Ha!!! Plexus....and I don't drop the soap...

SWIFTER DUSTER works well between major wash/wax events. It grabs the dust and small debris without having to apply any pressure. I takes 2 minutes and its great right after a ride. I usually follow up with Maguires NXT spray detailer and a microfiber towel after the bike cools down and is in the garage. Quick and Easy! I do the full wash and wax twice a year. I pull off all the fairings and do a quick inspection, also a good time to change the coolant and oil if applicable.

Depends on how dirty it is, usually a quick detailer will do the trick, but im a bit of a reflections perfectionist and ive been know to pull fairings for baths and go through full polish, glaze, wax processes with a random orbit buffer.

Use man-onaise #3

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Plexus and an old cotton t-shirt. Haven't put water on either of my bikes in years, but they rarely get DIRTY, just dusty.

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Has anyone here ever used a 50/50 distilled water and white vinegar mix for cleaning bikes? Or is that just too fuggin weird?

Way back in the day when I had a jetski we just to use that mix when we pulled our jetski's out of the water. We'd spray bottle them down really fast and dry them off with a towel. The distilled water and vinegar would remove all the water spots from being in the lake and would be somewhat of a mild cleaner. Nonharmfull to the gel coat paint, vinyl parts and graphics. Which is similar to the same issues with cleaning bikes.

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I heard to use that 50/50 distilled water and white vinegar to clean out your radiator...

I'm thinking about trying it. I just washed my bike last week and I got caught riding in the rain storm on Friday...so my bike is filthy.

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You could do this, but if your bike is really grimy you may want to use some old -fashioned soap and water first. Then go over it with the douche solution to remove any hard water spots. Then wax.

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LOL douche my bike?! Sounds crazy, but I guess isn't a bad idea.

I just did give it a old fashioned soap and water job last week, had to get all the bug/grim from our trip to Idaho off the bike. Might have to do it again. At one point on the ride home on friday, I had to ride in street water that was as high as the sidewalk, so my is cover in street grease and grim.

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Wait what?... I was just skimming this thread cause I was bored... did you say give your bike a douche? Ummm.... .... dirty tail pipe?

LOL yeah I'll prolly just stick to soup and water. I got my bike to get poon, not to have a bike that just smells like poon.

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I use walmart micro fiber towels, and.... wait for it.........

Pledge Multi surface cleaner if it's REALLY dirty, and bugs and what not, then
Lemon Pledge for final clean / polish.

Works great, smells like a coffee table.

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