Thought I'd share a quick new way to clean grungy hard to get at nooks and crannys.
Last August I bought my first bike, a 1980 GS750L. It sat outside for about two years. I've been cleaning and repairing as I ride (7,000 miles and counting!)
Today I thought I'd get into the carb surfaces as I've been cleaning and polishing a little each week. I was having a hard time getting anything to work in all those hard to reach surfaces. Then I had a brainstorm.
My wife is a dental assistant, so I have a few extra toothbrushes and little toothpaste tubes laying around. I mixed a few ounces of Goof-Off and an equal amount of toothpaste together. It took a little doing, I guess because the water base and solvent base didn't want to mix, but it blended after I worked at it a minute with the brush in a stainless cup I have.
This stuff worked great! I swirled it over the entire surface and worked it in with the toothbrush and let it set a minute. Then I rinsed it off with water. Two applications and it looks better than any other time since I've had it.
Hope this helps somebody else.
Last August I bought my first bike, a 1980 GS750L. It sat outside for about two years. I've been cleaning and repairing as I ride (7,000 miles and counting!)
Today I thought I'd get into the carb surfaces as I've been cleaning and polishing a little each week. I was having a hard time getting anything to work in all those hard to reach surfaces. Then I had a brainstorm.
My wife is a dental assistant, so I have a few extra toothbrushes and little toothpaste tubes laying around. I mixed a few ounces of Goof-Off and an equal amount of toothpaste together. It took a little doing, I guess because the water base and solvent base didn't want to mix, but it blended after I worked at it a minute with the brush in a stainless cup I have.
This stuff worked great! I swirled it over the entire surface and worked it in with the toothbrush and let it set a minute. Then I rinsed it off with water. Two applications and it looks better than any other time since I've had it.
Hope this helps somebody else.
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