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PostPosted: 22:26 - 09 Jun 2004    Post subject: Cleaning air intakes Reply with quote
strange, i can build pc's in my sleep but I still have problems identifying parts of my bike :S

Anyway I thinks its the air intake, basically its the part that u can see if u crouch down at the front of your bike and it sits behind the front wheel. There seems to be a nasty build up of crap, so i was wondering the best way to clean it?

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PostPosted: 22:28 - 09 Jun 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
The radiator?
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PostPosted: 22:32 - 09 Jun 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: 22:42 - 09 Jun 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
Large and square with a grill effect? That'll be the radiator, dude. Thumbs Up If so I give mine quick bursts with the pressure washer! Very quick, short burts. ( unless it was the normal hose Thinking )

Sponge and soapy water, cleans all. Well nearly all Laughing

Remember to start the engine after cleaning it to dry it properley. It'll steam like f*ck though. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 23:20 - 09 Jun 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hmm a pressure washer on a radiator, they are pretty fragile! I used a stiff brush and compressed air.
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PostPosted: 23:21 - 09 Jun 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
flip wrote:
If so I give mine quick bursts with the pressure washer! Very quick, short burts.


Don't use the pressure hose on the radiator - it will bend the fins on it. I can see on mine where it had been cleaned with one before (yes I use a pressure hose but not on the radiator).
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PostPosted: 23:33 - 09 Jun 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've only done it once or twice. Just in case ( does make nervous ) it gets in the electrics. Muc off brush and soapy water or muc off when I have it (when I do clean it).

In fact listen the others don't pressure wash it Embarassed Thumbs Up

(Didn't know it could bend the fins!
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PostPosted: 15:39 - 10 Jun 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
flip wrote:
Didn't know it could bend the fins!


Radiator fins are very delicate, and if you push too hard on them you will bend them.

Basically a brush and soapy water etc, follow the fins ie down or across (which ever way they run) and then rinse off.
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