eastezrider

Well... I'd been dreading cleaning my engine compartment, especially after multiple snows and rains, then I thought "hey how about using Bike Brite ". It's what I've used on my bike for years, and is a 'spray on, spray off & ride' product. Well I must say that the box is back to factory and I highly reccommend it.


If anyone has had any experience with other products, I'm open to suggestions.

Harley#356

Here's my method. i do this once a month during show months, because the engine gets quite dusty with the ram air hood and i live in a friggin dust bowl

mask off alternator and intake filter

spray down cool engine with sprayer nozzle on my garden hose

spray engine down with 25 % simple green and 75% water mixture. any stronger and your hoses will turn white, any weaker and it won't do much

let it sit for a few minutes

hose off

get the leaf blower and dry off the engine, blow out all the nooks and crannies

get some vinylex or some other WATER based protectant (not tireshine or oily stuff) and spray down all the plastic stuff and wiring stuff. when that dries, since its waterbased it'll evaporate any excess, and mix in with any little puddles left and evaporate out. leaves a nice low gloss sheen on the engine and everything looks like new.

next time the dirt just rinses right off cuz the vinylex makes the dirt not stick as well

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RIHarley

I used the S100 product that I used to wash my bike. the engine compartment came out great.
All that nasty salt from the winter is gone, hoses look good and dirt and grime is gone. It isn't a show truck, the S100 product that I buy at my local arley dealer worked for me.
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eastezrider

yup, S100 is a fine product as well. I've used it on my bike also, but got turned onto the Bike Brite, as many around here think it's better. I'm not sure about that, but I think it's at least as good and much more available as all the local custom bike shops carry it... but I can't disagree with your choice of S100, tha's a Coke vs Pepsi argument...

The S100 Detail wax is the best thing I use on my bike, been using it on my truck wheels since I got it as well...

keep the faith, and ride safe...

=SVT=Timco

i jsut used Engine Brite and it works fine,

2002GreyHD150

where can I find Bike Brite or S100?

Midwest....?

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Rob,
Over here on the west side of the state every motorcycle shop I go to carries S100...never heard of Bike Brite.

Harley#356

TTT and stickified!

Just another heads up, especially as these trucks age, watch the water around the coil packs! Not a bad idea to take another couple extra steps and get a compressor and air hose and blast the water out of the coil pack holes (pull the coil packs to be extra thorough)

i am fr0zen

add p21s full auto wash to this howto! its wayyy betteer than simple green. smells better than simple great. and doesnt erode anything and is all natural. directions are on the box

musturbo

I use scrubbing bubbles bathroom cleaner

fxstbf150

Any local HD dealership carries S 100 cleaning products.

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Harley#356

wayyy better? Simple green doesn't erode anything, and its usually sold in concentrate so as long as you dilute it properly you'll never have an issue.