Cleaning Tips
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From: Hilltown PA
Cleaning Tips
Wet Bike! spray S100 all over, wait 5 min. with hose on jet, spray off S100 10 to 15 min.
Fire up the Leaf Blower and blow from the top down 99% of the water off.
Towel dry.
Fire up the Leaf Blower and blow from the top down 99% of the water off.
Towel dry.
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don't buy into the dealer's lies... you don't need the HD blower for $120 to dry your bike. get a leaf blower from Lowe's for $30... works just as well.
Last edited by aviator; Feb 28, 2010 at 06:08 PM.
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I dont set my leaf blower on the ground..I am not sure how you pull sand in from the air...granted there may be some pollen but dont see how a leaf blower is going to blow sand or other grit on your bike...
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Ride it around teh block for 5 mintues and then towel dry. Less to dry then. Use the Mr. Clean auto dry on the hose for extremely lazy people. It supposed to dry spotless. It's a lot better than without it. I use microfibers, but that is how it's done.
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Just got back from a road trip where I hit rain for about an hour. Whole bike will need to be gone over. Never tried the S100. Now is as good a time as any. Hope it cuts through oil. The breathers on my spike intake made a mess of my oil tank. 
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i use S100, works well, and then I used a good car wash soap too. Usually, I do both and then I fire up my stihl leaf blower and dry the heck out of it, Amazing how well the blower drives water out of the tight spots and then a good towel dry, then it's wax and chrome polish time.
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Interesting. I got a sh**load of simple green. Do you have to dilute it? As I recall the simple green I have can be diluted depending on the job.