of other parts of it. I have not personally tried it, but that is what I gather...