Waterless Cleaning of your Motorcycle Wheels

First off, I would like to let everyone know that I did remember to weigh myself today and I didn't gain nearly as much weight as I thought. I gained a whopping 2 pounds, which really is water weight. So, even after being off the Core4 products for two weeks, I have been able to basically maintain my current weight.

Tonight I would like to review briefly our waterless vehicle cleaning product, UltraLuster. UltraLuster allows you to clean your vehicle without pouring water on it first. You can have a dirty vehicle and as long as you can see the color of the paint through the dirt, you are able to spray UltraLuster on the dirt and clean it off without harming the finish. I would like to state that if you REALLY wanted to, you could use UltraLuster on an extremely dirty vehicle, but you would have to use so much product, you would really be wasting it. If you have caked on dirt, your best bet is to lightly rinse off the dirt (do not use a pressure washer, you will only be pushing the dirt into the clear-coat and paint) and allow your vehicle to dry. Then you can spray UltraLuster Waterless Wash on the paint, chrome, plastic and any other non-porous parts of your vehicle.

When you are cleaning motorcycles, there are a few more difficult areas than on cars, trucks or vans. One of the most inconvenient areas to clean on a motorcycle is the wheels. On a car, the wheels are all exposed, so all you have to do is to clean the outside of the wheel. You don't have to work around a fender or any forks and shocks like you have to on a motorcycle. When cleaning the motorcycle wheels normally you have to clean a portion, then stop ad roll the motorcycle forward or backward enough to access more dirty parts of the wheel. Keep in mind, that since a motorcycle has only two wheels, you have to clean both sides of the wheel also. This can be very inconvenient with the front wheel of a motorcycle, but can be very uncomfortable when cleaning the rear motorcycle wheel.

For cleaning the rear wheel on motorcycles that have bags, you have a very little area to access the wheel. You end up having to stop often and roll the motorcycle a little bit very often. That can be a real pain in the neck. We have discovered a new product that can make cleaning motorcycle wheels much simpler. We have a Wheel Cleaning stand. Using the Wheel Cleaning Stand, you do not have to roll the motorcycle forward and backwards to access the difficult areas of a wheel. All you need to do is to roll the motorcycle up onto the stand, add a small block of wood under the kickstand, and begin cleaning the wheel. The wheel cleaning stand places the wheel (either front or rear) between two rollers and allows you to easily rotate the wheel without having to move the whole motorcycle.

This Wheel Cleaning Stand can be used to clean either the rear or front wheel on motorcycles and trikes. It is easy to use and does not take a lot of effort to push the motorcycle up onto the stand. The other benefit of this stand is that it is small enough to place in a saddle bag of a motorcycle. Several stands we have used in the past take up an enormous amount of space. You need a trailer to carry the stands. This is the first stand that we have found to be very easy to use, easy to transport and very affordable.

If you are tired of pushing your motorcycle back and forth to clean the wheels, you should consider investing in a Wheel Cleaning Stand. We offer them at a very reasonable price and they do not take up much garage space at all. The overall dimensions of this stand is 12' x 9 1/16" x 1 1/2"H and is approximately 4.5 pounds. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions on the Wheel Cleaning Stand. Our offered stand also comes with a brake strap so when you place the rear wheel of your motorcycle on the stand, you can apply the brake strap to prevent the bike from moving around too much.

If you want to know which waterless cleaning products to use on your wheels, please feel free to ask us. I can say using the UltraLuster Tire Treatment on the rubber is good, but be sure to not spray too much on your motorcycle tires, you do not want any of the Tire Treatment on your tread, it will make your wheels very slippery. For loosening up the caked on brake dust on your rims (excluding chromed rims) you can use the Tire Treatment there also and follow up with UltraLuster to provide a nice clean finish.

For more information on either the UltraLuster Waterless Cleaning products or the Wheel Cleaning Stand, please see our website, www.hawgwash.net, or feel free to e-mail us at hawgwash1@yahoo.com.

Until tomorrow...