Tips on cleaning ( how do you clean yours ) - Page 3 - SV650.org

19-11-05, 03:11 PM

kwak zzr - does your love of cleaning bikes also extend to cleaning other people's? I'd be happy to help you out, and my bike does look expecially nice when it's clean so you're sure to get a real buzz off it...

19-11-05, 04:56 PM

ive done 2 others before @ £20 each

! but they dont get the same treatment as mine

my cousin also keeps his bandit in my garage and surprise surprise thats CLEEENNNNN as well.

19-11-05, 07:57 PM

Those pics of the clean bike... that's too clean... I'd never want to take it out if I got it that clean, even though I clean it pretty often.

I hose it down with water, then spray paraffin all over the most dirty bits and leave it for 10 minutes. The I use Halfords car cleaner and give it a once over, hose it down again and that gets rid of as much of the dirt as possible in the shortest time. Even gets the worst bits on the chain and hugger and wheels pretty clean with hardly any scrubbing.

19-11-05, 09:01 PM

I cleaned my SV once...

19-11-05, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by kwak zzr

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Originally Posted by Carsick

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Originally Posted by kwak zzr

ive spent more hours cleaning mine than riding it.

I hate to say it dude, but that saddens me a little.

my wife says the same

What a grubby bike, it needs a good clean, start off with good old soap and water, not forgetting to clean behind the ears, chamios off the water, Silvo the silver bits, blanco the white bits, boot polish the black bits, emery the rusty bits, Dubbin the seat (especially the pillion) and then take it for a good run on wet roads to wash it off.

19-11-05, 10:09 PM

kwak zzr wana clean my bike for me?? ?? ill give u a tenner to make it shiny like yours

19-11-05, 10:11 PM

Muckoff = Fenwicks Motorcaravan Cleaner (about £8 per litre) diluted 1 to 8 with tap water in a cheap spray bottle. Save your self a fortune. Available from all caravan shops amd Towsure............ believe me I've used it for years, it's good.

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19-11-05, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by XVS2005

kwak zzr wana clean my bike for me?? ?? ill give u a tenner to make it shiny like yours

tenna! that works out to about 50p per hour!

northwind · 20-11-05, 01:17 AM

I had mine that clean when I couldn't ride it... Had nothing better to do so I took it to bits, cleaned, lubed and polished it, then put it back together. Then the day after I got the all clear to ride, it rained, and the bike was filthy again. Oh well...

20-11-05, 07:32 AM

got to say i'm with kwak on this one! i have three thoughts behind it.

1) if a copper stops you for anything and the bike is immaculate then the chances are he wont look at it too deeply for illegal exhaust etc, also its a matter of first immpressions, bikes filthy then obviously (in their eyes) its not being looked after, checked or serviced so therefore it probably needs a "closer" look at!

2) i have found that when thouroughly cleaning a bike you tend to find things going wrong and can sort them before they go tits up and leave you stranded. on my old africa twin i found a chain link that was starting to crack, found a disc that was cracked (made me go very white!) and quite a few other bits that could have cost me dearly in terms of money and pain!

3) having paid alot of money for my bikes i try to keep them in good order so if i decide to sell 1 then at least they wont lose too much due to corrosion, - especailly the sv because the finish is awful!

i leave for work at 5.30 most days and commute on average about 700 miles per week (use transalp for commuting) but only tend to clean it fri night/sat morn but use the scotoil anti corrosion spray every day which i reccommend very good!

20-11-05, 01:17 AM	#29
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	I had mine that clean when I couldn't ride it... Had nothing better to do so I took it to bits, cleaned, lubed and polished it, then put it back together. Then the day after I got the all clear to ride, it rained, and the bike was filthy again. Oh well... __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

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19-11-05, 03:11 PM	#21
Fizzy Fish Guest Posts: n/a	kwak zzr - does your love of cleaning bikes also extend to cleaning other people's? I'd be happy to help you out, and my bike does look expecially nice when it's clean so you're sure to get a real buzz off it...

19-11-05, 04:56 PM	#22
kwak zzr Guest Posts: n/a	ive done 2 others before @ £20 each ! but they dont get the same treatment as mine my cousin also keeps his bandit in my garage and surprise surprise thats CLEEENNNNN as well.

19-11-05, 07:57 PM	#23
SVeeedy Gonzales Guest Posts: n/a	Those pics of the clean bike... that's too clean... I'd never want to take it out if I got it that clean, even though I clean it pretty often. I hose it down with water, then spray paraffin all over the most dirty bits and leave it for 10 minutes. The I use Halfords car cleaner and give it a once over, hose it down again and that gets rid of as much of the dirt as possible in the shortest time. Even gets the worst bits on the chain and hugger and wheels pretty clean with hardly any scrubbing.

19-11-05, 09:01 PM	#24
aej Guest Posts: n/a	I cleaned my SV once...

19-11-05, 10:09 PM	#26
Last Action Pimp Guest Posts: n/a	kwak zzr wana clean my bike for me?? ?? ill give u a tenner to make it shiny like yours

19-11-05, 10:11 PM	#27
tee jey Guest Posts: n/a	Muckoff = Fenwicks Motorcaravan Cleaner (about £8 per litre) diluted 1 to 8 with tap water in a cheap spray bottle. Save your self a fortune. Available from all caravan shops amd Towsure............ believe me I've used it for years, it's good. .

20-11-05, 07:32 AM	#30
busasean Guest Posts: n/a	got to say i'm with kwak on this one! i have three thoughts behind it. 1) if a copper stops you for anything and the bike is immaculate then the chances are he wont look at it too deeply for illegal exhaust etc, also its a matter of first immpressions, bikes filthy then obviously (in their eyes) its not being looked after, checked or serviced so therefore it probably needs a "closer" look at! 2) i have found that when thouroughly cleaning a bike you tend to find things going wrong and can sort them before they go tits up and leave you stranded. on my old africa twin i found a chain link that was starting to crack, found a disc that was cracked (made me go very white!) and quite a few other bits that could have cost me dearly in terms of money and pain! 3) having paid alot of money for my bikes i try to keep them in good order so if i decide to sell 1 then at least they wont lose too much due to corrosion, - especailly the sv because the finish is awful! i leave for work at 5.30 most days and commute on average about 700 miles per week (use transalp for commuting) but only tend to clean it fri night/sat morn but use the scotoil anti corrosion spray every day which i reccommend very good!