03-01-2016, 03:19 PM
To me it looks like it was "ridden hard and put away wet".
They are much darker and bluer than mine have ever gotten in two seasons of riding.
Driving in the rain and not promptly cleaning the headers aggravates the bronzing and encourages freckling or pitting. In this case it has progressed to bluing and browning.
The headers are now probably beyond a simple application of Optiglanz. They will also need a vigorous polish with a product like Autosol and probably the use of a Scotch Brite pad or two.
They are much darker and bluer than mine have ever gotten in two seasons of riding.
Driving in the rain and not promptly cleaning the headers aggravates the bronzing and encourages freckling or pitting. In this case it has progressed to bluing and browning.
The headers are now probably beyond a simple application of Optiglanz. They will also need a vigorous polish with a product like Autosol and probably the use of a Scotch Brite pad or two.