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Winter Bike Cleaning
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Post: #4
RE: Winter Bike Cleaning
Its impossible to hose off a car or motorcycle if the machine is frozen; water sprayed onto it will freeze, so the bike or car has to be in a warmed space before bringing outside to wash in winter. Ifyou have an attached or heated garage and outside isn’t in the 20’s or lower or windy, and your hose isn’t frozen because you drained it last time, it’s doable if you work quick. Bring the not frozen bike outside, close the door, spray S100 over 100% of the bike, hose it off and bring inside to dry. Maybe have a space heater or inside door open. Use a shop vac in reverse to blow it off. Later on bring bike outside to idle it to dry it some more.
Another tip is to attach hose to hot water at your washing machine if your hose reaches.
Riding on salted roads will ruin the finish prematurely if not addressed right away. I don’t ride much when temps below freezing, and never on salted roads.
If you have a big enough garage but no floor drain, park your bike in an inflatable kiddie pool to catch the water runoff and suck it up with a wet dry shop vac. The pro car detailers use inflatable rectangular car wash mats to contain runoff while washing inside or outside in strict water usage states.
A sloppy sponge bath with Optimum No Rinse is doable but the bike or car has to be above freezing.
Dry ragging with WD40 another technique but really salty muddy bikes need a water hose down.


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Winter Bike Cleaning - EmptySea - 01-13-2018, 09:13 PM
RE: Winter Bike Cleaning - The ferret - 01-13-2018, 09:15 PM
RE: Winter Bike Cleaning - LongRanger - 01-13-2018, 10:00 PM
RE: Winter Bike Cleaning - 736cc - 01-14-2018 06:57 AM
RE: Winter Bike Cleaning - Nortoon - 01-14-2018, 09:26 AM
RE: Winter Bike Cleaning - Guth - 01-14-2018, 10:12 AM
RE: Winter Bike Cleaning - RLS - 01-14-2018, 09:29 AM
RE: Winter Bike Cleaning - greekcb - 01-15-2018, 10:57 AM
RE: Winter Bike Cleaning - EmptySea - 01-15-2018, 01:27 PM
RE: Winter Bike Cleaning - greekcb - 01-15-2018, 02:58 PM
RE: Winter Bike Cleaning - 736cc - 01-15-2018, 09:04 PM
RE: Winter Bike Cleaning - EmptySea - 01-25-2018, 01:46 PM
RE: Winter Bike Cleaning - greekcb - 01-25-2018, 02:26 PM
RE: Winter Bike Cleaning - EmptySea - 01-25-2018, 02:28 PM
RE: Winter Bike Cleaning - EmptySea - 01-25-2018, 08:03 PM
Winter Bike Cleaning - EmptySea - 03-04-2018, 01:35 PM
RE: Winter Bike Cleaning - Banned - 03-04-2018, 03:29 PM
RE: Winter Bike Cleaning - Acrobat - 03-04-2018, 02:47 PM
RE: Winter Bike Cleaning - EmptySea - 03-04-2018, 02:51 PM
RE: Winter Bike Cleaning - EmptySea - 03-04-2018, 03:40 PM
RE: Winter Bike Cleaning - Mscb1100 - 03-04-2018, 04:28 PM
RE: Winter Bike Cleaning - Banned - 03-04-2018, 04:11 PM
RE: Winter Bike Cleaning - EmptySea - 03-04-2018, 04:55 PM
RE: Winter Bike Cleaning - Cormanus - 03-04-2018, 06:11 PM
RE: Winter Bike Cleaning - EmptySea - 03-06-2018, 02:00 AM
RE: Winter Bike Cleaning - greekcb - 03-06-2018, 02:57 PM
RE: Winter Bike Cleaning - Django - 03-07-2018, 01:42 PM
RE: Winter Bike Cleaning - The ferret - 03-07-2018, 06:38 PM

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