Motorcycle Cleaners, Waxes and Polishes

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You may have come across one of the Hawg-Wash product catalogs in the mail -- they've been supplying automotive and motorcycle care products to both consumers and professional detailers all over the world since 1988. 

They even have a manufacturing division that produces the Blackfire brand of car care products, Eimann Fabrik professional detailing products, and Sonus and Pinnacle car care products.  The owners of Hawg-Wash are "hands-on" -- chances are, when you call or send an email, you'll be talking directly to Terry or Jan Freiberg about their products.

I requested a selection of motorcycle care products for testing.  I specifically wanted to get a couple of the more unique or interesting products that are either new to the U.S. market or that are out of the ordinary in addition to some of the basic items that many motorcyclists use.

Now, it's just about impossible to do an empirical and objective test with data on these type of products.  I took some photos, but they definitely do not do justice to the before/after results.  So you'll have to take the webBikeWorld subjective judgment on this -- and remember, your mileage may vary!

One more thing -- I have to confess that I'm the complete opposite of the "rat bike" owner -- I'm one of those fussy motorcycle owners who prefer having their bikes look like they just rolled off the showroom floor.  BUT, I'd rather be riding, wrenching or admiring (in that order) then spending a lot of time sweating and rubbing various concoctions on my bike to keep it clean.  

So I have a built-in bias (sucker?) for products that have key words like "instant", "do it all", "multi-purpose", "easy", etc.  It seems that with 21st century technology there just has to be the ultimate degreaser/cleaner/polisher/protector that works instantly and with no elbow grease on metal, plastic, rubber, paint, glass, windscreens, etc.

All of these products can be characterized by one of those keywords, with the exception of Wenol.  It still takes some good old-fashioned elbow grease to polish metal!   But read on, and enjoy -- we think you'll find something in this review that can help you minimize the amount of time you spend cleaning your bike so that you can maximize the time spent riding it! 

PRODUCTS IN THIS REVIEW
Product	Purpose	wBW Flaming Helmet Rating*
Black Again	Plastic cleaner/renewal
Auto Glym	All-in-one cleaner/polish
Wenol	Metal polish
Rim Magic	Wheel rim cleaner
Luster Detailer	Quick shine between washings
S100 Engine Brightener	Cleans and protects engines
*The Eminently Subjective wBW Flaming Helmet Rating System
5 Helmets	Outstanding product that "surprises and delights" and does more than expected.
4 Helmets	Excellent product that does what it says and maybe a bit more .
3 Helmets	Average product that works as expected.
2 Helmets	Works about equal to equivalent products.
1 Helmet	Works, but there are better alternatives.

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