Rear wheel cleaning

[Spirited-6]

is a pain for me. Laying down on the concrete is not good for this older body. The last time my back rim was cleaned AND waxed was about 7,300 miles ago. Short on putting on lift, is there any one that has a better way to get the job done. Rolling & clean, roll & clean, roll & clean is the pain I was talking about. Any suggestions ? 

[Joe Hummer]

Here is an option...

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=98800



Instruction manual says to use a wheel chock to hold the bike upright. 

Joe

[Garland]

I've got a centerstand but I found I have to do it frequently to keep it nice, and I am not willing to devote much time to cleaning. I do a good job when I pull the wheel to put on a tire or to lube the splines, otherwise it remains a neglected area.

Using a motorcycle jack, sitting on a stool, drinking two beers while listening to Jimmy Buffett is about as comfortable a way to do it as any if you are so inclined.

[fudgie]

I'm with Garland. Mine gets a cleaning when the rear wheel is pulled. I just use steel wool and its good again till next march. It was rather ruff last week since i rode in some Ind salt this winter. Its pretty much grey in color but the bags hide it. The front gets it when its washed. 

[Ricky-D]

Why don't you just roll the bike over on it's side.

Put a couple pads where the crash bars touch.

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[Spirited-6]

Why don't you just roll the bike over on it's side.

Put a couple pads where the crash bars touch.

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Ricky-D , Ricky-D, are you not taking your "MEDS" ???

[Spirited-6]

Here is an option...

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=98800



Instruction manual says to use a wheel chock to hold the bike upright. 

Joe

Thanks Joe. I had forgotten about that item. I have a wheel chock so might ask wife for $30. 
I don`t feel so bad now about my wheel cleaning now after the other comments. 

[Garland]

Why don't you just roll the bike over on it's side.

Put a couple pads where the crash bars touch.

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Ricky-D , Ricky-D, are you not taking your "MEDS" ???

Nine or ten years ago, in a land far, far away where I used to care about such things and when I would foolishly show off my bike in contests, I would do just that-lay the bike over to clean underneath.

[Chrisj CMA]

I clean mine real good.........really really good everytime they are off the bike.....then......I just wipe them down after every ride....if it was a wet one, I put her on the lift....takes 10 min and then easy job.   If you never let them get nasty its a lot easier to keep them nice 

[RP#62]

I polish mine to a mirror finish, then mask it off and coat it with either clear NAPA battery sealer, or clear lacquer.  Let it dry then wax it and put it back on the bike.  It doesn't get touched again until the next tire change.  In between tire changes it gets washed with a wet sponge with the rest of the bike, but that's it.  At tire change, I wipe the clear coat off with lacquer thinner, polish it back up and re-clearcoat.  The only areas that require any effort at all are a few spots where rock chips have breached the clearcoat.  This has worked pretty well for the last 13 years.
-RP

[Tundra]

Spirited-six, I've got that wheel cleaning stand, I call it a roller stand thingie. I think it's *&^$, but I never attempted it with a wheel chock. I shim up the sidestand with a 2x4 and a 1x4, It  still walks the bike off the stand as the roller turns. Now I just put her up on the jack for a good cleaning.

[Wildman]

I use a craftsman motorcycle lift and a
craftsman auto mechanics seat, a very low seat.
you can sit and clean the wheel easily
I used to do it the way you are doing it now.
the caliper side was nearly impossible with the bike leaned over on the kickstand.

With the bike on the jack, all the way up, its not a bd job at all.
I just did my wheels yesterday and they look great.

[Spirited-6]

I use a craftsman motorcycle lift and a
craftsman auto mechanics seat, a very low seat.
you can sit and clean the wheel easily
I used to do it the way you are doing it now.
the caliper side was nearly impossible with the bike leaned over on the kickstand.

With the bike on the jack, all the way up, its not a bd job at all.
I just did my wheels yesterday and they look great.

Wildman, I think the only to do the kind of a job I like is on the jack. I`m a little lazy in my older age and was looking for a short cut. Putting the adapter on the bike is a PIA for me, I need three hands almost. Thanks to all for comments.  At last tire change, 7,300 miles ago, the rim did get the cleaning and wax that it needs now, so I`ll get off my ass and "gitter er done"

[Mr.BubblesVRCCDS0008]

If you use the wooden adapter you can take a bungee strap to hold the adapter on the bike until you slide the jack under it. I hook the hooks to the exhaust pipes until bike is on the jack and then unhook it so when jack is removed adapter falls off so I don't forget and leave it on bike.

[Baca]

I feel your pain! I finally broke down at the end of last year and bought a lift so I can get my bikes up to where I can work on them. It was expensive (about $1,000.00) but, worth every penney. I've laid on the garage floor for the last time.

If you want information of the lift just let me know.

Baca