Cleaning products for motorbike plastics/fairings

[Nitew4tcher]

to all bikers

as my bike is currently sorn...ive taken the oppertunity to strip the fairings off and give them a good clean and polish.

what products do u use? i have some black marks on the white tail fairing there from my boots...catch the tail occasinally getting off.

i cant get the marks to shift..............any suggestions? been tempted to try a rag with some petrol on it but wouldnt want to harm the laquer or even the plastic itself.

also do u use a rust inhibitor of any sort?

Dan

[pitslayer]

Depends on how far you want to go, even though I only have an RS125, I went a bit too far, well, it still needs work, if the garage ever fixes it.

First get yourself a clay kit, try that as it may take the marks out
If not Menzerna intensive polish
If that doesn't work G10
If that doesn't work G6
If that doesn't work I will be very surprised bu G3

Get yourself a decent hardwax, £30 should get you something nice, Victoria concours is a good wax

Zymol wash is a good cleaner, can get it from Halfords

Rust inhibitor, mine being an Aprilia it doesn't go out in the rain, or if it is slightly damp.


With mine, I have gone to silly lengths to get it clean, as the bike hadn't been looked after by previous owners,
Going from this level of shine


To this level took 7 days






But tar and glue remover over any tar, don't put it near any stickers though
Wash it down and hose it off, don't use a pressure washer.
Dry it
Clay it
Polish with Menzerna intensive polish
Buff off with decent MF cloths
Apply coat of wax

All time and money, mostly time though




ETA: Most important thing to remember, is when you have done all of it, sell it and buy a two stroke

[MikeM]

I use industrial wet wipes on my supermoto plastics really good,they get rid of oil
etc even all the crap that you get from trackdays will post the name for you
next time i am in the garage

[Nitew4tcher]

cheers 4 that mate

i always fancied the rs250........last oof the strokers ....rare as rockong horse poo

[pitslayer]

The problem with the RS250 is exactly that, you just can't get one for love nor money, well not a decent one, I would love one as well, maybe I will look out for one when I finally get my arse in gear to do the test, although for what its worth, I may just de-restrict the RS as she is a beast, and has been fully rebuilt, but maybe turn it into an extrema, then I can head for around 250bhp per litre.



As for getting rid of oil, if there are no stickers or plastics, I use thinners with a paint brush and a tooth brush.

[Nitew4tcher]

i miss my drz400 that is a mental wheelie machine

[MikeM]

Yeah supermotos great fun done the sportsbike thing but gone over to supermotos great on trackdays
mind you have a race bike lightweight but big bucks for engine rebuilds

[666damned]

deep scratches i use g3 ......and meguirs for everything else......swirl x is good for swirl's and a good quality t&g remover,but be careful near any decals

[666damned]

i'm in the process of stripping my zx9r.powdercoating a few things and generally getting her shipshape for next spring....

[Nitew4tcher]

i'm in the process of stripping my zx9r.powdercoating a few things and generally getting her shipshape for next spring....

cool cool thats what im doing with the gsxr she will be spankly shiny

[MikeM]

Nice can't beat tearing a bike down and sorting everything out ,just finished putting my husaberg supermoto
back together after a rebuild blew up on a trackday,engine went bigtime £1500 for a rebuild! Then alsorts
off other stuff,drives the wife mad! Now just trying to sweet talk her into letting me buy a legunm

[MikeM]

The industrail wet wipes i use good for cleaning most things ,they are by eski .greenham building supplies sell em

[statham234]

for plastics i use tfr(traffic film remover) then back to black to black to shine them up again