How To Clean My Bike?
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01-25-2006 | 01:21 PM
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RE: How To Clean My Bike?
ORIGINAL: drag the knee
i used water on my old suzuki... never made that mistake twice... i got water somewhere where it shouldnt be, and i fried my headlights and gauge cluster... ever since then i use this pink stuff i got at the shop... its called like Dr. Moto (i think) im at work right now, i can tell you what its called later. it smells like strawberries and it works like windex. never had any problems after that. it cleans like no other, and it doesnt streak or anything
i used water on my old suzuki... never made that mistake twice... i got water somewhere where it shouldnt be, and i fried my headlights and gauge cluster... ever since then i use this pink stuff i got at the shop... its called like Dr. Moto (i think) im at work right now, i can tell you what its called later. it smells like strawberries and it works like windex. never had any problems after that. it cleans like no other, and it doesnt streak or anything
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01-01-2007 | 10:49 PM
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RE: How To Clean My Bike?
I spray the bike down with the "shower" setting on the nozzle then I use the red bottle on the right and spray the front (making sure to get A LOT of it inside the air ducts so the air going into the bike is nice and clean) then the side and back and other side. Then I start the bike and dry it all off and take it for a ride around the block in shorts and a tshirt. Come back and use the stuff on the right, the polish, spray it on the bike and in a nice even circular motion wipe it off with an old stafford undershirt tshirt. =)
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01-02-2007 | 12:27 AM
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01-02-2007 | 05:33 AM
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RE: How To Clean My Bike?
Honda cleaner is what everyone talks about but it is illegal to sell in California so I use Plexis. It gets 8 out of 10. Its pretty greasy and you have to do a lot of buffing but everything else about it is perfect. I am going to start experimenting with waxes because my bike has some minor scratches from the previous owner that I dont want to look at anymore. If anyone has any wax recomendations I'd like to hear them.
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01-02-2007 | 12:44 PM
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01-02-2007 | 01:53 PM
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RE: How To Clean My Bike?
ORIGINAL: maakif
Can you use on the painted surface? A note under the Directions - reads, "For chrome and unpainted surfaces only."
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maakif
Can you use on the painted surface? A note under the Directions - reads, "For chrome and unpainted surfaces only."
Thanks,
maakif
I use the polish90% of the time. When I take the bike on a long trip or on some not-so-bike-friendly-roads I will wash it with soap and water too though - just to get the majority of the grime off - but then will finish the job with the polish.
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