How to best clean your bike?

[baptist]

IMHO the best products for any automotive or motorcycle cleaning is Autoglym http://www.autoglym.co.nz/ I have used it for all vehicles for years (even distrubuted it for several years) it is a complete range of easy to use stuff that really works.

Silicone , I guess it does a job but there are two types, reactive and non reactive, the reactive stuff (usually cheaper) can, over years of use, actually eat into paint surfaces etc and cause serious damage to the finish. Autoglym Vinyl rubber care is an emulsion product that works very well. Also Autosol can be a little harsh for some applications, look for metal polish.

The only down side to autoglym is the initial cost, but it does last for a long time.

Look them up, and no I do not have any connections with the company anymore so no "perks" coming my way.

[Morepower]

Cleaning bike vs Riding Bike ................mine is very dirty

[cheshirecat]

I've been using Bell 6 in 1 for some three years and it's great. Wouldn't touch crc. You can even get it on the discs and they still work. I ride all year round and the bike still looks good.

[Staticam]

Question - I was filling up tyres with air for the first time the other day and I somehow managed to burn the air hose on my exhaust pipe. Now there's an ugly lump of melted plastic on my exhaust pipe ...

Any idea how to remove this shit?

Yeah I know you got it sorted, but what I've done in the past is get the exhaust good and hot then wipe the burnt plastic/rubber off with a well folded piece of cotton flannel (might be a good idea to use an oven glove too).

[DIN PELENDA]

How do I best clean it?
Donny

Don't do it, just clean your chain grease it, put some petrol in tank and ride it. Lot of you new bikers spend more time cleaning bikes then ride it. Fuck I'm sick of cleaning bikes, that what rain is for.

[Muppet]

Go to Pacer in Sydenham Christchurch. They have stuff called Grapewash, buy 5 litres and is very cheap puts a gloss shine on your bike no need for a wax afterwards. They also sell a plastic vinyl treatment like armourall only for 1 litre is cost about $18 as opposed to armourall 500 mls for much more

[Flip]

Well this is what I do......

Bike:

1, Wet the bike down.

2, Wash the bike with either hot water with turtle wax or spray the bike with Pacer Truck cleaner mixing it up with the water blaster. I use a special Mothers soft cotton brush on the painted surfaces and then a old car wash brush on the wheels and around all the dirty bits.

3, I hose the bike off, and dry with a towel. I keep some special drying towels espcially for vehicles.

Tires:

I black tires with nugget and a shoe brush (Don't laugh it works and stays black for months). I clean the white wall tires if necessary on the Roady with Jiff liquid and a rag.

Motor:

If I want a show room shine on my black motor I spray it with CRC silicon spray.