Well I'm a little bored on this nippy Friday night! So spent the last few hours thinking about my ever growing pile of cleaning products, and what I'll be adding to it next! So, post a pic of your stash of cleaning products! Mine will be posted tomorrow!
Dont bother buying bike specific stuff, its over priced n doesnt do owt outstanding. I wash the bike with Triplewax car shampoo, shes dried with a microfleece cloth from Tesco ( cheap ) n Mr Sheen used on all plastics, whilst WD40 on metal bits including the discs ( never once had an issue as bike is left for few says before riding )
I mainly use Auto glym products, get them dirt cheap from the Auto glym van that comes to work! So if anyone needs any Auto glym stuff, let me know!
I have used MER for a long time, on all my bikes, and pleased with the results. I use it on all plastic surfaces, including screen. Mr Sheen also gets a look in, for cleaning wheels, along with WD40. Other than the above nothing, special used, except a great deal of satisfaction, when you stand back, and think 'yeah bike looks good'
You put WD40 on your discs? Surely that's a big no no ! I would love to do it because the discs rust like buggery unless I dry them carefully but I understood that putting any kind of oil or lubricant on them would adversely affect braking and contaminate the pads.
Yep and have used wd40 on ALL MY BIKES for the past 10 yrs and never once had an issue. The bike doesnt get used during the week as i drive to work in the car, shes a toy n not a work horse so theres normally 4/5 days between me cleaning to riding again. My last bike ( R6 ) the pads lasted for 1000's of miles as im not 1 of these that zoom off n slam on the anchors everywhere i go ( not saying anyone is on here ) so again no issues and will carry on using wd40
Not surprised....lol I'd not put it on the disc face but that's just me your free to do what you feel is best However oil will contaminate the pads and you will loose the efficency of your brakes, work they may but I give you my word the power of the system will be reduced if oil is present in any amount, I'd also keep it to your self as if an engineer was to be called in the event of a crash you could incriminate yourself as covering any braking components in any kind of oil is a massive NO NO, discs that rust show a higher content of iron and offer better stopping power over discs with higher levels of stainless, stainless (%) discs are less prone to rust but offer less stopping power
Arthur! This is just as I understood it to be! Rusty discs and pad weld are very annoying on the blades and I always try and avoid it by blowing off the discs and brakes with an air line after washing and using some kitchen roll to dry them as well. Sometimes I am lazy or forget and the buggers are orange and stuck by the following morning ! I wish there was an easy fix but I don't think that there is !
I know what you mean, well brakes rely on friction, any type of lubricant even water will reduce braking efficiency if the pad materiel soaks that up they will also be less efficient and even permanently damaged if the oil can not be removed, as you have seen its the iron content in the disc that rusts, the more iron, the more rust you will see, Brembo discs have high iron content and show large amounts of rust, it does not effect the performance of the disc but looks crap, BreakTech iron discs rust like hell but have massive stopping power. Cheaper discs often have less iron content and ironically don't rust, but they don't stop as well either!
No such thing(ish) for the road BUT these are:- Say hello to CMC Carbon matrix discs Super light, but £1200 PER DISC!
I thought you couldn't use carbon discs in rain or wet conditions? In motogp they don't use carbon discs when it's wet conditions and go back to metal disks! So carbon discs on a road going bike wouldn't work out to well as you would be constantly swapping back to a metal disc setup and could be totally screwed if you get caught in a downpour when out n about!
Like I say the CMC discs are road/track and can be used just like any other disc, you can also use normal pads. The carbon discs used in MGP are another world away from the CMC, the CMC takes around 6 weeks to make 1 disc hence the cost, it takes 6 months or so to bake a MGP carbon disc and I'd dread to think of the cost, they are also matched to the pads.
Ah fair enuff so the cmc stuff isnt as brittle and more stable than the motogp versions, I was just goin on what I had read or picked up from commentary during race weekends! Also heard it was about €10k per front corner for motogp carbon setups, can't see the factory fitting those standard on any street bike in the near future.
i thinking if i should buy this or not.. Sdoc 100 (S-Doc) 5LTR JUMBO CONTAINER! MOTORCYCLE CLEANER FROM GERMANY! SUPERB AND SAFE!: Amazon.co.uk: Car & Motorbike i had the smaller bottle, and spray on leave for a while and use a mite to clean and then rinse.. did seem to work well.. not watched the video yet: Sdoc100 motorcycle cleaning and chain care - YouTube wd40 - used for the more greasy parts
