[Badbob]

I'm not real picky about washing the bike. I give it a good washing once in a while with a bucket of cold water and what ever car wash detergent they have on sale and a wash mitt and paint brushes.. I also like to clean with paint brushes simple green and cold water. For drying I use microfiber towels. I can't recommend microfiber towels enough. They are also good for light weight bath towels when your camping. I can dry just as good with one of these little towels as I can with a big cotton terry cloth towel. I wax the shinny parts from time to time with Meguiars best way I ever used.

I clean the wheels and other chrome parts with WD40 and a piece of terry cloth. If you've never done it you'll be surprised how easy the rear wheel cleans up with an oily rag.

For stubborn stuff on chrome its hard to beat an SOS pad. I got melted riding pants off the exhaust with SOS pads. If you have an older bike thats been out in the weather and their are rust stains. Try WD40 and some 000 steel wool.