After riding at my friends house with me on my grizzly 600, him on a bayou, and someone i didnt know on a honda 300ex, when they stopped riding and got ready to clean there quads up...I noticed they where using a very high powered pressure washer, and i am just wondering...wont that force water into the electrical and engine? I didnt pressure wash mine...I rode home and washed it with a garden hose. I own a pressure washer and i have throught of using it but how much is the risk of messing something up?

 

I don't use them just because I want to be sure no water is getting into the electrical, etc. It even says in the manual no to use them. So, just to be safe, I would stick with the good 'ol garden hose.

 

I've used them to clean the rims and tires and stand back and turn down the nozzle to clean the engine. ours is adjustable. gets the air fins real cleaned out.

 

I have one, I use it, no problems

 

Ive been using my pressure washer for our quads for years never had a problem.

 

dont spray into the electrical or the engine.just wet and wipe down,the best way to keep it clean is wipe the metal with a damp towl..jmo

 

I use mine after EVERY ride. Keeps the engine looking nice, and honestly its the only way to get you bike CLEAN. You can wash it with a garden hose, and then I could go back over it with a pressure washer and I gurante there will be some mud hiding out somewhere!

 

you just have to be smart about it. For example, don't put it on full throttle and then put on a 0 degree nozzle and spray from about 6 inches from the quad, not smart. I use a pressure washer all the time and have had no problems,

Patrick

 

As the others said,just be careful.
i bought an electric one just FOR the quads.

Just be careful where you concentrate the stream and keep it on a wider setting.

If the bike is really dirty or muddy,I spray the grimiest parts with Castrol Super Clean and then wash it off.
it makes it a lot easier.

 

i use my 2300psi pressure washer on all of my quads but becareful it loves to eat decals.and i have yet to have a problem with my quads due to the use of the pressure washer