Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > General Motorcycles only > What to use when cleaning the bike???

[swannymere]

Jet Wash every time,as long as your patient enough to dry everything.Then the Autoglym stuff and then a quick wipe with WD40 to keep everything tip-top.The only strange thing is my alarm tick-tocks like a clock when it gets really wet.

[weeksy2]

Originally posted by wato39
I'm guessing from reading here that you chaps would not recomend jet washing the engine then?

depends how much power on it mate....

Ducati engine casings are notoriously 'flakey'

[frazelli]

I use Autoglym products including the motorcycle wash and I have not found anything better yet!

Surely though if you are not using water you run a higher risk of scratching your paintwork??

[wogger]

Mer polish on bodywork, don't leave powdery residue like Autoglm does, silicon spray on most other bits, but NOT brake discs OR seat.

MUC OFF is good too.

[Carbon749]

Originally posted by frazelli

Surely though if you are not using water you run a higher risk of scratching your paintwork??

Depends on the level of dirt, if caught out in the rain and the bike is covered in road crud then I have been known to hose it down with clean water before leather and polish.

If it's only dust and flys then a damp leather on the flys and a clean soft cloth with Mer polish for everything else.

Have stripped all the body work off and jet washed the frame, wheels and engine arround once a year to get rid of the dirt that build up on the bits that you can't normally see.

[wato39]

Originally posted by weeksy2

depends how much power on it mate....

Ducati engine casings are notoriously 'flakey'

How do the elcrtrics stand up , i was a mechanic on Ferrari's for a good few years and the Magnetti Merrelli (spelling?) parts on those didn't like jet washing at all , we used to spend ages blowing them dry with a airline,they also never liked Wd40 spayed all over them too much either .

[Edited on 15-5-2006 by wato39]

[Edited on 15-5-2006 by wato39]

[ath748]

I use Muc Off or Wurth cleaning stuff. Fill up a few plastic Volvic bottles and use them to rinse the bike - that way you don't drown the electrics. Been doing it every month for two years, no probs.

[Jiminy]

Muc Off for loosening the general accumulated dirt, followed by rinse down with bucket of warmish water. Paraffin round the rims on a rag to lift up the worst of the grime and anywhere the chain lube has splattered itself. (oh and a decent tin of elbow grease)

Jiminy

[Red-Duc]

I found Muc Off made the carbon bits go streaky, or perhaps i left it too long before washing it off.

Ive always cleaned the bike with jet wash, silicone spray and auto glym

[KeefyB]

AndyB will be along with his baby wipes soon!