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General => In General... => Topic started by: 91kawifive00 on August 08, 2011, 09:03:26 AM

Title: good products?
Post by: 91kawifive00 on August 08, 2011, 09:03:26 AM

 does anyone know any good products to keep the motor clean? i ride the coal mines a lot and that crap takes for ever to get off the bike after each ride. good ol soap n water doesnt even make a budge at it lol. just wondering if anybody had any good products they use that would cut threw the soot and make my life a lot easier. thanks guys

Title: Re: good products?
Post by: 1989kawasaki on August 08, 2011, 09:09:58 AM

i did a google search... it said to use oven cleaner to clean it off, and maybe some sort of wax to make it eezee to clean off the fresh soot.

p.s why are you going through soot? that can hurt your lungs if your not wearing a mask.

Title: Re: good products?
Post by: 91kawifive00 on August 08, 2011, 10:06:03 AM

Quote from: 1989kawasaki on August 08, 2011, 09:09:58 AM

i did a google search... it said to use oven cleaner to clean it off, and maybe some sort of wax to make it eezee to clean off the fresh soot.

p.s why are you going through soot? that can hurt your lungs if your not wearing a mask.

hmm.. thats interesting i would thing that the oven cleaner would tarnish the motor. that stuff is really strong. i ride up in trevorton and freeland pa awesome trails and hill climbs. there is allways tons of people up there. its just when it rains its like a layer of coal on the bike and really hard to get off.

Title: Re: good products?
Post by: bilger69 on August 08, 2011, 10:48:14 AM

Do not use oven cleaner! I used some luckily only on one side and spot of my jug to test it and it tarnished the hell out of it. I had to scrub it with I scotch pad forever to clean it up. I also love having my motor clean. I use that Gunk brand engine degreaser. It works pretty good for me. Or a tad of gas in a spray bottle. I heard of muck off but never tried it because its 25 dollars a bottle. Also purple power works pretty good too.

Title: Re: good products?
Post by: 91kawifive00 on August 09, 2011, 01:09:12 AM

Quote from: bilger69 on August 08, 2011, 10:48:14 AM

Do not use oven cleaner! I used some luckily only on one side and spot of my jug to test it and it tarnished the hell out of it. I had to scrub it with I scotch pad forever to clean it up. I also love having my motor clean. I use that Gunk brand engine degreaser. It works pretty good for me. Or a tad of gas in a spray bottle. I heard of muck off but never tried it because its 25 dollars a bottle. Also purple power works pretty good too.

yea thats what i thought. i use oven cleaner to take the coating off aluminum before i polish it. its really nasty stuff. thanks alot i gotta try those and see which one works best. really appriciate the help

Title: Re: good products?
Post by: greencannon on August 10, 2011, 02:36:30 PM

Mr. Clean power dissolver, small blue spray bottle
find it in the dishsoap isle in supermarket
you can go clean your bike with it after you finish the dishes.....(the wife)

Title: Re: good products?
Post by: alward25 on August 10, 2011, 02:45:53 PM

Simple green or Castrol super clean tire and wheel cleaner, not the regular super clean, it will oxidize.

Title: Re: good products?
Post by: 91kawifive00 on August 11, 2011, 06:31:16 AM

awesome, thanks guys. now i got a some products to experiment with :-D