How to soften and restore old hard rubber motorcycle parts

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How to soften and restore old hard rubber motorcycle parts

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Haha! Hot sauce :)
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Quality, good link Wicky :thumbup:
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Practical sportsbikes ran an article along the same lines a few years ago, and listed a receipe which contained wintergreen oil.
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Wait, you guys are thinking this guy was being serious?
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Not necessarily with the list of ingredients he used but certainly it's doable with wintergreen oil and heat. I'll try to dig out the issue and scan it on here, if I remember!
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CruxGNZ wrote:Wait, you guys are thinking this guy was being serious?
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I found this discussion on another forum, spookily VTR250, where the article in PS has caused some discussion. Seems there is some dispute as to the success or otherwise of the treatment. They obviously missed out the hot sauce!!!!

http://vtr250.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=681
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:D :thumbup: serious or not it made me laugh,

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