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Iron Butt
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| anyone havin luck keepin the Gatlin tips chrome looking new? |
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Cruiser
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rhode island | No, but the up side to sooty tips is they look like real mini gun barrels that have just been fired. |
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Visionary
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LaPorte,Tx. | A little bit of chrome polish cleans them up real fast. |
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Cruiser
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| I have used simple green with decent results. But , if you ride it will dirty up again kind of a catch 22. Does anyone remember when the exhaust had a gray tint to it, and black pipes ment you were running to rich on the mix ! |
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Cruiser
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Sparta, WI | Digby - 2008-11-10 5:21 PM
I have used simple green with decent results. But , if you ride it will dirty up again kind of a catch 22. Does anyone remember when the exhaust had a gray tint to it, and black pipes ment you were running to rich on the mix !
Great point Digby. I don't run Gatlins as I have S1/L2 but my tips are black, quite black too. I have read that Victory runs the leanest of all bikes so why so black? We clean ours with chrome cleaner but it's a pain the a$$. After cleaning them I take a picture so I can remember how nice they look without the soot. |
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Cruiser
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Sugar Land, TX (Outside of Houston) | There is a thread on this forum somewhere with a picture of someone who Black Powder Coated the Gatlin tips. They look awsome like that. Or maybe powdercoat them the color of you bike to make those pipes stand out. |
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Cruiser
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Prescott Valley, AZ | I use standard chrome cleaner on mine when they need a touch up. I find that the only time they get black is when I'm doing short rides like to work and back or around town. If I put bigger miles on the Vision with higher speeds the tips seem to remain clean. The chrome cleaner seems to do a decent job unless you get right down close to them and inspect them. As long as they continue to clean up okay it doesn't seem like a high price to pay considereing all the comments they gather.
Ride Safe, Ride Often!! |
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Cruiser
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Columbia,MO | I use bug and tar remover with the lemon stuff in it. I spray it on and wait a minute before I rub. Works pretty good. Best thing I found so far. |
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Cruiser
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Sugar Land, TX (Outside of Houston) | Here is the Thread with the Pictures of the Black Powder Coated Tips:
http://www.vision-riders.com/bb/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=1597&pos...
Very Cool looking! |
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Cruiser
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Fargo, ND | I powdercoated the centers of mine in Satin Black so they don't need cleaning. 
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Cruiser
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SF Bay Area | I didn't buy a set. I have no problem keeping them clean now. My Honkers have gutted stock tips, basically black holes. |
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Cruiser
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Sugar Land, TX (Outside of Houston) | I like the powdercoated insides. How did you do that. Are the inside parts removable? I was told that it was cust out of a solid piece of aluminum. |
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