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Apr 16, 2016 | 10:02 AM

#21

sixguns

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From: SW Washington State

A pressure washer is so impersonal. Some of you must really hate your bike, why stop there, hell pull out the leaf blower too. LOL

Apr 16, 2016 | 10:19 AM

#22

Mxdad

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From: Flora, MS

Quote:

Originally Posted by sixguns

A pressure washer is so impersonal. Some of you must really hate your bike, why stop there, hell pull out the leaf blower too. LOL

Like I said I only use the Pressure washer once or twice a year for spokes on the HD, use it all the time on the dirtbikes and side by side but I use the leaf blower any time I wash the HD

Leaf blower makes drying a bike much easier and gets the water out of those spots you will never get to with a cloth.

Apr 16, 2016 | 10:59 AM

#23

oct1949

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From: 40 miles Northeast of Indy..

NO... I NEVER use a pressure washer of any kind on the bike....Too many things that water can get into and mess up..

Apr 17, 2016 | 12:26 AM

#24

hyrax222

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From: Oregon City

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Originally Posted by Carl '69

Nope. Never. Damn thing'll take the paint off yer car, can't imagine what it'd do to bearings & electronics. I use as little water as possible when I wash my bike.

Yes, I as well...

Apr 17, 2016 | 04:13 AM

#25

Ron750

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From: Wisconsin, USA

Leaf Blower is awesome. It dries your bike without scratches. I use my handheld Stihl, not my Backpack. Then one final drying with a microfiber on the tins and tour pack.

Apr 17, 2016 | 04:16 AM

#26

Ron750

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I live in Wisconsin. I used to store my pressure washer indoors but now I just disconnect the spark plug, and pull the starter cord until no more water comes out, and store in unheated garage. Haven't had any problems.

Apr 17, 2016 | 04:34 AM

#27

Mxdad

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From: Flora, MS

Man I don't know how powerful some of you folks pressure washers are if they are taking paint off vehicles. I have used pressure washers for years to wash the mud of my trucks/jeeps and never yet had one take paint off. Granted they are either the elec ones or the residential gas ones but all have had an adjustable nozzle where I could regulate the pressure of the stream. If you have a paint job that is cracked or chipped I can see it knocking paint but other than that I just don't see it. Hell I use pressure washers each spring to wash down painted trim on the eaves of my house, painted deck railing and don't peel the paint there either. Sure I can regulate the nozzle stream to a jet and gouge the wood but in a fan pattern I never had an issue