I am doing a motorcycle detail clinic this weekend!

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Spring has sprung around here and people are starting to contact me to bring the shine! I am always trying to come up with ideas. Here's the latest:

A friend at work hired me to come to his house and detail his 2008 Vulcan (lots of bling) and a newer Suzuki (not sure of model.) So I asked him, do you have any friends who would like to bring their bikes and I will put on a clinic? So far, 2 more bikes are coming and hopefully more! I am going to charge $75 per bike and the owner will do most of the work. I will provide tools, product, instruction, and supervision. I would have charged my friend $150 for his 2 bikes (friend price) but now I am going to gross at least $300, with less work!

Anybody have any super special motorcycle product recommendation, tricks or tips?

Getting all packed up:

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Having owned numerous bikes over 35 years I still use S100 as my go to "total" cycle cleaner. It is great on the entire bike. Just use lots of water to rinse thoroughly. If you have a bike with raw aluminum or a Harley where the clear has come off the wheels and/or front forks, watch out for strong cleaners or you will dull, etch, screw up the aluminum. Watch the cheap plasticized chrome on metric cruisers, be gentle. On Harleys, I have totally transformed Chrome with CLR and some 0000 steel wool. Try to avoid the obvious, like silicone products on tires or seats. Also, keep high pressure water from chains or wheel hubs.
 
Cool idea!!!

I think I'd go buy a pack of Kirklands or two though, I'd probably end up slapping someone if they were using the Super Plushes on some grimy areas.
 
Awesome, thank you. I am going to go waterless for this situation. Temps are going to be about 65 degrees. So far, all the bikes are reportedly more "dusty" than dirty.

I have a buddy who wrecked his Harley wheels with an acidic cleaner. He has asked me if I can do anything to restore them. I have not seen them yet. Any recommendations?

The Lil Sweet picture cracks me up every time!
 
KirkH said:
Spring has sprung around here and people are starting to contact me to bring the shine! I am always trying to come up with ideas. Here's the latest:

A friend at work hired me to come to his house and detail his 2008 Vulcan (lots of bling) and a newer Suzuki (not sure of model.) So I asked him, do you have any friends who would like to bring their bikes and I will put on a clinic? So far, 2 more bikes are coming and hopefully more! I am going to charge $75 per bike and the owner will do most of the work. I will provide tools, product, instruction, and supervision. I would have charged my friend $150 for his 2 bikes (friend price) but now I am going to gross at least $300, with less work!

Anybody have any super special motorcycle product recommendation, tricks or tips?

Getting all packed up:

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make sure you dilute everything.just kidding that's great easy money.
 
Speedmaster Daytona brushes for cleaning in hard to reach places.

If I still has a MC, I would use rinseless washes more often than hose. Good call for your dusty bikes:)
 
I'd suggest using a motorcycle jack to facilitate cleaning/polishing of the wheels and tires. Getting the wheels off the ground so you can rotate them makes the job easier, faster, and better.
 
Just finished. Had 3 guys and 4 bikes. I broke the lens on my camera phone so the guys are going to send me their pics. I will post some pics soon.
Had one bike with tons of swirls-mtallic blue. The owner didnt notice the swirls until I pointed them out. When I disappeared them, he was very impressed hahahaha!


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Excellent. Let me know when the micro shipment arrives. Nor cal from C5. Look forward to the pics
 
Here's how it went: I had 3 guys and 4 bikes: 2008 Kawasaki Vulcan, 2013 Suzuki Ninja, and 2 Harleys.

Started with wheels- Chemical Guys Sticky Wheel & Rim Cleaner, bucket of CG Citrus Wash & Gloss, brushes, microfiber gloves. Lots of spokes. Quickly realized wheels would need claying. CG Heavy Clay Bar and Clay Lube. Lots of tough tar, but didn't want to use strong cleaners on those shiny aluminum wheels.

Tires: Orange degreaser and brushes. 3 of the 4 had whitewalls.

Rims: CG MaxCoat WheelGuard

Leather: Removed the seats and bags and cleaned with Mothers VLR.

Chemical Guys EcoSmart Waterless wash in bottles. Optimum ONR in bucket with Edgeless Eagle towels. Sprayed down rest of bike, pipes and engine and did a rinseless wash, using brushes for tight spaces.

Clay: CG Light Clay Bar and Clay Lube. Clayed entire bikes.

Polishing: CG All In One 1 Step Polish and a Hex Logic White pad. I had a PC 7424Xp and a Cyclo Pro 5 for the guys to use. I demonstrated and did the tough spots. I had 5", 3" and 2" backing plates and pads for the PC. This combo removed 99% of the swirls on even the most swirled up, which was the Kawasaki. And it was unlikely that the novices could mess anything up with that combo of pad and polish!

Pipes: polished with CG Light Metal Polish and sealed with CG M-Sealer

Sealant: CG Jet Seal

Wax: Poor Boys World : Natty Black Paste Wax

Windshields: CG Streak Free Window Cleaner and then sealed with CG M-Sealer

Here's a couple of pics I have gotten from the guys so far:

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