Cleaning tough places
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Get some medical swabs that are pointed and flat instead of the typical Q-tip shape. They make it real easy to get around the case bolts.
Peruse the swabs at this link.
http://rshughes.com/catalog/209790.html
Peruse the swabs at this link.
http://rshughes.com/catalog/209790.html
Found a good product at http://www.bikebrush.com
Go to www.pimpstixxx.com
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For the hard-to-get-at-places, I find a toilet brush w/ car-wash soap and water works well. There is a variety of small, nylon-bristle brushed at the grocery store, cheap. I prefer the ones w/ nylon handles (brushes w/ wire handles can (and have) scratched my bike (like the sprocket holes). Hopes this helps.mori55 said:
lol the 3 foot rule and the 5 foot rule .... how about the 20/20 rule ,, twenty feet and twenty mph. I look at it if its hard to clean its prolly hard to see ....ride the bike, its not a shrine its a freeking motorcycle.... I find my bike too much fun to ride to really get real anal about primping it ..its just going to get dirty again .....if it dont itch and it dont stink ,, no worries lol..........rat
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Well i like to ride too, 10,000 miles since may that's not to bad, but i like to keep my stuff clean. But i guess if i was a real biker i would just let it all go ****. You know i really get tired of all the experts who know the right way to be a biker.ratt said:
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Polish away ,, then, no one is stopping you. But then you get to the point you wont ride if you know its going to rain ,, or you wont ride on a sunny saturday to stay home and detaile the bike,, ...your bike has become a shrine not a motorcycle ..... I think we all know people who fall into this relm ......and no i dont think they are real motorcycle people ,, they are the french poodle show dogs of two wheels. the key is do what makes you happy.......One must realize that if you get to the point you would rather primp the bike than ride it .... you have lost the game. Its my opinion , take it for what its worth. I wash my bike every two weeks or so ....i detail it up one time a year....I ride it pretty well every day ......I have friends that spend all their time primping the bike for a bike night .... personally i would rather have a less clean bike and spend my time riding ......I can honestly say i have ridden it 5000 miles and washed nothing but the windshield ....i have friends that will, get up early on a trip to wash the bike before the days ride ....Personally i think that is a little obsessive ......rat
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Hey mori55, you are way out of line here. Rat is joking with you and suggesting that maybe you, like him, just ride rather than clean. He was not making a personal attack. He didn't even suggest that real bikers don't clean their bikes.... he just said he didn't. The illogical progression was yours alone. Lighten up man.... Me thinks you may be a bit of an ARSE.mori55 said:
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I ask a simple question about cleaning my bike and know it turns into this crap. I think there are two arse's for turning this thread around, don't you guys have anything else to do than jumping on someone when they ask a question.8-Ball said:
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Of course i have cancelled a ride because of rain , but if i was a hardass biker like you i would just go out and show everyone how tough i was.ratt said:
It seems everytime i see your name in a thread your starting crap, don't you have anything better to do? Or are you one of theses guys who think they now everthing, can talk alot ,then go to the dealer because he can't figure out how to change the oil.
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