Soldato
Right, I figured I would jump the gun here due to some sod stealing my ACF50 thread 
Only kidding mate.
Anyway, List the products you use, what you would reccomend, what you would avoid and the reasons for both. And maybe a little description of what a good clean routine is for you.
I use the following products when cleaning:
SDOC 100 Gel - simply amazing stuff, removes road tar without you breaking a sweat! You apply and leave it to soak
SDOC 100 Chain cleaner - simply amazing stuff, removes road tar without you breaking a sweat! You apply and leave it to soak
WD40 - self explanitory
Autoglym Ultra Deep Shine shampoo - having a red bike I get a great deep finish with this
Autoglym Ultra Deep Shine polish - having a red bike I get a great deep finish with this
Autosol metal polish - Amazing with a bit of elbow grease!
Grease (LIGHTNING YEAAAAA) - ummm, yea...
ACF 50 (not yet used)
Mr Sheen household polish
- AWSOME! Love this stuff with a dust cloth for a very quick fairing polish before going for a sunday blast
Stuff I hate:
Muc off, expensive and does a mediocre job of it.
My once every few months proper wash goes as follows:
Step 1: Coat the entire bike in SDOC 100 gel, yes everything, people say not to put it on disks, I try and avoid but to be honest, it just leavs a film that rubs off after the first couple of brake applications, just double your braking distance. Also coat the chain in the SDOC 100 chain cleaner
Step 2: Wait 20 mins...
Step 3: Jet wash the gel from the bike, being careful not to get too close, make sure it's all removed! Leaving this stuff on for a really long period can do harm. It's designed to eat through road tar in 10 mins so imagine what it can do in 3 days!
Step 4: Get a bucket with a healthy dose of Autoglym shampoo, water is warm, give the bike a generous soak in the lovely foam. Get stuck in with elbow grease!
Step 5: Rinse bike off with a bucket of warm water. Normally 2 buckets and I use the sponge to rinse.
Step 6: Shammy as much down as possible!
Step 7: Take fairings off, time to clean the engine, loom and all the internals. Grab WD40 and a rag, go around all the internals cleaning everything up, spotless.
Step 8: Grab a tub of grease, go around all connections, taking fuses out, giving them a nice scrub with a wire brush and a light film of grease. Take off battery connection terminals, scrub up and film of grease followed by a huge dollop on both terminals. And grease up anything else that might need it, such as the springs on the throttle bodies for a nice light movement of the throttle.
Step 9: Grab the wax, sit on a bench in the sun and start polishing those fairings, elbow grease will be needed! Best to do the fairings off the bike as if you get wax on any black parts, such as air intakes, seat ect ect, your life will be hell.
(OPTIONAL) Step 10: Clean up any metal parts with polish if you really want to. Chrome parts. Normally this is the termi's and pipes for me, but only do this once a year lol.
(New to me) Step 11: Coat all metal parts in ACF 50, final rub down.
Step 12: Place fairings back on bike, one last buff with a microfibre cloth.
The Mr Sheen is for a very quick polish on the weekends.
Tadaa. Bike is now brand new
Only kidding mate.Anyway, List the products you use, what you would reccomend, what you would avoid and the reasons for both. And maybe a little description of what a good clean routine is for you.
I use the following products when cleaning:
SDOC 100 Gel - simply amazing stuff, removes road tar without you breaking a sweat! You apply and leave it to soak
SDOC 100 Chain cleaner - simply amazing stuff, removes road tar without you breaking a sweat! You apply and leave it to soak
WD40 - self explanitory
Autoglym Ultra Deep Shine shampoo - having a red bike I get a great deep finish with this
Autoglym Ultra Deep Shine polish - having a red bike I get a great deep finish with this
Autosol metal polish - Amazing with a bit of elbow grease!
Grease (LIGHTNING YEAAAAA) - ummm, yea...
ACF 50 (not yet used)
Mr Sheen household polish
- AWSOME! Love this stuff with a dust cloth for a very quick fairing polish before going for a sunday blastStuff I hate:
Muc off, expensive and does a mediocre job of it.
My once every few months proper wash goes as follows:
Step 1: Coat the entire bike in SDOC 100 gel, yes everything, people say not to put it on disks, I try and avoid but to be honest, it just leavs a film that rubs off after the first couple of brake applications, just double your braking distance. Also coat the chain in the SDOC 100 chain cleaner
Step 2: Wait 20 mins...
Step 3: Jet wash the gel from the bike, being careful not to get too close, make sure it's all removed! Leaving this stuff on for a really long period can do harm. It's designed to eat through road tar in 10 mins so imagine what it can do in 3 days!
Step 4: Get a bucket with a healthy dose of Autoglym shampoo, water is warm, give the bike a generous soak in the lovely foam. Get stuck in with elbow grease!
Step 5: Rinse bike off with a bucket of warm water. Normally 2 buckets and I use the sponge to rinse.
Step 6: Shammy as much down as possible!
Step 7: Take fairings off, time to clean the engine, loom and all the internals. Grab WD40 and a rag, go around all the internals cleaning everything up, spotless.
Step 8: Grab a tub of grease, go around all connections, taking fuses out, giving them a nice scrub with a wire brush and a light film of grease. Take off battery connection terminals, scrub up and film of grease followed by a huge dollop on both terminals. And grease up anything else that might need it, such as the springs on the throttle bodies for a nice light movement of the throttle.
Step 9: Grab the wax, sit on a bench in the sun and start polishing those fairings, elbow grease will be needed! Best to do the fairings off the bike as if you get wax on any black parts, such as air intakes, seat ect ect, your life will be hell.
(OPTIONAL) Step 10: Clean up any metal parts with polish if you really want to. Chrome parts. Normally this is the termi's and pipes for me, but only do this once a year lol.
(New to me) Step 11: Coat all metal parts in ACF 50, final rub down.
Step 12: Place fairings back on bike, one last buff with a microfibre cloth.
The Mr Sheen is for a very quick polish on the weekends.
Tadaa. Bike is now brand new
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