What the hell should i do to clean this much road grime

Its a 45 year old bike and im fixing a lot of poor modifications and lack of maintenance

Ive tried a could off the shelf degreasers but need something better

  • Dry ice blasting.

    This is the way

  • 4 to 1 kerosene and water, and a little dish detergent. and THOROUGHLY rinse it off after...

  • Aerosolized brake cleaner or engine degreaser and a wire brush

  • Looking at the pictures I think the only thing that would work would be to sandblast the area however their can be some risk to this u have to be careful of any rubber or rubber hoses so . Don't think anything else would work. Good luck 👍

  • Before trying anything drastic i find Wd 40 works ok. Just spray on, agitate a bit with a dishwashing brush, leave for 10 mins and hose off. Elbow grease is required unless you wanna use some super strong shit

  • Seafoam deep creep spray and an old dishwashing brush did the trick on mine

  • Walnut media blasting, works really well to de carbon valves in direct injection engines. Just a thought.

  • try a little baking soda and elbow grease

  • Plastic scraper, followed by gunk HD engine degreaser give it a good scrub, pressure wash. Repeat

  • Could give it a good pressure wash on the lowest settings, then while wet cover in a good dusting of borax or comet

    Let it sit for just a bit, then scrub the everloving hell out of it and rinse

  • Just cleaned up an old dirt bike around the same age. Plastic razor blade, gunk degreaser, and WD40. It’s going to get messy. 

  • autosmart g101 and a stiff brush

  • Diesel in a spray bottle. You can mix in some degreaser if you want. Some of that and a scrub brush should do you just fine.

  • That looks like structural road grime. Best not to touch it