A Good Tip

I pinched this from a post on the Herts and Beds Advanced Motorcycling site

"I had recently noticed the back of my bike had started to step out quite easily and this was shaking my confidence a bit so I put the bike up on some paddock stands and sprayed the tyres (BT 020's) with degreaser and scrubbed them with an old towel and let them air dry for an hour and on my way to work tonight in the rain they stuck to the road like glue.
So the smile and the confidence are back in place.

I am just guessing that the tyres were covered in diesel/salt etc from our well maintained roads."

I did this last week when cleaning my bike and thought it helped a bit.

Would degreaser have a detrimental effect on the rubber of a tyre?

Would fairy liquid work?

It would but remember that it has a high salt content and therefore you don't really want it on the other parts of the bike ideally. But if you were careful it would probably be fine.

Glad to see I'm not the only one that washes their tyres .


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The high salt content is what I thought would be good about it, because it should rinse well.

Its not just salt going on the roads some councils are putting Molasses in with the salt and grit to help it stick to the road makes a right mess.

Don't know what the word "wash" means, let alone "wash tyres".

I think Fowlers wash my bike twice a year as part of the service.

Professor!


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Originally Posted by Professor

Don't know what the word "wash" means, let alone "wash tyres".

I think Fowlers wash my bike twice a year as part of the service.

Im not the only one

cool, my tyre fitter was chatting to me about cleaning tyres just yesterday.

he said you should use brake cleaner, as it leaves no residue behind.