Best tips and techniques on cleaning my bike

[mase101]

Just had my bike valeted and it has come back brand spanking even though it's 16 years old. It's a CBR600f. Just wondering the best way to keep it in the nick it's in now. What cleaning agents, polish, etc. etc. to use. And any useful tips that people have from experience.
Cheers

[The Shaggy D.A.]

All the best tips are here.
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[Rogerborg]

Put it in your garage until April 2015.

If you do intend to ride it, then apply ACF-50 all over and don't give a toss what it looks like until April 2015.
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

Dunno why the hate (flol @ the noob "meetoooo" downrate), there's a shitload of info on that link.

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=293913
https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=291606
https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=290900
https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=290447
https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=284013
https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=274613

Lazy fucker.
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Chances are quite high you are not in my Monkeysphere, and I don't care about you. Don't take it personally.
Currently : Royal Enfield 350 Meteor
Previously : CB100N > CB250RS > XJ900F > GT550 > GPZ750R/1000RX > AJS M16 > R100RT > Bullet 500 > CB500 > LS650P > Bullet Electra X & YBR125 > Bullet 350 "Superstar" & YBR125 Custom > Royal Enfield Classic 500 Despatch Limited Edition (28 of 200) & CB Two-Fifty Nighthawk > ER5

[mase101]

roger get fucked, shaggy thanks mate

[HotdogMcDraw]

[mase101]

If its a piss take, its pretty classless. I'm sure you were new to bikes one time and asked stupid fucking questions. Hard to buy a new bike when you have family and a mortgage to pay

[mase101]

sorry Roger just read the replies back properly. Thanks for the advice. Shaggy your the cunt

[HotdogMcDraw]

[The Shaggy D.A.]

Bah.
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Currently : Royal Enfield 350 Meteor
Previously : CB100N > CB250RS > XJ900F > GT550 > GPZ750R/1000RX > AJS M16 > R100RT > Bullet 500 > CB500 > LS650P > Bullet Electra X & YBR125 > Bullet 350 "Superstar" & YBR125 Custom > Royal Enfield Classic 500 Despatch Limited Edition (28 of 200) & CB Two-Fifty Nighthawk > ER5

[Rogerborg]

Well past ale-and-wine-and-Scootch-o'clock, so I'll have to meme this one out.

[rideslikean00...]

Hmm, thread got a little sidetracked with abuse eh? Reminds me of what happens when me and CaNsA happen to have strong opinions about tech in other threads. Hehe.

Anyway, an attempt to get it back on track...

I don't clean my bike very often. Usually it gets done as part of the interval service (Divvy's coming up for a 6K, miles I do that'll be November time... 3,500+ miles in about two and a half months, jesus that's a lot). As the Divvy is pretty new and shiny - apart from the damn knee dent I put in the tank when I nearly dropped it early on - I've given it a clean recently. Just a handful of Clinell wipes (they're medical grade, they'll clean almost anything instantly) and ten minutes rubbing dirt off the swing arm and fairing etc with them made a big difference, and no doubt removed some of the salt that gets kicked up from the road too.

[mase101]

ok. BAH

[mase101]

roger the dodger can I be ur wing man, take me under the wing and lets do this riding shit!

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

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[notbike]

https://hugelolcdn.com/i700/206043.jpg

Anyway.

You need to make sure your chain doesn't rust = Clean it with petrol/diesel/wd40/some strong degreaser, wipe it down until there's no residue coming off and then let it dry off and apply a decent chain lube then let it sit a couple hours so it doesnt fly everywhere (I usually do it at night and let it sit overnight)

Every now and then I clean the gunk and road-dust soot and crap that get stuck in the brakes calipers. Also clean your brake discs. I use this halfords bikehut disc brake cleaner cause it's dirt cheap, doesn't leave a residue, and does the job. Also I had it spare lying around from when I was cleaning my mountain bike's very mucky brakes.

Change your oil.

Wash your bike if you want it to look all shiny. tis up to you when you do that. If you don't let it get mucky for very long all you need to do is wipe it down now and then. Sometimes when there's nothing to do at work I end up wiping my bike down. Also if you don't want the bodywork to have a shitload of micro-scratches everywhere careful what kind of cloth you use to polish it or wipe it down.

Grease necessary bolts that have dried up grease on them.

Oil any cables.

Dunno any other basic stuff, just thinking off the top of my head.

Almost forgot one, swap the bike over for a fireblade too.

Then swap that for a ZZR1400.

Then swap that for an MTT Turbine.

Then get an actual aeroplane.

Become a bird.

Become a swan.

Pic related.

[mase101]

Loool. Thanks for the detailed reply, that's what I was looking for! Also the RR will be the next bike I get after a year or 2's experience. Also I have my private pilots licence already, just no plane! Perhaps later on in life...

[gdj444]

Bought a KLE500 last week (I like them )

Bike obviously hadn't been cleaned in some time but did have a load of grime on it and very little rust so guess the previous owner probably used liberal coatings of WD40 or some such

Anyway, drenched it in muc off, left it 10 mins, rinsed it with a hosepipe and soft brush, dried it with micro fibre cloths, covered it in silicone spray, polished that off and then finished it with Mr sheen

Everything came up very nicely for about an hours work

All I need to do now is spray some mr sheen on it from time to time and jobs a good'un

Jonesy

[Val]

make it a rat bike. Job done you'll never need to clean it again...ever

https://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj600/shamanishiner/street%20fighter/54_honda_cbr_hi.jpg
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[mase101]

lol, rat bike?! who the hell dreamt them up? thanks for the info jonesy. sounds like a thorough job there mate. cheers again for the info. doing the ace caf-brighton run tomorrow so should be good!