Cleaning winter shit off....in style, and comfort!

[ADSrox0r]

I fucking hate winter cleaning. ACF50 is great, but you still have to keep the shit off which inevitably means getting on your knees freezing your mitts off getting wet and miserable. And subsequently doing a half arsed job as a result.

So this year I found a good use for the Abba Skylift. One pump washer, pump bottle full of Muc Off and a big plastic under bed storage box and off we go. Nice and cosy in my heated workshop, music on, warm hands sat on the shop stool and the big plus is easily getting underneath to all those nooks and crannies that get missed.

Might seem like a faff but getting up on the Skylift takes two minutes, ride in and up she goes. And it still gets a full rinse down every few days but that's easy since I've already dealt with the bits that would usually make my old back scream.

Could do with some sort of mahoosive plastic tray arrangement and a drain point through the floor to outside. It doesn't work for a full 'posh wash', too much spray everywhere but for wheels, brakes and tickling her belly it's a winner.

https://i.imgur.com/tXf26tBh.jpg
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[Itchy]

What is this cleaning you write about?
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[NJD]

Too much pampering, sod all that. I've long since accepted that any bike I own is going to look like a bag of nails beside two periods of time in the year -- the yearly washes -- and even then it's only for as long as it takes for road crud to make it look like it belongs to me again.

I wash the salt off when I get chance but would rather leave it overnight than stand out in 0-5 degree's with cold water and a sponge when I can't even see my hand in front of my face after a days work.

I love playing hide and seek with half of my bike until summer.
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[Beehive Bedlam]

Why can't people understand the point of ACF50 is to leave it alone until spring no matter how filthy it gets the shit that builds up is protectecting your bike.

Cleaning said shit that builds up and posting pictures on the thinking u dun gud is good is probably doing more harm than good as you will eventually wash all the ACF50 off the bike completely. Saying that I wouldn't be surprised innthe slightest if you waste your time and money spraying it back on.

Garage queen whores just can't be rationally reasoned with I hope the new owner appreciates all the effort you put in when you come to sell it on.

[BTTD]

Did my bike at the weekend. Up on an EazyRizer lift, thorough clean and coat in ACF50. It's definitely a lot easier with the bike up in the air, although I just take the stand outside rather than make a mess in my cramped garage.
It's unlikely to get a good clean again until March, after which it might get a couple of washes over the summer.

[ADSrox0r]

Yeah thanks for your infinite wisdom there Bodytard, you're nothing if not predictable.

The ACF50 in hard to reach places gets left alone, this is mainly to wash the shit off calipers and areas under and around the exhaust where ACF50 either burns off or doesn't get applied. I'm not a fan of scraping an inch of shit off the caliper pistons in spring

But each to their own, and yes, I do look after all my vehicles and do value the appreciation of the next owner saying, "bloody hell it's in good nick for the mileage"
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[chickenstrip]

I keep my bike clean for me, as I have no intention of ever selling it. And even if I did, it's an old model, modified to my taste, and wouldn't fetch much anyway. It has now become a shed queen however

Still, no aching back from cleaning it anymore
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[Copycat73]

fcuk ridin in the cold & salt .. it will work its way through ..
thats why i bought a Transit ...
and fyi. the heater works just great ..
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[Rogerborg]

[ADSrox0r]

[recman]

[Val]

I wish I have your will.

I just clean the chain than throw a bucket of hot water on it followed by any car/motorcycle wash spraying followed by some brushing followed by another two buckets of hot water.
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[Beehive Bedlam]

[Rogerborg]

[craigs23]

Can I have one?

[Hong Kong Phooey]