Can you clean me..?

[Silverdream]

Whilst removing my AIS off of my 50k miler Gen 1 ... took off the rad and came across this mess..

mmmmm does'nt look like these are coming off without a fight....

After a bit of cleaning...


Still a long way to go....  :lol

[Falcon 269]

Shoot!  :eek  There's stuff on the deck of the Titanic in better nick than that.

Still, the headers came up OK ... not sure what you'll be able to do with what remains of the clamps, though.

I'd start trawling ebay for some replacement headers.

[Silverdream]

I know... what a mess

Going to have to be drilling and taping those studs out of there after i have cut off the nuts...

So new headers.. studs and bolts coming up... LOL

[pitternator]

Its one problem of having the rad blocking view of headers. My 7 yr old 35 k miler is in better nick, but still is getting that way. I did  a deep clean of the engine recently and found deep crud. I used a steam cleaner, and it struggled !  ....maybe its a biennial  rad off jobby to do a deep clean. I reckon getting my bike treated by slick  has helped keep it relatively corrosion free. Plus I dont do wet riding except on bike tour !

[solorider]

my 70k mile fazer is just as bad,i have ordered a nut splitter as most of my header nuts are no longer looking like a nut

[Silverdream]

WOW solorider.... glad im not the only one.. LOL

All these great pics on here of immaculate bikes where every nut and bolt is still shiney...

Hopefully will get somewhere near by next spring... just got to keep slugging away..

I do like working on the bike though.. its de-stressing time..

Silverdream