Dirt bike cleaners?

[telliman]

Yea be careful with what you wash your bike with, a lot of my mates over wash their bikes and are constanly replacing swing arm and wheel bearings. Ever wonder why that ag100 in the shed that's never been washed in its life is on its first set of wheel bearings,but your much loved state of the art high perfomance $12,000 mx bike is on its tenth set???And it ain't cause no one bothered to change them......

yeah, i learnt the leason with truck wash and linkage bearings!

[crazyxr250rider]

Bugger that.In theory if properly maintained linkage bearings should last the life of the bike.

[Baracus]

I went for a ride a couple of weekends ago on a farm and rode through a substantial amount of cow patties..... man did the bike/garage/my clothes stink after that! And what a mission getting it off once it dried! It sticks to everything like glue.

[crazyxr250rider]

Nothing like the smell of cow shit and two strokes in the morning!

[jimmy 2006]

bugger, i thought this thread was going to be a bike cleaning service! man i would be down for that!! drop the bike off covered in mud, pick it up gleaming like new....

[clmintie]

And would you like oil change and air filter with that sir?

[GR81]

dynamo,waterblast!

ditto

[B0000M]

Bugger that.In theory if properly maintained linkage bearings should last the life of the bike.

yes, but the time and effort in maintaining them vs pressing them out and replacing them and replacing them every year or 2 is the question. to me i cant be arsed lubing and cleaning them all the time, its easier and cheaper to replace periodicly

[necrolyte]

Clean...? What is this clean thing you speak of?

[Lion]

i just use the steam cleaner at work lol 2 minutes and its like brand new

[4stroke]

i clean my bike week with fleetwash (truck wash) have never had a problem aye, works well the crc it once its dry and oil the chain. still good so far, done 80 odd hours and its only just a year old.

[cheese]

Carefull witha steam cleaner, if you have hairline cracks in metal it will eat out from the inside with rust.

[crazyxr250rider]

yes, but the time and effort in maintaining them vs pressing them out and replacing them and replacing them every year or 2 is the question. to me i cant be arsed lubing and cleaning them all the time, its easier and cheaper to replace periodicly

$15 for tub of grease vs. $200+ for linkage kit? If you've got the time and tools why not just grease them once a month and after really wet rides?

[mattwood]

I went for a ride a couple of weekends ago on a farm and rode through a substantial amount of cow patties..... man did the bike/garage/my clothes stink after that! And what a mission getting it off once it dried! It sticks to everything like glue.

farr tell me about it man! i live on a farm wif cows, and if i want 2 go for a ride theres no avoiding the cow crap!

would the cold power trick work wif cow poo? will try it tomorrow and tell u fellas, thats if its not raining!

last weekend i took my bike 2 kimmys wif 1 day old cow poo still stuck on it, at the end of the day the jet blasters wouldnt even get the shit off my plastics!! i was so gutted.

[rocketman1]

Yes is hard to get the ali clean, epsecially when clay has been stuck to it, I will give the Cold Power / Dynamo thing a go though.
Water blasting a motorbike is bad news, it forces water and dirt into all the crevices bearings etc, plus how many ali radiators are damaged by water blasters.
I would only use a water blaster for under guards and tires and rims