Just to give everyone a heads up. I found this stuff at the dollar tree called "Awesome". Its a multi purpose degreaser that works better than anything else I have ever tried. I found myself saying this is "Awesome" on multiple occasions. If you get a chance to swing buy a dollar store see if they have it.

It's a dollar well spent.

You might want to be careful with some of those dollar tree brands. Alot of them will tarnish aluminum and powdercoat. That's what I like about Simple Green. You could leave it on forever, and it won't effect the finish of anything.

X2 Simple Green and a pressure washer

wd-40.

Leaves a nice water barrier as an after effect. And makes metals nice and shiny not to mention plastics and does not were of near as fast as the plastics polishes.

I WD-40 my motor and the swinger pivot area after every wash, It also makes it alot easier
to get the muck off when cleaning the next time.

Just make sure awsome isnt butyl, if it is dont use it on anything polished or chromed or it will ruin it. wd 40 is a water displacer so it works great for keeping your motor clean. I use non butyl degreaser that I sell and tire foam on the tires and plastic. I have heard of alot of guys using wd on red or blue plastic to make it shine. The good thing about wd is it doesnt atract dirt as bad as some other products.

[font="Comic Sans MS"][/font]I found that "Pledge" works really well as a barrier against water and mud

Pledge? Really? That wood polish stuff?

I use it on my R and my sled.... works great.

dang. I'm missing out. lol something new for me to try.

For a degreaser try spray power from walmart..I have seen pros use it and recently tried some myself and man this stuff is awesome..Just spray on and give it a few minutes the pres wash off and bam new bike...

[WARNING WARNING WARING!!!!!! AWSOME make sure you do not get it in your eyes a kid in our football team got sprayed in the eyes with it and has been blind for almost a week he has major perminant damage just a heads up

Oh damn, Thanks for the warning!

i know it sounds like common sense but hey you never now

Purple power cleaner/degreaser works well, You can get it from walmart/autozone

X2 on the purple power, but have you noticed that it leaves white stuff on like the motor or any other non plastic part??

Mix it 50/50 with water, Solves the oxidation problem..... or spray on rinse off works as well

Purple Dragon is the best degreaser Ive seen. It is strong though, and you have to be careful with it. Using it with a hot water pressure washer will definitely make an engine and swingarm look new again. Its not a bike wash though...

As far as a bike wash goes, S100 is the best (or HondaBrite, same stuff), but its expensive as hell. I use Simple Green due to cleaning ability, safe for your plastic, skin, and eyes. It also quite cheap when you buy it in the gallon size at Home depot for $9 and mix it 4:1 making 4 gallons.

I tried purple power and to me it sucks..Wouldnt bring off the grease on my sprockets or swingarm but when you put on spray power and let6 it sit and pressure wash off it brings it clean as new..

I use de-solv-it citrus biodegradable degreaser. It laps Simple Green

Have you guys ever tried simple green xtreme. I got some samples and it is awesome and i thought it cleaned very well.

all kinds of products to try. i generally use purple power or castrol super clean but it is HELL on your skin.

i use tire wet on my plastics. makes them shiny and doesnt seem to attract dirt.

Purple stuff works great but it eats up your hands i'll keep on using SG and a pressure washer