Good ways to clean tyre

[kevindinho]

Hey people!

What are some good ways/products to get grease and crap off your tyre? Think i flung some lube and shit on it. I don't have any drifting experience on a motorcycle so i thought ill clean it and make sure i'm safe hehe.

Cheers
Kev

[robracer]

Kev just get some CT18 truckwash & give em a scrub every now & then

[Wattie]

jest ride onthem carefully.

[kevindinho]

will normal car wash liquid do rob?

[Wattie]

it wont make them slippery, it hoses off

[mike-s]

CT-18 is certainly the goods, at least for plastics. Never really tried using them on tyres. Though if talking fairings i have found some of the kitten stuff incredibly good on the body if you overdo it on the concentration a bit.

I've used the citrus based stuff to get rid of road/brake grime from the rims. You can get it from golo and bunnings and it does a bang up job of cleaning road grime off the rims. Perhaps that followed by ct18?

[robracer]

will normal car wash liquid do rob?

Kev you would have to keep it at a fairly strong ratio..... if you have one use a spray bottle

[IsleofNinja]

jest ride onthem carefully.

^^^ who are you and what have you done with Wattie ???????



Brakeclean/Acetone/thinners perfect kero ok and long as you let it dry completely first or may be a tad greasy

[robracer]

Acetone/thinners perfect

Near the painted rim, could be disastrous

[Gazza]

bug and tar remover gets chain lube off anything , tyres , fairings etc.

its good shit

[newzthou]

wipe the tyre down with a rag soaked in fuel, the road will take care of the rest.

[IsleofNinja]

Acetone/thinners perfect

Near the painted rim, could be disastrous

Since when have you relied on the sidewall being clean for corner grip??

[robracer]

Well the treaded part of the tyre wont be dirty

[IsleofNinja]

Now your showing off dude


Nice pic

[Slow and wobbly]

CT18 is on the caustic side so don't put it near aluminium. Caustic substances dissolve the Bauxite in aluminium and alloys, even annodized surfaces. Annodizing will not protect from caustic degredation because anodizing is nothing more than a controlled form alluminium oxidization that is color dyed. Raw black ABS plastic dislikes it also.
Use Dishwashing liquid its PH neutral will remove most things - bugs, oil etc and wont damage anything.

Have a closer look at a 10+ year old truck next time your at the lights and see what truckwash does to paint and bodywork.