Wheel Cleaning Devices Options

[Fbomaaahhh]

Has anyone tried one of these devices for cleaning wheels or whitewalls? Wonder how they work for a full sized motorcycle... all I see on the interweb are pics and videos smaller bikes...

Whaddaaahhyahhh think? Good? Bad? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wtf.gif)

[Big_Ty]

These guys dont want to by a $30. bottle of wax .........let alone a device that to make wheel cleaning easier!

[Will Avila]

Looks good. Do you know how much?

And can't one simply grab the tire and turn it while it's on that ramp?

[Fbomaaahhh]

Looks good. Do you know how much?

And can't one simply grab the tire and turn it while it's on that ramp?

I dunno... seems like moving the wheel by hand would be the only easy way... but the youtube video shows them using afuckingtool....

I also wonder how much weight has to do with moving the wheel with ease? Notice the video and websites all show plastic bikes on the device?

This post has been edited by Fbomaaahhh: Jan 29 2010, 06:00 PM

[Fbomaaahhh]

Here is another one advertised in the March edition of AmericanfuckenIron... Still the video shows a plastic bike on the device.... http://www.wheeljockey.com/index.php?optio...7&Itemid=64

[Blackcloud]

If you wash your bike while it's on a YELLOW lift, you don't need one of these devices!

[Fbomaaahhh]

If you wash your bike while it's on a YELLOW lift, you don't need one of these devices!

I callfuckenbullshit... Everyone knows RED Craftsman lifts are the best... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/whistling.gif)

[Will Avila]

I have a Red immitation Craftsman lift.
I wonder is it's just as good. I haven't told my bike
anything so she doesn't know

[Sick_Puppy]

A properly motivated woman with long skinny fingers?

[wholehog]

A properly motivated woman with long skinny fingers?

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[wholehog]

sometimes their stuff is junk and sometimes not

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/disp...temnumber=98800

[madmech]

I have only the genuine YELLOW Crapsman jack. Also many spray cans for tins and lots of Havoline oil. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
Seriously,when I just want to access one wheel I just use a mini floor jack and jack up one end of the bike.
I wonder how the bike is held upright when on the roller chinga puta. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh2.gif)

Russ

This post has been edited by madmech: Jan 30 2010, 11:30 AM

[T-Willy]

Now I want to go search youtube for the guy who turned the roller around to let the wheel turn forward, and tried it while his bike was in 1st and idoling.

Reminds me of a thread from like a year ago where a guy from another forum had his GSXR rice rocket on the stand,running, and was using a rag to clean his chain until the rag got snagged and pulled his hand through the sprocket. Lost a few of his fingy's at the knuckles! I searched for that but could'nt locate.

[wholehog]

Also many spray cans for tins and lots of Havoline oil. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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Russ

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/hysterical.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hysterical.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hysterical.gif) man I forgot all about the Havoline.....it's been a long time.....wasn't that SKY? btw i think I know where he is now but not real sure.....I think he calls himself "Classic"

[Blackcloud]

Here ya go T-Willy
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[T-Willy]

YUP!!!! That was it. I couldn't find that.

I just wonder how long it will take for someone to pull that off with the new wheel cleaner!

Ya can't change stupid right? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

[screwball]

Eddie,
Here is a 'poor mans' wheel cleaner. It is a shaved down 2 X 8 with a 3' galvanized pipe attached with a pipe flange and a stiffener "L" bracket. Put it toward the rear, back tire comes up, use it forward, and front comes up. Easier than getting out the bike jack. Just bevel or round over the floor and rail edges, the board will rest on the handle as support. If you leave the edges square, the bike will feel wobbly.

I bought a center stand for my E Glide. To do the wheels now, I just put a 1x on the floor and put the center stand on he board, gives me the additional lift to clear the rear wheel.

Good Luck!



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[LoudnProud]

These guys dont want to by a $30. bottle of wax .........let alone a device that to make wheel cleaning easier!

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What's wrong with just rolling the damn thing??? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/whistling.gif)

[xusnatc]

I'm with ya Robert ! Every once in a while I'll do a major cleaning of the bike, and that's calls for me throwing it up on the craftsman lift.

[xusnatc]

Here ya go T-Willy
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I love the first response to that dudes thread:

" Holy shit. You are one dumb fucker!"

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This post has been edited by xusnatc: Feb 2 2010, 12:18 PM

[Fbomaaahhh]

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What's wrong with just rolling the damn thing??? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/whistling.gif)

I'm with ya Robert ! Every once in a while I'll do a major cleaning of the bike, and that's calls for me throwing it up on the craftsman lift.

So... just what the fuck is wrong with trying to make things easier...? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wtf.gif)

[Fbomaaahhh]

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What's wrong with just rolling the damn thing??? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/whistling.gif)

I'm with ya Robert ! Every once in a while I'll do a major cleaning of the bike, and that's calls for me throwing it up on the craftsman lift.

So... just what the fuck is wrong with trying to make things easier...? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wtf.gif)

[LoudnProud]

Why are you studdering???? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hysterical.gif)

[Fbomaaahhh]

Why are you studdering???? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hysterical.gif)

Fafafaffafafaffuckyou...... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bird1.gif)
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Fucken Texans... gggeeeeessssseeee.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/whistling.gif)

[LoudnProud]

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[ErnieS]

Why would I buy something like that?
If I want to lift a wheel to clean it, I take a stack of bricks with wood on top, that just slides under the frame on the right side, at the back of the horizontal part under the engine. I take a stack the same height and put it near the frame on the left, grab a hold of the bike and stand it up straight. While it's straight I kick the second pile under the frame. When I let go of the bike, it's sitting there remarkably stable with the front tire on the ground and the rear, about an inch off. The same works for the front tire by moving the stacks, or the whole bike, if you use 4 stacks. The whole bike is trickier. I need the wife to position the stack on the front left, but I'm just a little shit and have no problem lifting my RoadKing so that both tires are off the ground.

[deuce04]

Just put it on the FUCKEN jack...whats the big problem?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/whistling.gif)

So what kind of oil do you use?? Who the fuck cares


and the list goes on (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hammerpc.gif)

[Fbomaaahhh]

Listen all you fucks... I have a jack and use a jack when I need too... I also roll my bike to clean the wheels...

THE QUESTION WAS: "Has anyone tried one of these devices for cleaning wheels or whitewalls? Wonder how they work for a full sized motorcycle?"

So, I'm glad you all have creative fucking ways to prop your bike up for fucking cleaning... But I take it no one has tried one of these devices... and no one knows how they work on full size motorcycles...

[LoudnProud]

Yeah, but it wouldn't be any fun if we just said no we don't know how they work.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hysterical.gif)

[deuce04]

Dont the wheels roll when the bike is on the jack??

Im just guessin here (IMG:style_emoticons/default/whistling.gif)

[Fbomaaahhh]

Dont the wheels roll when the bike is on the jack??

Im just guessin here (IMG:style_emoticons/default/whistling.gif)

Yourfuckenright deuce... and your wicked smaaahht too!

By the way... some birds fly south in the winter too... but that's just as irrelevant now isn't it? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/whistling.gif)

This post has been edited by Fbomaaahhh: Feb 3 2010, 07:21 PM

[Blackcloud]

THE QUESTION WAS: "Has anyone tried one of these devices for cleaning wheels or whitewalls? Wonder how they work for a full sized motorcycle?"

ok, let's see.....that's actually two questions. So....
1. No.
2. And no I don't.














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[Big_Ty]

Handy dandy contraption and I would buy one if I knew they worked with a full size Harley Davidson but since no one knows Im going over to HD forums .........maybe someone there knows a thing or two!

[screwball]

I had one! Friend gave it to me when I bought his dirt bike. It was a huge pain in the ass on the dirt bike. Used it to check and adjust chain tension. Tried it once on my Springer. Between trying to balance the bike on the rollers and kick stand propped up on a piece of 2x6 I was always afraid the bike would tip over. With the bike on the stand, the rear wheel tended to drift to the right when you rotated it, changing the angle on the stand. Gave it to my neighbor who used it with his bicycle for exercise.

Also have one of the leverage wheel lifters, you know they fit onto lugs that replace the axle nuts. Worked great on the dirt bike, couldn't handle the weight of a Harley. Again, with the bike on the side stand, there was too much weight on the low side arm. With 2 people, one holding the bike upright the other handling the jack it worked, but you needed two to put it up and take it down.

I used the piece of 2x8 cut down with a handle (pictured earlier) to do my wheels before I installed the center stand.

Good Luck!

[Fbomaaahhh]

I had one! Friend gave it to me when I bought his dirt bike. It was a huge pain in the ass on the dirt bike. Used it to check and adjust chain tension. Tried it once on my Springer. Between trying to balance the bike on the rollers and kick stand propped up on a piece of 2x6 I was always afraid the bike would tip over. With the bike on the stand, the rear wheel tended to drift to the right when you rotated it, changing the angle on the stand. Gave it to my neighbor who used it with his bicycle for exercise.

Also have one of the leverage wheel lifters, you know they fit onto lugs that replace the axle nuts. Worked great on the dirt bike, couldn't handle the weight of a Harley. Again, with the bike on the side stand, there was too much weight on the low side arm. With 2 people, one holding the bike upright the other handling the jack it worked, but you needed two to put it up and take it down.

I used the piece of 2x8 cut down with a handle (pictured earlier) to do my wheels before I installed the center stand.

Good Luck!

Thank's Steve! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumbsup.gif) Finaly a solidfuckinganswer to the questions and to satisfy my fucking wonder?

I kindah figured they must suck if they don't advertise a full size American bike in their demos... but wanted to hear first hand.

Being gimp-fucken-one-armed these days... I am looking for every easy to use gadget I can find to help me... I can't work a jack and hold the bike at the same time one armed... wont even try given my limitation.... but I thought I might be able to manage rolling my bike on one of these... now that you confirmed they suck, I'll keep thinking on what I can manage...

This post has been edited by Fbomaaahhh: Feb 4 2010, 06:45 PM

[rebel715]

The best thing I ever used to clean a wheel was a fat woman on the back of my sporty. Her ass cheeks hung down low enough to remove the chain lube from the rim AND buff the sidewalls of the tire. A 10 mile ride should polish it up nicely for you. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hysterical.gif)

[JIMMYZ]

yOU FUNNY rEB!!

[madmech]

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