I have a date tonight
 

with a garden hose, a can of brake cleaner and alot of elbow grease~!

the pig is getting its yearly bath tonight:rockout:

Don't forget to cup the balls.

brake cleaner is not good. Don't use it. You'll thank me later. Get a biodradable bike wash and use that.

Goo-Gone will solve all your problems.

i was talking about on the hard parts, not on the bike itself

like my brakes....

Um.... Simple Green :dthumb:

I'm talking about the brakes. Don't use brake cleaner.

:orly:
didnt know, thanks for the heads up

I've read about too many people having brake issues after they use it on their bikes. I use Liquid Performance biodegradable Bike Wash on my calipers when I clean them. That, a hose, and a toothbrush make the pistons sparkle. The difference in braking is noticable as well.

I've always used Breakkleen... well on my truck... not on my bike... but anything that's metal (non painted of course) that I wanted really fuck'n clean... works awesome.... and rids you of those pesky brain cells too if your not in an extremely well ventilated area... like say a wind storm... :lol:

Hell yeah, that stuff is great for cleaning almost every part of the bike

I thought this was going to be another PC pining thread. PC you should take advantage of Drewpy more, he is so whipped it's not even funny. He pines about you all the time. You could get a lot out of him if you tried.

what a good friend you are :lol:

Wait til Indy, when he is pining about PC not being there. You will want her to take advantage of him more too. :lol:

... :leaving:

:lol: well his other girlfriend will be there


OSP is comming right?

so about this housing situation... im not sharing a room with Mr. Snores alot...

I never heard if he got a ticket or not.

its not sold out is it?

well, you could always sleep in his bathtub full of ice!

no... Fatburg just got a ticket in stand B same section we're in. plus I'm sure there's tons of Gen Admission open

i need my kidneys to sell so i can buy the new 2009 R1

U sir are crazy...

Not on Brake dust and grime... huh. Been working for me for years!

Do it, You'll thank me later!

for a second there i thought you were going out with OSP.

:lol:

I hate cleaning my bike, I dread it becuz it takes for freekin ever..you can blow a perfectly good day away if really get into it and do it right....but damn it's always purdy when you're finished...LOL

Goo gone works great, I'll second that! Use it on nearly every spot that got grease or road grime around it. Always use some kerosene to clean that chain too atleast a couple times a year. Note to self, but the cigarette out first :whistle:

where can this goo gone be had?

walmart

Or Home Depot, lowes, grocery stores' cleaning aisles, damn near anywhere

depending on what kinda brake cleaner u got, itll eat up any surface it touches-i know this from experience, fucked up my rear wheel, swingarm, and caliper in one short spray:panic:


instantly takes paint off, makes powdercoat look dull. no bueno

that's when you spray it on an old rag. and wipe it on

Oh come on, buddy... :panic:

If you use BRAKE CLEANER to CLEAN your BRAKES and then your brakes don't function properly, you fucked up.

I use brake cleaner all the time. It's an excellent solvent.

Many parts shops will use brake cleaner as a general parts cleaner. In fact, the guy who owns the local GMD Computrack uses brake cleaner to clean all the parts of forks/shocks when he does a rebuild/oil/seals.
You sure you're not thinking of brake FLUID??? Brake cleaner isn't corrosive like that...

... i beg to differ... check out my rim pic from the front page, before i lost access to it

i had so much dirt under there i forgot i had polished AL rims...

So did you get anything done or did you just post about maybe doing some work???

i got the water wetter put in, new plugs and polished the lip on the rims... along with washing it

:idk: I use brake cleaner to clean up any oil/grease/grime all the time.

i know u havent met me, but based on my posts u oughta know i know the dif between brake fluid and brake cleaner, c'mon. and how the hell would i spray brake fluid?

like i said, depends on what brand u use. i found some i can spray anywhere, but the 1st kind i used it fucked shit up

i used brake cleaner to pull all of the paint off of my rim so i now have a polished lip on my front rim

thats how i plan on matching my back rim to the front on my kawi-what did u do to get a clean line?

luck

seems the metalulogy is different from the lip and the main part of the spokes and "spine" of the wheels and wasnt affected by the brake cleaner, if i am lying im dying

itd be the coating is different, not the metalurgy-i was thinkin using tape, and being careful at the edges. i'll give it a shot.

Uh, I think the tape would just slide off so fast you couldnt say "Oh shit" before you had the whole rim striped.

For the record RC-51 rims are like no other I have ever seen!

The outer paint will FALL off with a harsh solvent. Shit I think a gas spill would have taken that paint off.

They look like the factory clear coats them over the silver but the rough spokes and inner edge is black powder coated.

Weird stuff... But looks great when cleaned... if you were expecting that!

well, i got a honda back rim, so im hoping itll work. and i was gonna use duct tape. worse comes to worse, i can tape off the polished part with some blue painters tape and throw a light coat of paint on there to get a clean line