What do you use to clean your bikes?

[Mean250r]

i have tried so much sh it and i cant find anything that works!! i used simple green today and it didnt do ****, what do you guys use?

[BlasterEaten250]

what were you riding in, concrete:p simple green always worked for me. Greased lightning automotive works pretty good. Do you have a pressure washer or pressure nozzle?

[400exrules]

a water hose with a nozzle, toothbrush, wd-40, and some rags is all i use

[Mean250r]

i just ride dirt, are you supposed to let the simple green sit? i let it sit for like 2-3 minuits. And i just used a hose, not a pressure washer. my other quads are so much easier to clean then the 250r, i think its cause of the damn powdercoat

[BlasterEaten250]

a pressure washer or a hose with a nozzle help a lot. I let it sit for about a minute. It could be the powder coat, im not sure.

[exrider008]

after u r done washing it wipe it with a rad to get all the dirt spots off it has always worked for me.

[KWAD GAWD]

Your bike won't come clean with a garden hose. You HAVE TO HAVE a pressure washer, no questions asked, hands down, period. Don't even bother wasting 3 hours with a hose, just buy a pressure washer, even an electric Karcher will do.

[KWAD GAWD]

Originally posted by Mean250r
i have tried so much sh it and i cant find anything that works!! i used simple green today and it didnt do ****, what do you guys use?
Simple Green is the only heavy duty cleaner that is aluminum safe. All other will pit the aluminum on your bike. Read the precautions or directions on Greased Lightning or Purple Power or the orange stuff...
Use Simple Green on everything, use engine degreaser on your engine, carb and swingarm. Use hot water helps even more.

[Mxjunkie]

I soak mine with simple green, wash, soak again

then if its warm out I get a bucket of warm soapy water and wash the quad twice, take a tire brush and scrub my tires down, etc

dry, soak with wd40, wipe everything down

polish everything and I'm set to go.

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what do you xc guys do, I'm doing a xc race here soon and its been awhile since I've done a xc race, I allways use to soak my quad with wd40 or pam right at the track and it allways seemed to help.

[416exfreak]

pressure wash, use grease lightnin, and then pressure wash again, its probably the reason i have no decals...................

[antman]

presure washer...then a bucket of soapy water and a rag... then rince with water... then wd-40 and a wipedown

[Sjorge450R]

Simple Green and Pressure washer. Never lets me down.

[Mean250r]

yeh i have a pressure washer, ill try it today, i didnt have any gas for it yesterday :(

[knighttime]

http://www.exriders.com/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=302&highlight=shine+that


you really dont have to use the mop-n-glow, but it makes the plastic look real good and it make it easier to hose off the next time.

[nosliw]

water + laundry detergent + pressure worsher

Originally posted by KWAD GAWD
Your bike won't come clean with a garden hose. You HAVE TO HAVE a pressure washer, no questions asked, hands down, period. Don't even bother wasting 3 hours with a hose, just buy a pressure washer, even an electric Karcher will do.

Yes it will. I spray the heavy mud off, wipe it clean with a scrubby thing then spray it clean. Dry it off, then put some armor all on the fenders. Then fix ur hair in the reflection :D

[SGA]

Simple green works for me. Greased lighting will pit the aluminum.

Simple green, a brush and elbow grease.

WD 40 wiped all over after its dry, except the brake rotors and seat.
Armor all on the plastics if you want, but WD 40 works well too

[Joe400ex]

gunk