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[Black Label Mark]

Easy Off oven cleaner.  I spray it on a rag then wipe the pipe...don't spray onto the pipe because the overspray is deadly to other finishes. I then wet down another rag with water to wipe off the oven cleaner.

[screamn1]

Ask the wife for some Iron Cleaner get pipes hot, Its the poop!

[aushog]

another vote for ez-off oven cleaner.

[REGGAB]

0000 steel wool (read:  SOS or Brillo pad)  followed by MAAS or Simichrome.

[JackLINY48]

   A product called "Road Rub" works great.  It looks like a stick deodorant, very slight abrasive that makes no marks on the chrome.   Rub it on the pipes and the leather/plastic marks disappear.  As you rub...the stain starts to disappear, then finish with some chrome polish. I tried it after a friend recommended it....and its fabulous. Just search "Road Rub" and a few places sell it for $6.95.  IMHO, I think the results will be more than you could get with any other product.

[REGGAB]

   A product called "Road Rub" works great.  It looks like a stick deodorant, very slight abrasive that makes no marks on the chrome.   Rub it on the pipes and the leather/plastic marks disappear.  As you rub...the stain starts to disappear, then finish with some chrome polish. I tried it after a friend recommended it....and its fabulous. Just search "Road Rub" and a few places sell it for $6.95.  IMHO, I think the results will be more than you could get with any other product.

I've heard of and seen that stuff.  I think.......memory fails occasionally........MJZ had some of that stuff when I was passing through Memphis year before last, and it did work well...........but if ya aint got it, don't know how or where to get it, and ya got goo on yer pipes..........Brillo works!

[LarryB]

Nevr-dull and a popsicle stick

[RedDevil]

I'm tellin ya folks get this stuff called "Blue Job".  It's the schiz nits.  It's not cheap, but it works great and takes anything and everything off of chrome, including melted on micro-fiber towel, (I won't tell you how I know that), without scratching or damaging the chrome.  Great stuff!!!   http://www.blue-job.net/

   

[1abastarsmda]

I just went through this 2 days in a row.  I melted my ski pants to my pipes.  The first time, I sprayed Plexus windshield cleaner on it, and then scraped it all off with my thumbnail.  It took a while.

The next day, as careful as I was, I did it again.  This time, I sprayed over cleaner on the hot pipes as soon as I pulled into the garage.  I let it sit until the next day.  I was amazed that most of it came off with my thumbnail in chunks in a minute or 2.  I then sprayed on the Plexus, let it sit for a minute, wiped it off, and used my thumbnail for the rest.  I had it all gone within 5 minutes this time and did not leave a mark.

The first time, with just the Plexus, I ended up leaving some very fine scratches on the chrome surface that I could see only when I put a flashlight directly on the area.  I haven't tried chrome polish yet, but hopefully it's something that will be gone after polishing.  I'm still having a hard time believing that my thumbnails could put any permanent marks in chrome, although not noticeable.

Oh yeah, don't forget to clean the oven cleaner off with a wet towel before proceeding, and make sure you have a towel behind the pipe to make sure the oven cleaner doesn't get on any other surfaces.

[Hugh Janis]

I'm tellin ya folks get this stuff called "Blue Job".  It's the schiz nits.  It's not cheap, but it works great and takes anything and everything off of chrome, including melted on micro-fiber towel, (I won't tell you how I know that), without scratching or damaging the chrome.  Great stuff!!!   http://www.blue-job.net/

   

Now that's interesting!  I put my vest over my seat and the nylon liner melted to my rear header.  It set up real hard and oven cleaner did nothing.  I'm SO tempted to use an abrasive but I'd rather try this 1st, then a 000 SOS.  Thanks for the tips guys!

[Texas 103]

Now that's interesting!  I put my vest over my seat and the nylon liner melted to my rear header.  It set up real hard and oven cleaner did nothing.  I'm SO tempted to use an abrasive but I'd rather try this 1st, then a 000 SOS.  Thanks for the tips guys!

I'd be tempted to try a heat gun to soften it up first, then use the cleaner of your choice...Greg

[AXIL]

  goof-off paint remover. "oops" paint remover works well also.   axil

[Air-Cooled]

Do not use a razor blade as some auto mechanics will recommend for chrome bumpers. The blade will scratch your pipe, as I found  out.

[LarryB]

I just had a thought, call me goofy as many do, but, keep off the pipes. Stop picking up chicks at bars with cheap shoes/boots. Ski pants on the bike??. I know its cold out but leathers work better. If you lay your heel on the pipe often, get one of those rails that keep it off.
How many times have you burnt your leg on the pipe? Me, Once. thats all it took for me to know, Don't throw a naked leg over the bike, even just to move it. 

[grandpadoc]

If you scratch the chrome, it can be polished out with Glare Polish. I couldn't find my semichrome and tried it and it worked !  Doc