{"id":3010,"date":"2018-01-12T12:28:49","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T12:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/?p=3010"},"modified":"2019-02-16T00:58:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-16T00:58:11","slug":"wmb-pride-cleaning-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wmb-pride-cleaning-products\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: WMB Pride Cleaning Products"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We\u2019ve known the crew at We Move Bikes for years now,\u00a0because they are the people who look after Harley\u2019s press\u00a0fleet and handle their logistics, so when they invited us to\u00a0test some cleaning products that they have had developed,\u00a0we jumped at the chance.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We know that they have a very demanding requirement,\u00a0and have formulated their own cleaning products, having\u00a0given up trying to find something that meets it.<\/p>\n

They are the poor sods who have to clean up after us,\u00a0because it\u2019s not all riding bikes in the sunshine, stopping in\u00a0stunning locations to take photographs and popping into\u00a0country inns to partake of their fare.<\/p>\n

It mainly is, obviously, but not all the time.<\/p>\n

Even when we do bring bikes back clean, that won\u2019t be\u00a0clean enough for the next journalist so they still have to\u00a0wash them, and over-washing causes its own problems.<\/p>\n

And that means every press bike plus every demo bike\u00a0that comes off one of their curtainsiders at Harley events,\u00a0plus all manner of Harley\u2019s internal requirements.<\/p>\n

Motorcycle Wash<\/strong><\/h4>\n

WMB wanted something that they could use frequently,\u00a0that worked, and that continued to protect after it has been\u00a0washed off.<\/p>\n

And we had the perfect opportunity to put it through\u00a0its paces with the Freewheeler, because there\u2019s a lot of\u00a0bodywork to keep clean and we have had a lot of liquid\u00a0sunshine this summer.<\/p>\n

Full disclosure: I hate washing bikes and always have,\u00a0even if it does give you a much better understanding of\u00a0how they\u2019ve been put together, because it\u2019s a waste of riding\u00a0time. My biggest gripe is that it\u2019s best to do it when you get\u00a0home at night, having just ridden through rain and cold\u00a0and you just want to sit back in dry clothes, the only nearby\u00a0liquid being in a glass in your hand.<\/p>\n

On the positive side, you\u2019re still wearing waterproofs.<\/p>\n

So, I want it to be as painless as possible. It is.<\/p>\n

Having made sure that the bike is all wet, either dilute\u00a0Motorcycle Wash 9:1 with water and apply it with sponge or\u00a0brush, or else spray it from the bottle.<\/p>\n

Leave it for a couple of minutes \u2013 work it in if necessary,\u00a0for dead bugs or heavy soiling \u2013 and then hose it off.<\/p>\n

No big surprises.<\/p>\n

Except having wet the bike with a low pressure jet wash\u00a0on spray, I rinse it off with the same and while I\u2019m familiar\u00a0with the suds from the cleaner dissipating with a casual\u00a0rinse \u2013 if they\u2019ve survived any agitation \u2013 Motorcycle Wash\u00a0lathers as you rinse it.<\/p>\n

And having rinsed it, give it another go, and it lathers\u00a0again. And again.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when you realise it was clean, with no trace of\u00a0lather after the first rinse, and that all you are doing is\u00a0rinsing off residual layers that are designed to leave behind\u00a0to protect the finish, and provide a showroom shine.<\/p>\n

It goes without saying that it is non-corrosive, and it\u00a0leaves a genuine smear-free finish that polishes up with a\u00a0microfibre cloth.<\/p>\n

Motorcycle Shine<\/strong><\/h4>\n

If you want an additional level of shine, combined with\u00a0an anti-static surface that repels dirt and dust, Motorcycle\u00a0Shine will keep that finish for longer.<\/p>\n

Silicon-free, it can be used on all painted surfaces,\u00a0plastics, chrome and stainless steel, but must not be used\u00a0on brakes, hand grips or pedals\/footrests for obvious\u00a0reasons.<\/p>\n

Spray on, remove any excess, polish to a shine. Simple.<\/p>\n

Reviver:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

WMB\u2019s first product not to be prefixed by \u2018Motorcycle\u2019 and\u00a0that\u2019s because it\u2019s for your gear. As well as looking after the\u00a0bikes, WMB look after the riding gear that demo-riders use\u00a0when taking bikes out, and this needs keeping fresh too.<\/p>\n

And just as you don\u2019t want to face the body odours\u00a0from the last person to wear that riding kit \u2013 especially in\u00a0hot countries \u2013 you will know that your own gear needs\u00a0freshening up occasionally.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m talking about non-removable helmet linings, boots,\u00a0gloves and that brilliant jacket you\u2019ve got that keeps the\u00a0cold out, but wasn\u2019t the best choice on that mid-June day\u00a0that constituted the summer of 2018.<\/p>\n

That day, I was in a beer garden with the Indian Owners\u00a0Club, wearing the same gear that climbed up to the Punks\u2019\u00a0Peak Hill Clim in Spain twenty-four hours earlier, ridden\u00a0across France overnight in and which, by the time I got\u00a0home, would have been wearing for more than thirty-six\u00a0hours straight. And in sunshine that had heated up a tin of\u00a0energy drink \u2013 bought in Biarritz and stowed in an outer\u00a0pocket of my luggage \u2013 to the temperature of ten minute\u00a0old coffee between Folkestone and Kings Norton!<\/p>\n

On getting home, I had the presence of mind to spray\u00a0the Lindstrands Drizzle boots, RSD Diesel gloves and\u00a0Clash jacket, Rokker Revolution jeans and both of the\u00a0helmets that I had taken before losing consciousness on\u00a0the sofa. And then I put the same kit back on the following\u00a0day to show how good modern riding gear is, and took the\u00a0Chieftain Limited out on just an unseasonably hot day.<\/p>\n

And it all smelled fresh: not new but clean and nothing\u00a0like it had smelled when I pulled my overheated self out of\u00a0them little more than twelve hours previously.<\/p>\n

The common term these days is to say that it eliminates\u00a0odours and that\u2019s a fair description: it doesn\u2019t mask smells,\u00a0it removes them. And it hasn\u2019t yet stained anything that I\u2019ve\u00a0applied it to, which is all I could have asked of it.<\/p>\n

Wash (1 litre): \u00a38.45<\/h6>\n
Shine (500ml): \u00a38.99<\/h6>\n
Revive (500ml): \u00a38.99<\/h6>\n
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