WD-40... just can't beat that smell when the engines hot...
Aio ki te Aorangi
WD-40... just can't beat that smell when the engines hot...
I didn't think!!! I experimented!!!
The metal is always nude.
Maybe McDuck wants to get married here.... http://www.wasingfisheries.co.uk/
"...you meet the weirdest people riding a Guzzi !!..."
Moped rider
Do you mean frotting motorbikes (just make sure they cool down first, and dont let your wife catch you)
Loving life in the Bay
One word - PLEDGE - carry on.
Has jumped the tasman
Somebody told me about that... But it sounded really odd using furniture cleaner on bikes... Also got told by some one else that it strips the fairings of there protective coat...?Originally Posted by mowgli
"I'm not going to vacuum 'til Sears makes one you can ride on"
-Roseanne Barr-
Loving life in the Bay
I've been using it for about eight months without issue. Wash, dry then lightly polish with Pledge. Sure it comes up nice and shiny and makes the bugs easy to wipe off but the best thing is, it repels dust while stood in the shed between rides
Wearing Hi-Viz Black.
That is for your helmet visor. Mmmm, rain does not stick...
TOP QUOTE: “The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people’s money.”
Scooter boy
Let me guess, you decided to google "wasing" to see what would appear? LOL
The metal is always nude.
..Busted...I couldn't resist !!!Let me guess, you decided to google "wasing" to see what would appear? LOL
"...you meet the weirdest people riding a Guzzi !!..."
parting of the sensory
Simple Green, p'raps.
Fkn usless stuff, AND it's rather caustic, so if you don't rinse it off promptly, it leaves gnarsty marks.
Yeah, it's good, as is the Brake Cleaner you can get from them, which is basically drycleaning fluid, so it's excellent for removing chain spooge that you've tracked inside onto the new carpet....
Word of Warning about the engine degreaser: it can be very good at redistributing itself onto (and into!) your tyres, where it makes a very excellent friction/traction reducer on wet roads. Another thing that's excellent for that is that wheel cleaner that contains a "super-duper secret repelling agent for stopping road spooge and brake dust from sticking to your wheels". I suspect it's a soluble silicon or the like, and it's excellent for coating your tyres to stop the road sticking to them.
Wasing a bike
I've wased several bikes. The first one I wased by t-boning a car. It was a bike before that; afterwards it was modern sculpture, till the next owner tok another wased bike, mated them, and produced an offspring that looked similar to its two parents.
The second bike got wased by a car u-turning into it.
And then there's the current bike - only partially wased. It was shiny and nice-looking until I dropped it at a near-standstill on one side then t'other.
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....
Hardcore Biker
A birdie in a tree once told me this forum may contain nuts.
Fuck, it was right.
THE FOUR RULES OF EXPLORING THIS AMAZING COUNTRY OF NZ
RIDE SAFE, RIDE HARD, RIDE FREE
and try not sound so route 51 american brudda
parting of the sensory
This is grate! Another word introduced into the KB lexicon.
Soo.....
Now we can say, "I praked my sprotsbike in the gargre, which was worngA, as it was on fire and it got wased".
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....
Forum whore
Smarties
If it is only a bit dirty but beyond a quick wipe with a clean dry cloth prior to detailing, use a bucket of warm soapy water and hand sponge the grime off (a bit like the nurse does in hospital) rub dry with a towel (again that nurse....) then apply your preferred finishing agents.
If it is a filthy mess after a week of touring and getting caught in crap weather you may need to crack out the hose. But only use low pressure and keep it away from the electrics. Also plug the muffler ends when squirting. Once the bulk crap is hosed off treat as above and lightly hose again. Blow-dry (nurse?) or go for a quick spin to dry off the bike. Then apply your finishing agents.
To remove road tar or stubborn bug splatters a bit of WD40 works wonders.
For finishing I like a high quality polish and wax for the paint, Autosol for bright alloy, chrome and stainless. Use a silicone spray on a clean rag for painted engine parts, cables etc.
Back in the game!
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A Life Behind Bars
the funyist fred i've red for a long tome
A universal dream of greatness is that
We push ourselves to the limit
Yet still be brilliant when the chips are down.
Sometimes , The struggle kills the dream.
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