Waxing your bike

[mcmahonm]

Guys what kind of wax do you use for your bike's, I use the mothers stuff on the car but is it okay for the bike?

[Gadjet]

Guys what kind of wax do you use for your bike's, I use the mothers stuff on the car but is it okay for the bike?

it will be fine.

I almost never wax my bike. it's a KLR, it's supposed to be dirty

[runsilent]

I waxed the gas tank once with Lemon Pledge spray wax and the magnetic tank bag slid around afterwards. I'll never do that again; besides if it's nice enough out to wash/wax a bike, it's nice enough to go ride it instead.

[Sev]

I use Meguiar's Gold Class wax. I was given a bottle for my birthday back in August, and a couple of micro fibre cloths. After it's been washed it takes all of 5 minutes to apply and remove a single coat of this stuff to the whole bike. It goes on, and comes off that easily.

If it's been a long day and I'm really tired and pretty stressed out, I got in the habit of heading out to the garage and putting 5 or 6 coats of it on, sure makes the bike look nice, and all the bugs and other garbage rinse off a lot easier.

[mustangski]

I have to agree with the Meguiars wax and micro fiber cloth. They work great.

[Randy]

If you are using lemon pledge, it is really important to use a micro-fiber cloth. That is what I do anyhow.

[Sev]

why?

[mcmahonm]

why what?

[Sev]

Why do you need to use a microfibre cloth with lemon pledge?

[mcmahonm]

Maybe he lokes the smell of lemons over exhaust fumes at lights