Who has the cleanest motor on the board?

[Jedz123]

And I get a giant F!

I'm always too busy ridding than cleaning or polishing...

 

[tkent02]

Ahem ... I think since I sometimes spend more of my weekend fooling with my bike than I do fooling with my girlfriend...

They make a pill for that.

 

[keman]

They make a pill for that.

I know, but she doesn't like the way the Prozac makes her feel.

 

[Guest]

The purple Skunk:

The 1150:

The Cooley:

 

[Guest]

I can say that neither of my bikes deserve to be in here, I imagine if I put in the time, alot of time, well maybe. Mine are daily drivers, not show bikes. I'm not going to sweat out going through the occaisional rain storm knowing they're getting dirty. As long as they're decent looking and rideable I'm OK with that, and also knowing I can take them up to the next level should I ever care too.
But to those of you here that have invested the time and effort, I salute you! The bikes here look awesome!

 

[Nessism]

My vote goes to Bruce! It's one thing to put out a clean bike after restoration, but Bruce keeps his bikes ultra clean at all times (other then when he's riding them).

 

[trevor]

Here is another one of mine.

 

[Guest]

My vote goes to Bruce! It's one thing to put out a clean bike after restoration, but Bruce keeps his bikes ultra clean at all times (other then when he's riding them).

I get 'em dirty, too!

 

[trevor]

Wow Bruce is that the same bike? You plowin some feilds with that bike? Is that a before or after pic and what are you using to clean your motor?

 

[Guest]

Wow Bruce is that the same bike? You plowin some feilds with that bike? Is that a before or after pic and what are you using to clean your motor?

That happened during a two day trip with Tom_MLC. It was after I did the initial cleaning. Here's what I started with:

I used toothbrushes and baby bottle brushes and Simple Green. I scrubbed on it for days, then polished the side covers.

I now only need to wash it down and use some Mothers on occasion for the polished stuff.

 

[Billy Ricks]

Im getting ready to paint the motor on "Gabrielle" and was looking through the archive for other threads from members who have painted their motors. I was surprised to not find a thread dedicated to pictures of them so, here it is. Id like to see the cleanest/nicest Japanese air-cooled engines you've seen.

An example of a CLEAN motor:

That would be doubleblue's bike, one of my favorites.
http://www.thegsresources.com/halloffame/2005/gs_photo_jun05.htm

 

[Guest]

That would be doubleblue's bike, one of my favorites.
http://www.thegsresources.com/halloffame/2005/gs_photo_jun05.htm

One of mine too. It's pure bike porn...

 

[Dogma]

My 1000G used to look that clean. Then some wrench-monkey at the dealership un-crated it.

 

[1980GS1000E]

Sorry, I need to disqualify any motors that were silver and now painted black. Trevor and Bruce get my votes.

 

[Guest]

Geez Bruce, you missed getting mud on a couple of the carb bowls! Sure looks like you would have gotten a bit wet.

 

[trevor]

My secret weapon! Purchased this little beauty at my local Canadian Tire.

 

[trevor]

My secret weapon! Purchased this little beauty at my local Canadian Tire.

sorry here it is didn't load the first time.

 

[Rover]

Does it count if the pic was taken in 1977? Didn't think so.

 

[Guest]

My secret weapon! Purchased this little beauty at my local Canadian Tire.

Please let us know how it works....it looks suspiciously similar to a Spinbrush sonic toothbrush, done in industrial yellow.

 

[trevor]

Please let us know how it works....it looks suspiciously similar to a Spinbrush sonic toothbrush, done in industrial yellow.

I used it today and it works great used it on my rims but it works awesome on hard to scrub parts on the engine where you can't get chubby fingers. $20. plus another $10 for more attachments. It was a rainy day here in Victoria so I spent the afternoon in my garage cleaning up the bike.