Adventure Bike Rider Forum

I've been riding for over 30 years and love virtually all aspects of motorcycling... except for cleaning the damned things. Unlike a car with its huge expanses of flat-ish bodywork, bikes have loads of little nooks and crannies, hard to reach places and annoying sharp bits on which to scrape your knuckles... and I friggin' hate it! Because of this, my bike gets cleaned only a few times a year (whether it needs it or not... ha!) and, on some of those occasions, it'll be done by the Eastern Europeans down at the hand car wash - they are pretty good but, depending on who is there at the time, the price can vary from £5 to £15.

Another issue is that I have a tiny yard and no access to a hose or outdoor water supply.

Anyway... what this rant is all about is finding out if there is a product out there that I can just spray over the bike, leave for 5 to 10 minutes, then spray off? I know that there must be something out there but I want to know which products really work and are worth the money.

Your views will be appreciated.

Muck-Off
It's a cleaner not an insult
I have used on trail bikes good stuff but any make of similar you use make sure it is well rinsed off any alloy surfaces a some brands do discolour if you don't

OB1 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 10, 2018 2:31 pm...if there is a product out there that I can just spray over the bike, leave for 5 to 10 minutes, then spray off?

S-Doc 100 is pretty much like that. Spray it on, leave it 10 minutes, then jetwash it off.

All year biker, ends up really clean and protected with ACF50, or something like it. Hardest bit is paying for it

simonw wrote: ↑Fri Aug 10, 2018 6:58 pm

OB1 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 10, 2018 2:31 pm...if there is a product out there that I can just spray over the bike, leave for 5 to 10 minutes, then spray off?

S-Doc 100 is pretty much like that. Spray it on, leave it 10 minutes, then jetwash it off.

+1 for SDoc, it’s expensive but good results

I bought some SDOC-100 in a 2 for 1 offer at Hein Gericke years a go never used it till the other week and I was quite impressed by it to be honest.

Yep, it's expensive but it does what it says on the tin

I've hardly ever washed my bike in many (many) years, I only use (fabulous) WD40 sprayed onto a rough cloth/old tea towel for the likes of both wheels/rims/front forks/rear swinging arm/exhausts etc, and Autoglym Instant Show Shine spray/polish for the plastic fairings and petrol tank. Been doing this for about 15yrs with truly excellent results.

That's it......... simple. I've been riding bikes around 38yrs.


Peter
Central Scotland

Another plus one for SDoc100from me, might need a bit of scrubbing still, there used to be a product called CYKO. It was great but I haven’t seen it anywhere in a few years now.