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Title: cleaning baked on road crap off my motor
Post by: jason 900sie on July 12, 2011, 06:33:53 PM
Help please: i'm a bit of a clean freak and just bought a 2001 monster 900sie.The guy who had it before obviously didn't think it was important to do much cleaning.I was wondering if anyone had any tips for getting baked on road crap off my motor?
Title: Re: cleaning baked on road crap off my motor
Post by: lawmaster891 on July 12, 2011, 06:37:52 PM
carb cleaner and a tooth brush has worked good for me, followed by geased lightening an finally soap and water
Title: Re: cleaning baked on road crap off my motor
Post by: thought on July 12, 2011, 06:44:23 PM
i've heard great things about hondabrite
Title: Re: cleaning baked on road crap off my motor
Post by: jason 900sie on July 12, 2011, 06:49:02 PM
thanks for the tips. what is hondabrite?
Title: Re: cleaning baked on road crap off my motor
Post by: the_Journeyman on July 12, 2011, 07:14:35 PM
I used dish soap and one of those sponges with the netting that are for removing bugs from windshields.  It worked great on most of the grime.  They're $1 a Big Lots or similar stores.

JM
Title: Re: cleaning baked on road crap off my motor
Post by: Speeddog on July 12, 2011, 07:24:05 PM
Quote from: lawmaster891 on July 12, 2011, 06:37:52 PM
carb cleaner and a tooth brush has worked good for me, followed by geased lightening an finally soap and water

Test the carb cleaner on an inconspicuous area first....

The older motors have more durable paint, but the new motors, not so much.
Do that on a new motor and you'll clean the paint right off.
Title: Re: cleaning baked on road crap off my motor
Post by: Mr Earl on July 12, 2011, 08:53:32 PM
Simple Green.  Seriously, the stuff is miraculous.  Crap I couldn't get off with dish soap or WD-40 just literally melted off using Simple Green.  Thorough rinsing is mandatory - it's apparently corrosive to some extent.
Title: Re: cleaning baked on road crap off my motor
Post by: Ddan on July 13, 2011, 02:26:45 AM
Quote from: Speeddog on July 12, 2011, 07:24:05 PM
Test the carb cleaner on an inconspicuous area first....

The older motors have more durable paint, but the new motors, not so much.
Do that on a new motor and you'll clean the paint right off.

#1  I'd be very careful with the carb cleaner. 
This stuff is pretty amazing.

http://www.por15.com/MARINE-CLEAN/productinfo/MCG/ (http://www.por15.com/MARINE-CLEAN/productinfo/MCG/)
Title: Re: cleaning baked on road crap off my motor
Post by: zooom on July 13, 2011, 01:28:09 PM
s100 seems to work pretty well for me.
Title: Re: cleaning baked on road crap off my motor
Post by: thought on July 13, 2011, 01:56:32 PM
Quote from: zooom on July 13, 2011, 01:28:09 PM
s100 seems to work pretty well for me.

to answer the prev question what hondabrite is, it's basically the same as s100.

http://www.bernardiparts.com/Hondabrite__08732-0020B.aspx (http://www.bernardiparts.com/Hondabrite__08732-0020B.aspx)
Title: Re: cleaning baked on road crap off my motor
Post by: scooterd145 on July 14, 2011, 11:47:23 AM
My FAVORITE remedy is Go Jo hand cleaner and an old tooth brush. Read it on here long ago and it worked great for me  [thumbsup]
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