Where I ride there is a lot of clay which leaves a rather orangish "stain" on bikes that ride out there after a while. I was htinking of maybe shooting the underside down with some sort of silicon lube spray or maybe somthing similar to coat all the parts with some slippery stuff so all the mud & crud would wash off easier when I'm done riding. Does anyone make a product intended to do this? A Pre-cleaner I guess? Am I being too ****??

Thanks and God bless,

-BunnMan

 

Hi. You can try any spray that has teflon in it and spray the wheeler down before you go out ...wd -40 type sprays can work well too...some people use non stick cooking sprays as well. Any of these should give you pretty good results.


PINKMOON

 

I use Hondabrite on both of my bikes and really like the results. It leaves a film that seems to make it easier to clean. It leaves a great shine on both the black and yellow plastic if I dry them after washing. I have yet to use any Armorall or other product as the plastic seems to really shine with just the spray. You can also use WD-40 but sometimes that attracts mud. If you wash after every ride before the clay has a chance to really take a set that helps also.

 

best thing out there is Black Magic tire Foam. shines it and mud slips right off

 

It may sound funny but Cooking oit can do the trick, alot of MXers put it on their helmets to keep the mud from sticking to their helmet when its really muddy, plus it makes it easier to clean when u wash it with a hose

 

I never thought of the cooking spray thing...that's very interesting. I reckon that stuff ought te be pretty mild mannered as it is intended for food use and shouldn't attack anything. It also should hold up to external motor temps without buring off, great idea! The WD40 route is no good, I do alot of pneumatic work and WD40 and like sprays are synthetically based and reak havoc on seals in valves and actuators. That would likely be a problem with the rubber boots and wiring after awhile. Does that Honda Brite stuff work on painted metal as well as plastic? Is that a spray on a forget until you rinse off kinda thing?

Thanks and God bless,

-BunnMan

 

they use PAM on the front of nascar cars to keep the rubber off the front grill..should keep a bike cleaner

 

i've heard of people using baby oil in a squirt bottle on the underside of the atv, the fenders and all that. dont really no if it works.

 

For gawdsakes dont use armour-all on the paint or the plastic or rubber parts, but vegetable-based oils work for mud. They collect a helluva lotta dust though, and it works into the seals eventually. I find that grease and brush and garden hose always works. You know, the elbow kind of grease. Avoid using a pressure-washer, though. They will kill the seals and bearings real fast, not to mention the electrics. Acrylic water-based car wash solutions work, but they cause a scaley build-up on the plastic that gets fairly scuzzy after awhile and is hard to remove without using ammonia.

 

How would Pam work into the seals any faster than water?

Just curious!