#cleaner

John Smith was cleaning yet another reusable air filter one day, when he noticed that after shaking it out, it still held a lot of water. As anyone would, he started throwing it in the air, spinning it as fast as he could to remove more water. That worked well, and then came the brainstorm: “So I walked into my garage and found my hand-held rotary seed/fertilizer spreader. My dog (Prince) had already chewed up the top, so I finished the job and cut the rest off. I duct taped the filter to the spinning part and started spinning the crank: The faster it spun, the more water came off.  So, I started working on a design that would automate the whole process.”

We’ve all been there, dragging out the hose to try and get rid of a plague of bugs we collected on our latest ride. The process is always the same: hose down and scrub away at chrome, lenses, and pretty much any surface that has become coated with dust, dirt, and grime from the last ride out. But what if there were a different way? What about doing all that, without any water?

As motorcyclists, we’ve all heard that using high-powered pressure washers on our bikes is a big no-no. The pressure can force water past O-rings and seals, introducing the potential for corrosion and premature wear. Some of us have ignored that warning by using pressure washers anyway and, aware that intensity is an inverse square of the distance, tried not to get too close to the bike’s sensitive parts with the wand. Well, now Muc-Off has created a motorcycle- and bicycle-specific power washer that addresses the excessive pressure issue.