Beware... Bike related - SV650.org

Mark_h · 29-09-08, 01:06 PM

Anybody know anybody round these parts who does a bike cleaning service? I'm looking for the Law/Kwakzzr kind of clean that I really can not be bothered to do. Nooks and crannies cleaned out; furry bits de-furred; surface rust bits polished and potentially even the lifting paint on the engine casing tarted up a bit.

I was hoping that if it actually looked pretty I may actually clean it myself once in a while afterwards.

G · 29-09-08, 01:16 PM

Most professional car cleaning companies will do a bike as well.

Just take it off the road for the winter, take it apart and clean it yourself.

Job done. Satisfying as well providing you partner doesnt leave you for being in the garage constantly.

Mark_h · 29-09-08, 01:21 PM

Unfortunately it gets used all year and no space in the garage anyway.

My usual trick is clean it, smother all non-brake related bits in UCF-50 then hose it off once in a while. However I think I'm building up a UCF-50/crud laminate over the bike.

Needs a weekend with muck-off, autosol, an old toothbrush and some patience. Unfortunately if it's nice enough to clean a bike it's nice enough to ride a bike and I know which I'd rather be doing.

30-09-08, 06:54 PM

Offer Law some money to clean it?

Try a car cleaning place maybe like G mentioned.

30-09-08, 07:52 PM

We did have a valet company within the WVAM, however looking at his website he seems to be taking a break.

Usless I know, http://www.moto-spa.co.uk/

He even did discount for IAM members.

Mark_h · 30-09-08, 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by falc

Offer Law some money to clean it?

Now that sounds like a plan. He could even sit on it and make rumming noises once he'd done the job.

Has anyone spoken to him recently? Is he planning on getting another bike or still pleading poverty?

dirtydog · 30-09-08, 09:39 PM

Have you tried local bike dealers as they may get a valet company in for particularly grubby part-exs that they get in

01-10-08, 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark_h

Now that sounds like a plan. He could even sit on it and make rumming noises once he'd done the job.

Has anyone spoken to him recently? Is he planning on getting another bike or still pleading poverty?

rumming noises??

I wish I could buy a bike but I can't afford one as I invested all my money in pots of jam.

Mark_h · 01-10-08, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Law

rumming noises??

Brumm...Brumm...Bruuuuuuuummm..Bruuuuummmmmm...eee eek...Brummmm...Brum..Brumm...brumm...Neooowwwwwww etc

03-10-08, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Law

rumming noises??

I wish I could buy a bike but I can't afford one as I invested all my money in pots of jam.

I hear jam is doing well on the ftse100. better than all the banks!?

29-09-08, 01:06 PM	#1
Mark_h Member Mega Poster Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Fleet, Hampshire Posts: 2,448	Beware... Bike related Anybody know anybody round these parts who does a bike cleaning service? I'm looking for the Law/Kwakzzr kind of clean that I really can not be bothered to do. Nooks and crannies cleaned out; furry bits de-furred; surface rust bits polished and potentially even the lifting paint on the engine casing tarted up a bit. I was hoping that if it actually looked pretty I may actually clean it myself once in a while afterwards. __________________ Don't want to be the quickest; don't want to be the best; just want to be the one having the most fun. XL125Varadero -> Curvy SV650N-Y -> SV1000N-K3 -> Multistrada 1200s Twin-tastic stuff. Minister for Sustainability *Aliquid prudentissimus delectabiles et intelligentes in adamasset lingua.*

29-09-08, 01:16 PM	#2
G Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 3,770	Re: Beware... Bike related Most professional car cleaning companies will do a bike as well. Just take it off the road for the winter, take it apart and clean it yourself. Job done. Satisfying as well providing you partner doesnt leave you for being in the garage constantly. __________________ 6.67300 × 10-11 m3 kg-1 s-2

29-09-08, 01:21 PM	#3
Mark_h Member Mega Poster Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Fleet, Hampshire Posts: 2,448	Re: Beware... Bike related Unfortunately it gets used all year and no space in the garage anyway. My usual trick is clean it, smother all non-brake related bits in UCF-50 then hose it off once in a while. However I think I'm building up a UCF-50/crud laminate over the bike. Needs a weekend with muck-off, autosol, an old toothbrush and some patience. Unfortunately if it's nice enough to clean a bike it's nice enough to ride a bike and I know which I'd rather be doing. __________________ Don't want to be the quickest; don't want to be the best; just want to be the one having the most fun. XL125Varadero -> Curvy SV650N-Y -> SV1000N-K3 -> Multistrada 1200s Twin-tastic stuff. Minister for Sustainability *Aliquid prudentissimus delectabiles et intelligentes in adamasset lingua.*

30-09-08, 06:54 PM	#4
falc Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Beware... Bike related Offer Law some money to clean it? Try a car cleaning place maybe like G mentioned.

30-09-08, 07:52 PM	#5
injury_ian Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Beware... Bike related We did have a valet company within the WVAM, however looking at his website he seems to be taking a break. Usless I know, http://www.moto-spa.co.uk/ He even did discount for IAM members.

30-09-08, 09:39 PM	#7
dirtydog Knob faced knobster Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Haslemere Posts: 5,422	Re: Beware... Bike related Have you tried local bike dealers as they may get a valet company in for particularly grubby part-exs that they get in __________________ 2011 Speed Triple 1050

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