Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one with this problem. I got the Jardine High-mounts because I was melting the bottom of my boots with the stock exhaust. I just did my first track day with the Jardines and I melted all the way thru the sides of my boots. Now I got a gooey mess to clean up and I am looking at the Cobra shild or the Targa shield. What results has anyone seen with either of these? Do they work? Which one is at reducing heat?

Also, since I need a new pair of boots, what should I look for in somehting that won't melt???

The pair of boots I had was made by Nitro. They were cheap (~$100). Would all boots melt, or if I had better boots could I have avioded this while hassle???

Thanks for the help...

-Karl

 

I find this funny. I have a Two brothers Hi mount system and do track days from time to time. I also street ride quite the bit. I have very rarely ever had the boot or shoe melting problem at all. Must be the Jadines.

 

I've been able to remove melted stuff from chrome pipes with synthetic steel wool and lots of elbow grease. It will never look as good as new, but it can be cleaned somewhat.

 

... or it could be the size 14 boots....

 

Another good way to get them cleaned is tame them off the bike and pollish them on a buffing wheel. Or while they are still hot Castol Supper clean and a rag with some elbow grease work great. And a size 14. Holly crap man you water ski on those too? I mean my god them are some big feet. I bet your foot draggs before the peg. LOL All jokes aside now and I hope i didn't hurt anyones feelings but all that mess comes off pretty easy with a buffing wheel. And better yet no scratches. But that's just my .02 worth.

 

If you try to remove shoe gunk while it's cold it's hard as a rock...if you do it when the pipes are hot it's soft and comes off much easier with less risk of scratching the mids. If the mids are chrome they don't "polish." You can clean any crap (the shoe gunk, grease, surface rust) off the surface but you can't "polish" chrome. Once they're scratched they're scratched. Chrome is a coating...Stainless midpipes and aluminum cans are a raw surface and will "polish" over and over-you can wetsand and remove scratches. You can't do that with chrome. Steel wool will scratch chrome and make it look dull. Heat the pipes up, wad up a towel and use some mothers. Cobra also recommends easy-off oven cleaner. Spray, let it sit awhile/overnight, and wipe off...done.