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Old 08-24-2007, 10:08 AM
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Hey guys, has anyone found a good bike cleaner? Im just waiting for deej....... but there is so many little places i cant get to, to clean.... is there like a spray on spray off? What do the pro MXers use? Their bikes look brand new before every race..... I searched couldnt find anything..... What are you guys using...
 
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Old 08-24-2007, 11:03 AM
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Simple Green! Can't beat it in my opion, it's cheap by the gallon (you can dilute it like crazy) and it has taken off some skuff marks I couldn't believe.
Not sure if you were looking for some super secret stuff and everybody knows about this. But that's what I live buy.
 
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Old 08-24-2007, 11:16 AM
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I have a bunch of different scrub brushes I use and I just wash it with a sponge and regular car wash solution. For scuff marks and ground in leather marks I use a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, takes that stuff off in one or 2 wipes.
 
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Old 08-24-2007, 11:25 AM
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so what about places you cant get to... like directly under the carb, around the oil filter and coolant pump, and stuff like that? simple green?
 
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Old 08-24-2007, 02:33 PM
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+1 simple green
http://consumer.simplegreen.com/index.php


 
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Old 08-24-2007, 02:35 PM
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So...... you guys do what with it dilute it 50/50 in a spray bottle and just spray the whole bike? then hose it off? works that good?
 
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Old 08-24-2007, 02:36 PM
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Dirt Squirt! Not as cheap as Simple Green, but imo none better.
 
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Old 08-24-2007, 02:41 PM
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What do the pro MXers use?
A pro mechanic!

Who uses a pressure washer after each practice & moto. They also have some little toilet broshes & cleaning solution, like simple grean, to really papmer them.
 
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Old 08-24-2007, 02:43 PM
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http://www.xtreamclean.com/sess/utn;...dex.shopscript

dirt squirt?
 
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They also keep them from gettign dirty as much as possible. The cram foam everywhere & put tape on the hard hit areas like the engine skid, front of the frame etc. Then they just yank the tape & a good deal of mud comes off.
 


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