bike wash questions

[tconroy]

Do the wheels with soap and water and rinse with a hose.Water the rest only if its summer out and really dirty(which my bike never gets).I also rigged up a shop vac hose to my leaf blower to blow the water off of all the places on the wheels.It works great.Makes for a real powerful blower. Once you get it real clean try to keep it that way like Keith said and you will be just fine.I have no rust on my bike and its because I keep it dry as possible.

[MissFabulous]

I have a friend with a Harley show bike and he swears by some new Mr. Clean stuff... I guess it's set up so you attach a hose to the bottle and spray. He has tons of chrome and said it doesn't leave any water spots or residue any where.

A lot of other people I know use Simple Green, especially for anything grimey. It cuts grease but is otherwise gentle.

Coca cola is good for getting light rust out of chrome, or Mother's Polish or White Rouge. Lotsa choices out there!