One drop of silicone made my seat SLIPPERY AS HELL!

[Bojje]

Hi people!

A few days ago I glued my carbon fibre seat intakes on my Duc 1098, my fingers had some silicone on them and I accidently touched my seat with one finger. Right away I wiped the silicone spot away with a towel (so far what the eye could tell me).

The day after I went for a ride and I felt immediately how slippery my seat was, it was so slippery that I couldn't enjoy my ride at all.

Was it the silicone? Googled it and yes, silicone based cleaning agents shouldn't be used on motorcycle seats. I tried to whipe the spot off but apparently I just spread the silicone oil all over my seat whiping it off.

Some dish soap, water - now it's totally gone. After this accident, I'd hate to get a slippery seat again... it totally destroys the joy of riding.

I'm trying to avoid making my seat slippery again, but when I was my bike I use a shampoo with wax (most shampoos have wax) and I was wondering, will the wax make the seat slippery? I've used it a few times on the seat before the silicone accident, and I think I didn't feel any change in the grip of the seat... but I want to be sure that it doesn't get slippery over time.

Does anyone know? Silicone based cleaners - BIG NO NO, but what about car shampoo that contains car wax.

[duhawkz]

yep I once polished the seat of one of my bikes, its not clever and it becomes very painful when you break hard

thats one mistake i will not be repeating
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[stinkwheel]

You've just reminded me of the time my Dad decided he was going to wash my bike for me because he couldn't stand the state of it any more.

Now I have no real objections to the washing of motorcycles providing it isn't me who is doing it so I let him carry on (I don't let him turn this into it being that he's done me a favour. "Your bike's filthy, can I wash it for you?" "You can wash it if it's annoying you that much, I have no objections.")

Next time I went out to ride it, the first time I pulled on the brakes, I landed up sat on the tank in a state of some surprise.

He'd washed the bike, dried it, polished it then done the clocks and saddle with "flash dash" spray, which is silicone.

I landed up using some foaming electrical componant cleaner on it. Soapy water just ran straight off.

Wax is fine. If I've waxed my leathers, they grip the saddle better, not worse.

EDIT: I did speak to one guy who'd had the same bright idea who jumped on his bike and slid straight off the other side.
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[DrDonnyBrago]

Haha, I use Mr sheen on my paintwork after the odd occasion that it gets washed. Trying to grip a Mr Sheen covered tank afterwards is near on impossible and any over spray on the seat makes the next ride rather interesting.


Keep silicone based waxes and oils away from your tyres, brakes, bars, pegs and seat .

[Flip]

[Paulington]

I remember my Father picking up a motorcycle many years back and the owner had polished the seat before he sold it to us! .

Couldn't believe it.
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[Serendipity]

Years ago I sold a Divvy 600 to a bloke who wanted it as a surprise for his girlfriend. I’d already given it a thorough clean before I took it round to his house, but then watched in amazement as he went around the bike spraying Back to Black on everything, including the seat, footrests and handlebars!

I warned him that it may look nice, but would have made it lethal. He wasn’t bothered.

In fact I heard that she wrote it off just a few weeks later. Probably hit the brakes, falcon punched herself on the tank and lost control.
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[kramdra]

not sure why, but my seat was very slippery yesterday. hit the tank a few times

i think i got some used oil on the seat, i was setting up chain oiler ...