Your cleaning arsenal

[killa]

Firstly i need to ask for specific cleaning advice.
I had to take the TLR out in the pissing rain, avoiding the craters in the roads, diesel and mud...the bike is filthy.
I want to know how i can best clean the area around shock and rear section, it seems almost impossible to get that muck off. I don't fancy removing swing-arm before you ask, i don't think I've got the kit or experience.

Secondly, what do you keep in the cupboards for cleaning?

<My inventory>
Washing mitt
Large sponge
T-shirt rags
Autoglym motorcycle cleaner
Autosol metal polish
WD40
ACF50
Bucket

Powerwasher (now broken)
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[reed]

I've used a little spray of degreaser and a rag before to get the area around my shock reasonably clean, other than that I usually use warm water with wax and polish and/or silicone spray
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[Supermoto_Fan]

Can't rate muc off bike cleaner enough, £8 for 2l with spray nozzle, litre bottle can get you 4 - 5 washes easy
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[pinkyfloyd]

Cleaning you say?

Nope, never heard of it.
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[Sako]

You need some brushes to agitate the dirt and get it really clean, I bought the Muc-off 5 brush set for about £16, it has all you need to get ground in shit off the bike.

[SQL]

99p sponge
99p microfibre oven cloths
99p carwash shampoo
99p wax spray
99p chamois leather

oh and water (probably 99p)

[P.]

Hose, finger over hose end and aimed towards the shitty bits.

Wipe wheels with a sponge.

Leave streak marks on it because it gets commuted on and gets dirty again instantly.

[MarJay]

Autoglym or Muc Off Motorcycle degreaser. Spray liberally over bike
Agitate with brush or dead fly sponge
Rinse
Autoglym motorcycle cleaner or Turtle Wax wash 'n' Wax - Spray liberally
Agitate with a wheel cleaning brush
Go over with sponge
Rinse
Dry with clean chamois
Re apply chain lube.
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[Kradmelder]

sponge, carwash shampoo, chain lube, chain brush, chain cleaner, and an all purpose, spray, wash and hand dry black-o-matic


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[stinkwheel]

Brush down greasy bits with paraffin. Hose off with hosepipe. Re-apply oil/ACF50 where necessary.
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[Walloper]

Ride it to a garage with a 'Manly' pressure washer. Blast the worst off then finish at home with the 'girly' stuff.

Hein Gericke sell a good degreaser what works well. Spray on blast off.
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[Eddie Hitler]

Old rag, wd-40 or gt-85 (depending on what I have).

Warm water and a sponge if it's winter. That's if I clean the thing.

[j.silvs]

My Arsenal:

Castrol bike cleaner
Muc Off wax
Muc Off leather cleaner
Windowlene cleaner
Activ8 chain cleaner
Activ8 chain lube
2x Wax applicator pads
2x Microfibre cloths
Large sponge
Bucket with warm water

[recman]

Cover the bike in HG bike cleaner, wheel it 100 yards to the Polish hand wash down the road, get them to give it a going over with their jet-washer, wheel it home again, take most of the water off with a couple of microfibre cloths then really go to town on it with the leaf blower.
Quick wipe-over with cloths again and re-lube the chain, job done.
I do have a pressure washer now but I'm in the process of sorting an outside tap so I can cut out the middle man.

[BTTD]

Baby wipes.

[Kradmelder]

[Chalky.]

[Benno]

Hosepipe and housemate's t-shirt
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[bikertomm]

Muc off miracle shine


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[stinkwheel]

[27cows]

The rain.
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[jeddy11]

SDOC100
Hose
ACF50
DODO juice for tank

Pair of old pants to polish with (nearly forgot)
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[The Tot]

Castrol Greentec. Muc off was relatively weak against my chain fling (i DO use chainsaw oil however)
Paraffin in a trigger spray
Chainsaw oil in a trigger spray
B&Q microfibre cloths (I always have a stash of these and they're cheap - 6 for £3 and it's 3 for 2 on car cleaning products
Garden pump sprayer x2 - one for solution of car shampoo/car wash and the other to rinse off.. you know this stuff

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ACF50 for winter
WD40 for general lubing of connectors and joints (foot peg pivots and gear shift linkages)
Autoglym super resin polish

Never used a bucket and sponge since the pressure sprayer and microfibre and elbow grease are easier to control and saves me making a mess in my garage!
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[thx1138]

option 1 rain

option 2 - coin-op jet rinse

option 3 - valet and acf-50




mostly I use option 1