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2006 Kawasaki ZX6R/ZX636C Cleaning

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#1 · (Edited)
I am currently doing a ton of maintenance, valves, cam, brake fluid change(done), coolant, smog block off plates install(done), throttle & clutch cable lubrication, air filter clean, spark plugs(done), new friction plates(done), new crankcase cover(mine was scratched enough to be leaking; done), new CRG clutch & brake lever, and finally oil change(1/2 done). I also have new fairings from Monster Fairings on order hopefully they look as OEM Plasma Blue as possible and quality unlike my last Chinese ones with the right side flying off at high speed, and installing an Under Steering Bitubo Steering Damper. Naturally with all this work I want it cleaned up and like new as possible, doing it all myself. Anyway, so yeah anybody know if I can just spray off the underside of the tank area and underneath the seat areas?(After removing the battery of course.) It's incredibly dusty under there.

TL;DR - Is there basically an easy way to clean everything up underneath the tank and seating areas? By say, spraying it with water without any damage to wires, etc? I'll likely be just wiping everything down with a bucket of soapy water and cloth/dish brush but I am just touching all possible avenues. Thanks.
 
#2 ·
I would strongly suggest NOT dumping any water into areas that don't normally get wet. If you're concerned about dust, get a vacuum cleaner with a furniture brush on the end of the hose and use that to see how much you can remove, then blow everything out with compressed air and try again.

After all of that, I would only use a damp cloth I had wrung as much water out of as possible.....
 
#5 ·
I have powered washed more bikes after bodywork and tank is off than I can count, and none of them had any issues afterwards.....

but I also did not shove the wand right in there tight @ wiring or carbs/airboxes etc.... only getting in tight where all the oily shit was all over the engine (valve covers, output shaft areas and oil pans typically) but I have knocked off decades of dust from under fuel tanks from peoples bikes stored outside or stored in dirt floor barns etc... or sometimes they drive on gravel roads on every trip