Do air blowers realy work
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From: pottsville,pa
Why would you spend that much to dry your bike? I use a shop-vac that the top comes off and can be used as a leaf blower. The only thing the expensive blowers offer is warm filtered air but who cares? Doesn't make sense to worry about filtered air blowing on your bike when your drying it cause it's not filtered air when your riding it!
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From: Al Bu Ker Key, New Mexico
I have the CycleDry air blower. Works great and gets the water off the bike. Hair dryer on steroids! See: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cycle...item19c0ac5a81
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From: Eastern Washington State
I picked up a leaf blower at Home Depot one day for about 20 bucks. It's noisy as heck (I wear hearing protection) but it does a good job of getting water off the bike. Gets down into those hard to get at places. Finish up with a micro fiber cloth and a quick ride around the block to shake the water out of places the leaf blower might have missed.
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From: Dania Beach, FL
... another electric leaf blower user.
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Road Master
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From: Pirmasens Germany
Mine works good. I have the Air Force Blaster or what ever it's called. It is not perfect though as it will leave dry water marks behind especially on black paint. After drying I have to wipe the bike down with something like ICE or Maguiers.
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From: Enterprise, AL
Leaf blower works great for drying the bike, car etc.. and, per its design, is also great for blowing around other things like leaves, grass, small annoying dogs and just "sweeping" out the garage or shop in general--something that can't necessarily be said for those blowers specifically designed to dry vehicles.