Top products from r/SoCalRiders
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1. Maxima 70-749203-3PK Chain Wax Ultimate Chain Care Aerosol Combo Kit, (Pack of 3)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
3 Pack Contains: Maxima Clean Up 15.5 ounce, Maxima Multi Purpose Penetrant Lube 14.5 ounce and Maxima Chain Wax 13.5 ounceMaxima Clean Up is a heavy duty, emulsion type cleaner designed to thoroughly clean chains without harming rubber O-rings or metal surfacesMaxima Multi Purpose Penetrant Lube is...
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Repeat after me: WD40 is not a lubricant.
Use a chain cleaner and wax like Maxima's offerings. Use as instructed, do it every 500 miles on the dot.
If it's raining, after your ride hose off your bike with a garden hose to get abrasives off the paint and out of the chain, your hose water is much cleaner than rain water and road grime. This will make it less intensive or even unnecessary to clean your bike after a rainfall.
Also, detailers don't like doing bikes. The detailers I've hired that said they'll do bikes are generally rank amateurs and shouldn't be allowed near anyone's bike. Bikes have nooks and crannies unlike those on a car, they have a bunch of parts exposed, they take a lot of time. They take so much time that the detailer has trouble getting enough out of the job to justify.
Get yourself a garden sprayer, a bucket, a pack of microfiber cloths, and a big old jug of auto-soap with wax in it. Clean that noise yourself. If you have an air compressor dry the bike using that as it'll prevent scrating.
Then, get a jug of carnauba wax and clean the shiny bits of your bike. Don't bother applying to matte or powder-coated parts.
/r/AutoDetailing, specifically posts related to motorcycles.