cleaning bikes

[colezxr]

what do you guys use to clean your bikes. was just wondering, i just cleaned mine.

i just use a sponge and water and body work shampoo (autoglym)
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[ZRX61]

An undocumented Mexican, every home should have a few.

[McGee]

[StottyB]

jet washing/pressure washing............dodgy?

How do you get to all those hard to reach places ie. the shock etc......

Sorry i'm pretty new to motorbikes i just used an old cloth on my ped's plastics!
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[McGee]

Dont use a pressure washer unless your certain it is not going rip the paint off

And if you do use it dont pressure wash the rad

Shocks are easy stick your arm up the fairing and give them a quick clean and when you do a take the farings off jobbie you can clean them tidy
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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[BorderHooner]

buy some heine gericke motorcycle cleaner, in a 5 litre bottle. put it in a spray bottle. spray on when bike is cold. leave for 30 mins, hose off. agitate stubborn parts with a pipe cleaner brush.

here's a link i found on the HG cleaner - https://home.clara.net/survivalskills/bike_cleaners.htm NOTE, that is the old stock, the new stock is orange - not yellow, thicker and twice as effective.

I use it all the time. its a doddle.

I use one of these too, very good at getting parts clean;

https://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=10151&productId=196259&categoryId=31485

its a bend over double pipe cleaner stuck in a plastic handle. I pull them out of the handle, open it up and use the whole thing.

good rinse off in fresh water, then a wash with simonz shampoo which includes a wax. Once dry I cover everything in WD40 and lube the chain. Then I treat the plastics/paintwork to a 3 stage meg's treatment. polish. supe resin polish the carnuba based wax.

results are outstanding.
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[JonT]

Mother nature is cleaning my bike right now as we speak :p

[Flip]

Muc - off, bucket of water, hose and a sponge.

[craigs23]

Please don't get me started.....

Here are some of the products I use, mostly through trial and error to which are easiest to apply, give the best results for minimal effort, etc:

https://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/whers84/DSC00231.jpg


(Don't worry, didn't buy them all at once, I've amassed such a collection over the years I've been biking)

[thx1138]

Bucket, sponge, auto glym, and a fiver to the kid that lives across the road.

[Handsome]

Craig can I Touch your Bike.....That's Mint.....

Easiest way to Wash the bike if you need a bit of pressure is one of those Pump-Spray bottles from B&Q for Plants.....Obviously if it's caked in Shit/Mud then I'm afraid you'll have to get your hands dirty.....
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[phk6]

i use warm soapy water
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[TheDonUK]

I just dont wash it, ever.

[colin1]

i hardly ever wash mine

but i did a bit today, and used a sponge, an old washing up brush, washing up detergent (shoot me)

it was a lot easier than i thought it would be so I might do it more often

i also happened to see a bike like mine but clean a bit later, which has motivated me to clean it a bit better next time too
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[extreme3d]

[JonT]

How clean does your bike look at the moment extreme3d? :p

[craigs23]

Pic was taken a while ago 'Extreme (didn't lay it all out for BCF I'm sorry to say) I'm a law obidding citizen most of the time. Wouldn't class it as 'mint' though NSR-AD, too many aftermarket parts and cosmetic modifications, the odd stone chip, etc.

[Dark]

[craigs23]

Do it everytime I put away/take the bike out. Haven't counted the turns though

[tatters]

I normaly wash the bike with a bucket of hot water and turtle car shampoo then hose off and wax the tank and solo seat with turtle car wax, I did buy a bottle of Muck off spray the other day and used it on the FX400R but it left a layer of white powder on the black steel frame and engine casings.
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[colezxr]

[Kris]

Does anyone else have a naked bike that gets caked in shit? How the bloody hell are you meant to clean the F-ing engine? My sponges disentegrate at the merest hint of elbow grease so what do you use to clean yours?
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[Wave2k]

Phase 1

Water bike down with cold water

Phase2

Wash bike with bike shampoo applying Muc off on hard to clean stuff like bugs on forks and wheels.

Phase 3 (fuk da hose pip ban yo)

Rinse Bike with cold water, let it drip of for a few minutes then use a clean shammy to wipe the rest of the water off.

Phase 4

Once the bike is Fully dry, use Mr sheen or AutoGyms Instant bike shine. The bike must be waxed about once a month to keep showroom shine.

Phase 5

A soft clean cotton cloth and buff buff buff till it shines.

So there it is sports fans, how you clean a bike .
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[JonB]

Park your bike next to a big puddle and wait for lorry to drive past.
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[tatters]