TE/TC Cleaning a pitted dirty motor.

Ive used a defreaser but need something a little better. Iven cleaner? A mild miratic acid?

CRC brake clean degreaser & stiff bristle brush (old tooth brushes work well)

WD40 works as an cleaner also

Someone mentioned toilet bowl cleaner but the name escapes me atm

After I get the big mud off I spray Armour All extreme wheel & tire cleaner on it, wait a bit and rinse. It works great.

I'm gonna have to second the wd 40. The trick is using it before the bike is dirty and everything practically rinses off. But it works awesome as a cleaner as well. I get the non aerosol kind and it's way better

I use the refillable spray bottle and buy the gallon container, seems to last way longer.

Exactly

Marvel mystery oil and a rag.

Interesting. I will ask about it at local auto parts store

I wash my bikes, it was a bike i bought from one of those type that ride and put away wet and fill it with gas and ride again. It had low hours and decent price, he just never cleaned under bike very well. Theres 2 opposing philosophies to bike care. Believe it or not ive seen riders only clean filter and change oil, leaving chain alone, dont wash it well and only fix when broke and seems they arent to bad off from guys like me that maintain alot. Weird.
Anyways, i use industrial degreaser and wash off, i tried the crc brake cleaner, worked great. Spraying bike down with wd before a race is a waste of money in my opinion, nothing can stand up to harescramble in ohio, wash it after.

What works for some doesn't work for others I suppose. With the clay we have here in northern Nevada I've literally buried my bike in mud to where the front wheel don't spin anymore and I have to scrape it out and I can vouch that the wd before helps in my case cause I've done it with and without and numerous times. I don't bathe the bike in it but anything metal besides the brakes (obviously) gets a light coat. 3x easier to clean up after. Not maintaining a bike is a waste of money imo.

In clay type mud I can see how WD40 before hand would be helpfull. Clay actually stains if left on for long periods of time.

yes it does. Luckily I've managed to keep my 15 te300 pretty spotless but that stuff can't sit for more than a day or too and it'll stain that quick

maybe someday they will come up with a coating or something to protect the metal...like paint?

Any color besides white! There's a few small stains on the inside of my frame but after all it is a dirt bike. I'm just kind of OCD about the 15 cause I bought brand new I think. There's only so much you can do when a bought used bike already has its scars but being the owner since day one can help prevent a lot of crap. They just need to go back to black cases!

If it's pitting on the aluminum, a good cleaning with a rag coated in the oil will remove the aluminum oxide that has developed. You would want to use a degreaser afterwards to remove the excess oil. It won't remove any deep pitting, but the natural occurring oxide will be removed.

All great ideas. I bought my 2016 brand new, 6mo later it looks 2 years old. HS racing is brutal on bikes, and i maintain mine pretty decent. But, again i know a guy that lets his go and cleans it when it needs repaired and he does just fine, best HS racer in my class, been at it a long time. Old school guys coated bikes in oil and let dirt coat protect it.

Clean is faster! We are talking about high dollar Technical marvels of mechanical engineering. Treat them right & they work better. Cleaned, lubed & adjusted......Then beat the snot out of them.

wd-40 and and a new toilet brush. not to keen on using old toilet brushes.LOL