Great Bike Washing Stuff....

[Strider]

I am not big on spending money as some of you may know, so when I was in Walmart getting some stuff the other day, they had this car wash stuff on sale for $3, so I figured, "Hey, it will last me a couple of years and is a better buy than just stealing....ummmm, procuring, some of Red's dish washing soap to clean the bike."

I had to wash the Colorado rain off of Traveler today and tried this stuff.  Man, it worked.  Bugs came right off and it didn't spot like Red's Dawn dishwashing liquid - plus I didn't have to sneak out of the kitchen with it. 



Mequires Gold Class Car Wash.  Seriously, the stuff really does work a heck of a lot better than Dawn.

This is just washed and ridden around the block to blow some of the water off.  No wax or leather protector or anything on it.



Good stuff and worth the $3.  I mean the dried bugs came right off - no elbow grease at all.  I will have to polish some of the chrome - like the pipes, but other than that, it came out sweet with just a wash.

[fudgie]

I was told dish soap takes the wax off the bike. I usually use the rain-x blue stuff with the wax beads in it. Used dish soap once out west. Bike looked like crap when it was done.

[B]

I use nothing but joes juice on my bike. 

[JetDriver]

Meguiar's Gold Class car wash is very highly rated, does not remove wax as you wash, and normally retails for $12.50 per gallon.  Brother, you STOLE that- buy all you can at that price!!!

[bigguy]

Here's they way I recommend getting your bike washed.

And as a bonus, your wife might clean your clock.

[hubcapsc]

I use nothing but joes juice on my bike. 

All the Meguiars products I've used have been first class...

That said, I got some Joe's Juice at InZane a few years ago... washing the bike with awater hose in
a dirt driveway reaches a point of diminishing returns 

Joe's Juice and a cloth on windshield, painted surfaces and stuff...

Joe's Juice and a Dobie pad on wheels and pipes and other tough road bug encrusted stuff...



-Mike

[Jabba]

You're supposed to WASH 'em?

Huh!



Jabba

[X Ring]

Not according to Daniel you don't.   

Marty

[Oldswimr]

I bought a small electric leaf blower to dry my bike, great for preventing the water spots in the nooks and crannies. My kids love it when Dad 'blow dries' his motorcycle in the driveway..   

[Tx Bohemian]

I bought a small electric leaf blower to dry my bike, great for preventing the water spots in the nooks and crannies. My kids love it when Dad 'blow dries' his motorcycle in the driveway..   

WOW! Electric??

Hope your using a good GFCI with that blower.  If not as a suggestion, get one.

I do the same, but a big one and it's run through a GFCI.

I went through a lot of stuff trying to find the best way to clean a bike, and car for that matter, with minimum effort and what I've found was the soap from the Mr Clean car wash system (which the system didn't work to my satisfaction) and after blowing with the leaf blower - a good chamois.

[JP in SC]

I used dish washing soap on the ST1300 once. The bike came clean but it stripped whatever coating MotherHonda had put on the windscreen clean off. It peeled like a bad sunburn. I took that as a sign that you're only supposed to ride, not wash, these machines! Get caught out in the rain every once in a while and then remove the water spots with a little bit of spray detailer.

[TearlessTom]

You're supposed to WASH 'em?

Huh!



Jabba

I knew you were suppose to wash them, I didn't know it rained in Colorado?

[Brad]

Well now we need to know how the new stuff does on cleaning the dishes.   

[fudgie]

Here's they way I recommend getting your bike washed.

And as a bonus, your wife might clean your clock.

+1  After 1200 mile trip west, I look forward to rolling into Deadwood and hit one of the many bikini bike washes. Dont get my clock cleaned tho. She enjoys it just as much as I do and points me to the one with the best looking girls. God love her!  So pissed last year that I didnt get one cause the bike was still clean.    Heading over Sat to get one at the HD shop. 

[bigguy]

+1   After 1200 mile trip west, I look forward to rolling into Deadwood and hit one of the many bikini bike washes. Dont get my clock cleaned tho. She enjoys it just as much as I do and points me to the one with the best looking girls. God love her!   So pissed last year that I didnt get one cause the bike was still clean.    Heading over Sat to get one at the HD shop.  

For gosh sake man .... Find a mud hole before hitting town!

Oh, and take some pics.

[Ice]

Meguires stuff is great, I use nothing but the wash and the wax and I have never had a problem, the wax will protect even in the harshest of riding, the bugs come off easier and using the wash helps protect because it does not remove the wax. I swear by it and I have been using for years, cars and bikes.

Yuri

[Spirited-6]

Meguiar's Gold Class car wash is very highly rated, does not remove wax as you wash, and normally retails for $12.50 per gallon.  Brother, you STOLE that- buy all you can at that price!!!

I looked at Walmart today and found 64 OZ. for $3.97. 

[KY,Dave (AKA Misunderstood)]

Meguiar's Gold Class car wash is very highly rated, does not remove wax as you wash, and normally retails for $12.50 per gallon.  Brother, you STOLE that- buy all you can at that price!!!

I looked at Walmart today and found 64 OZ. for $3.97. 

$6.97 at the WalMart here 

[Slyk Willy]

ditto on the JOE'S JUICE!!!!! Great stuff.