Bike Cleaning

**XRNR** · 19th July 2003, 11:36

All you oldies probably know this one realy well.

Not realy a tip on a bit, just a tip.

I've been using diesel to clean my bike. Gets all the yellow mud stains & other stuff, (tar, chain lube etc) off. Smells great too !, and leaves a nice oily film over everything, keeping the corrosion off and the plastics glossy!

Wouldn't put it on the seat tho...

Also much cheaper than kero @ 60c per liter as opposed to $2, & I don't need to spray everything down with even more expensive crc.

Wouldn't recomend it if your one of the types that needs the government to think for you! As it maybe hazadous to your health (carcinogenic), to the environment (goes down drains into the water table), to your valuables (flamable).

On second thoughts I dont endorse the uses of diesel as a cleaning agent !

**Dave** · 19th July 2003, 12:11

Its great for running your diesel truck on though!
also good for unsiezing crusty old car engines that have been sitting around forever.

**Motu** · 19th July 2003, 12:28

Diesel is also good for reviving that dull oxidised paint on your car - gives a deep mirror finish that lasts for 2 days.

I always spray my dirt bikes with WD40 or some such before use,makes cleaning after easier.I also spray my street bikes before use - just habit - bit loose in the corners for the first 100km though!

**fergie** · 19th July 2003, 17:43

ut works a treat on the tyres,,,just ask a boy racer!

**wkid_one** · 19th July 2003, 20:47

Try Pledge - best thing to clean your bike (and visor) with....no shit

**scumdog** · 21st July 2003, 02:26

As someone has already said, it makes the tyres skid so think about it if you use it on road bikes AND even more so if the road is wet.
I use a silicone spray on the under bits of my Sporty, the cow-crap etc comes off a lot easier even if it has baked on, also for deagreasing I bought a 4 litre container from the Warehouse (I think thats where I got it, too lazy to go out to the garage and check) and bought one of those trigger-pump type whatsits to squirt the stuff on (nozzle adjust from spray to jet), a whole lot cheaper than the the airy-souls.
If your using Autosole on your alloy bits (on the bike that is) use a piece of soft jandal type rubber rather than a rag, none of those minute swirls that the old freezer meat-bag leaves.

**Jackrat** · 15th October 2003, 08:59

Cow crap?????on a Sporty.

Ya,ll don,t wan,a buy an XR250 do ya??

**Motu** · 15th October 2003, 11:29

You got an XR 250 for sale?

**Jackrat** · 15th October 2003, 12:01

Nah,Just joking I couldn,t part with the old thing.
It would cost to much to replace.
I just started to pull it apart,Then I,m going to have the frame an a few other bits Galvanized.I,m gon,a beat this west coast rust an have a bike like no other.

**Nouseforaname** · 15th October 2003, 16:51

When i was a poor student i used to borrow mums car whenever it was raining..... i used to fill her car up with diesel, cos it's much cheaper than 96.

Ive also found that petrol stations are so much fun at 3am on a bike, cos the attendent is always board as shit and is more than willing to let ya pull sum burnouts on his forecourt

**fritter** · 15th October 2003, 18:37

I normally use WD40 on the metal bits, then quickly go over it with pledge once I'm done to keep crap from sticking to the film left by the WD40.

Works a treat

and yer - pledge is great...

**Marmoot** · 15th October 2003, 18:48

petrol works well for cleaning up your ally swingarm as long as you don't smoke while on it.
Any info on bad effects?

**scumdog** · 15th October 2003, 19:37

I woulden't use petrol TOO often, some of them chemicals used in unleaded gas are worse for you than the lead and can be accumulative. (build up in your body over time)
A dish scrubbing brush is good for cleaning the fins on your engine, just don't let your mum catch you putting the brush back when you finish!!