Bike cleaning

[ollydog]

gents,

on the lookout for cleaning products for the bike. i want to give it a really deep clean before the acf50 goes on,

ive give a good jet wash and soap n water but want to get the tar etc of the timing cover and give the spoked wheels a good clean. whats the foam stuff i have seen on some of the youtube vids

steve

[simonw]

SDoc100 seems to do a good job for me, as well it should given how much it costs. I spray it on, work it into the really grimy bits and pressure wash it off (with all the caveats about using a pressure washer). I've read somewhere that Castrol Greentec is supposed to be just as good but slightly cheaper.

SDoc100: http://www.sdoc100.co.uk/products/sdoc1 ... al-cleaner & https://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorc ... prod/96484
(often on a BOGOF at Motorcycle Live each year).

Castrol Greentec: http://www.castrol.com/en_gb/united-kin ... eaner.html & http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/motorcycl ... er-1-litre

[ollydog]

cheers for that will give the castrol ago

steve

[Peirre]

I use a lot of Autosmart products for cleaning the car & bike http://www.autosmart.co.uk with their "tardis" being my choice for tar removal

[Redmurty]

All year biker (thumbs)

and no I don't work for them :dry:

cheers Spud

[motorbike]

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[threepot]

Stuff like Gunk and MucOff etc ,are a rip off! You can do just the same job with household cleaning products,at a fraction of the cost. If you know where to look,you can buy stuff that will work out at pennies per ltr.

[malcopopolo]

To remove tar u can use white spirit on a cloth and rub. once tar softened/dissolved wash the bike in soapy car shampoo. Then treat with acf50

[Old Geezer]

All year biker (thumbs)

and no I don't work for them :dry:

cheers Spud

I'll second that just had 4 bikes done. Excellent job well done with no effort from me apart from wheeling bikes out the garage. (Joel would have done that as well if I'd wanted.

[TomBoyNI]

The foam stuff you are talking about is probably snow foam. It's good enough but a bit gimmicky. Also it only really removes the surface contaminants that detailers want off before they start to touch the paint.

As far as a bike cleaner goes I use sdoc100. It is excellent. Tardis is quality for tar removal and well worth a tenner in my opinion.