I have been puting off cleaning my bike till the end of my week off so its gotten quite mucky! NOT XTR off road mucky but general road crap and my Scotte Oiler was turned up too high to start with so my back wheel was covered in crap,oil and every thing that could stick to it!
I went into the dealers to find some cleaning products because in 20 odd years of driving I have NEVER washed my car,
so they sold me a 1ltr spray bottle of detergent called MOTO XTREEM WASH by MOTRAX, what you do is give the worst bits a spray and leave for 10 mins then you can dilute it in a bucket 20:1 with water[I didnt] I used washing up liquid and hot water with a spunge and brush to wash the bike then rinsed it off with water.
The bugs mud crap and oil\grease just washed off with NO effort at all!
I was also sold a 1ltr bottle of Scottoiler FS365 again in a spray bottle to mist on the bike [ NOT ON BRAKE DISKS] to protect against rust and corrosion it also is suposed to make it easyer to clean the bike next time.
I dont know maybe you already know about this stuff but it did do a good job as far as im concerned and I DONT wash cars just my new toy!

Ive heard of the Motox stuff before very much like the pink muck off i use, but you might want to be careful using washin up liquid as it contains very small pieces of grit in it to scrub off muck, this sounds good but can scrape and scratch plastics, screens, pieces of metal etc etc.

Also the scottoiler spray is very good, ive used it on my bikes for the last 2 years and does the job, i like to spray a thin film everywhere (no brakes) and i find its best when sprayed on a good clean wheel rim, next time you come to wash it, the muck comes off alot easier trust me.

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thanks for the tits!!!

Cor bloody hell no more washing up liquid on my bike!

Hi Maxwell, i bought some scottoiler 365 today, did you spray it on when the bike was dry or wet? just reading the instructions it says use on wet bike. my plan was to give the bike a really good clean, then spray it on. interesting to know whats best results.

Yeah, and washing up liquid also contains salt which is what we don't want

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