Author Drying the bike (Read 6402 times)

silverstripes · **on:** Nov 06, 2015, 01.23 pm

OK I do clean mine, its on the road all year round in the UK so it does get filthy.

So I clean it as we all do with a vast array of brushes and cleaners, and then I dry it.

Yes dry it

Not with a wash leather but with a leaf blower. I dry the bike with my petrol leaf Blower. it provides a 150 MPH air flow, that blasts all the water away from those hard to reach places and especially the radiator matrix.

A serious hair dyer for the bike

, oh and I might do a few leaves now and again

How do you dry yours

seadog · **Reply #1 on:** Nov 06, 2015, 01.32 pm

Silverstripes

I have a couple of leave blowers I was going to put in the boot sale. Now I have found a new use for them

seadog

Zebraranger · **Reply #2 on:** Nov 06, 2015, 02.09 pm

I've been using a gas powered leaf blower for years to dry my vehicles, works great. The TTSE doesn't get wet washed with a hose though, so no need for the blower on the Trophy.

john348 · **Reply #3 on:** Nov 06, 2015, 03.29 pm

I use a squeegee and chamois but when they did 'all year biker' they used a 'proper' bike hairdryer But reading above I might get the leaf blower out. It is only electric one but it is worth a go.

Thanks

lemuriano · **Reply #4 on:** Nov 06, 2015, 05.43 pm

I have been using an electric leaf blower for the last 6 month and it make the job easy. Good to know that others have the same idea.

nert · **Reply #5 on:** Nov 06, 2015, 09.02 pm

NEVER thought of that. I will give it a try.

Travelling2bob · **Reply #6 on:** Nov 07, 2015, 06.55 am

With an average ambient temperature of 25C things don't take long to dry

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Ernest T · **Reply #7 on:** Nov 09, 2015, 02.06 pm

I blow off the water with an air nozzle attached to my large air compressor and use a microfiber towel to finish up. I don't normally ride in gunky weather so it's pretty easy to clean.