Cleaning your front forks...

[magicmonkey]

So, I was cleaning the bike up with a squirt of crc and some rags when I came to cleaning the front forks. Common sense told me that a penetrating de-greaser was going to be a bad thing to clean the front forks with so I just gave them a wipe with a clean rag. Now I've for some proper metal polish and I'm wanting to go to town with it (when I actually get some time to myself!) I was just wondering if I should polish up the front forks or just carry on giving them a wipe with a clean rag instead, anyone got any handy pointers?

[riffer]

Sure.

Steelo soap pads are absolutely brilliant for cleaning up aluminium forks. Use plenty of water, and you'll use a few pads.

Then finish off with Autosol and they'll look absolutely mint. :yes:

[magicmonkey]

Sure.

Steelo soap pads are absolutely brilliant for cleaning up aluminium forks. Use plenty of water, and you'll use a few pads.

Then finish off with Autosol and they'll look absolutely mint. :yes:

Sweet, thanks for that :D Now I get to spend a day with the polish, doh!

[Slyer]

Common sense told me that a penetrating de-greaser was going to be a bad thing to clean the front forks with so I just gave them a wipe with a clean rag.
Common sense has done you well. ;)
Degreaser plus rubber seals equals not good.

[spookytooth]

I wouldn't take to the crome slider bits with wire wool

[magicmonkey]

I wouldn't take to the crome slider bits with wire wool

All the grime came off with a quick wipe of the cloth so I wasn't really intending to get the wire wool out, just give it a polish for the sake of protecting the metal; it's a Chinese GN250's in Wellington so I figure a bit of prevention is worth a ton of fix...