Mo-clean’s top 5 tips

1 Use a degreaser on the chain, back wheel and engine. Start with the chain and the back wheel so that it’s got the most time to soak in. 2 Use a tar and spot remover on road tar and maybe a bug remover on insects. 3 Rinse all that off with a low pressure jetwash or a bucket and sponge.

4 Then wash it with a specialist soap or shampoo, and then rinse it again.

5 Dry it off. Mo-clean use an air dryer, but you can just use a microfibre cloth. Then you are into polishes, waxes, anti-corrosion treatments and what have you.

‘It’s about doing the right thing in the right order’

It was last this clean in 1997 Shock. It’s clean Downpipes come clean, but paint on shock link would be good

Three year old discs and calipers have come up nicely THANKS: last year I lamented the rusty demise of the Honda’s original silencer. Reader Chris Lovatt had one going begging, and we did a deal. With the silencer fitted, and the spruce up I’m back in love with the bike again.