Triumphrat

brolane · 03-19-2007

This week, the temps will return to the mid-70s, and it's time to get back to some serious riding. Each season, I have made it a practice to give my bike its bi-yearly scrubbing, with attention given to every detail.

Do any of you have any preference to washing solutions, wheel cleaners, tire dressing, special waxes, rubbing compounds, etc?

Any tips wold be appreciated.

03-19-2007

Try Griots garage. I really like their paint sealer and spray wax. I would rather ride then clean.Griots

Xavi · 03-19-2007

I use Mr. Clean Auto auto wash refills, about $5.00 a bottle. Mix as recommended on bottle. It is low alkaline like Triumph suggests. Then I use Honda cleaner + polish. Looks showroom new. Be well!

Goffe · 03-19-2007

I have recently tried S-100, which I like a lot, especially for the front engine areas, the toughest part to clean on a naked bike. I use Fuchs Silkolene Pro-Prep, to give it that showroom look, or close to it, once it is clean. There are other products like it too. I like Meguiars NXT Tech Wax and Quick Detailer. For many other cleaning duties, I use this concentrated stuff, called Green Apple Advantage or some such thing. It works well on almost anything, and isn't too harsh, almost like Simple Green.

MVP44 · 03-20-2007

Glare Auto polish - there is no substitute for an absolute showroom quality look - used to use Meguiar's, and it did a good job and is a fine polish, but I did one side of my tank with each and the Glare side just looked like polished glass and my tank is plastic. Highly recommend. It is somewhere around $30 a bottle, but you only use a very small amount to do the entire bike.
Great stuff. Web bike world did an article on this a while ago and really praised it also. Here is their review
http://www.webbikeworld.com/r2/glare...are-polish.htm

Here is the polish site

http://www.autopolish.net/