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Originally Posted by Deuced
"To wash or not to wash"..... That is my question!
As stupid as the question may seem can someone set me straight, I have heard so much different B/S regarding this.
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G'day from Tassie, mate !
FWIW-
My procedure:
Ensure bike is in shade and cool to touch
I use a karcher with the "lower pressure nozzle" and wash any loose grit off, first. Don't astro blast the speedo/dash/switches any more than necessary....
I fill a bucket with sudsy meguirs car wash soap (GTX or sumpin...?)
Use a special mitt and very light pressure to wash the bikes bits starting from the mirrors working down.
I use a seperate mitt for all wheels/tyres/lower frame areas as brake dust is insidious and will get into the mitt and cause microscratches on paint/chrome....
Do not let any soap dry on bike, if necessary hit her again with soap/water ! !
Once the whole bike is washed I rinse using a flow of water, rather than a high pressure spray - the soap sheets off better that way....
Once thoroughly rinsed , I use my "Big W" Leaf blower and blow the water off the bike working from top to bottom, then from side to side. It takes at least 3 passes as all the water on the left blows to the right etc....start the engine and let her idle while you are leaf blowing to assist in drying the engine ....
The bike will be so clean you can eat off of it, and is really easy to put a coat of wax on at that stage.....
Anyway...thats what I do and it only takes about 15-20 mins if I do not use my stand to raise the bike. I do that every 6 mos or so.....
Wire wheels need attention, too, so dont forget to hit them if you need to and shine up the twinkly spokes.
I cannot imagine never washing my bike, and even when I do not wash it for a week or two people still ask me how on earth I keep it so clean....thats nice to hear....
Good Luck
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