Dry your bike for less!

[MarkCR750]

If you are like me and can't resist riding through the winter and therefore having to wash all the crud off when you get home here a top tip, don't buy a dedicated bike blower for £80+, get a pet blower on eBay for around £50, they are exactly the same, just sayin.

[Honda Al]

Well blow me, you're right! Yep, pun intended. Quick compare on ebay and they are almost identical.

Cheers, I was thinking of getting one.

[Nurse Julie]

You can pick up a Hairdryer from Argos for less than a tenner, good for smaller bikes I expect 

[ST1100]

You can pick up a Hairdryer from Argos...

Which isn't even nearly as much fun...



 

[MarkCR750]

Nurse Julie, yes great for a 1/32 scale 🌞
ST1100 I'm sort of hoping the person holding the dog is female?, otherwise we could be witnessing an appalling image of pooch abuse!

[Orcade-Ian]

So, have I got this right then?  You dry the bike with the dog?

Ian

[Nurse Julie]

Oh no, I sense this thread is going off tack, the same way as the sewing machine one 

[Orcade-Ian]

When I was 'darn sarf in lanky shire' and a member of the Jag Drivers Club, we had a real good friend with a Pomeranian and I oft remarked that it would make a great polishing mop. I even spotted a good place to fix the handle for hard to reach places. 🙈

Please don't send me back down there!
Ian

[ST1100]

Yeah, and I'm getting marked for addressing Maltese as Swiffer... 
I mean really, 2 zip-ties and a stick is all it needs... 

[Johnwebley]

how about this ??


   http://www.screwfix.com/p/energer-2000w-heat-gun-240v/59740



  I use it to warm stuff up



  and it doesn't eat or drink,or pee on the floor

[ST1100]

how about this ??
http://www.screwfix.com/p/energer-2000w-heat-gun-240v/59740

I'm sure Julie melts for that one... 

They've quite a low but seriously hot air-flow, risk of damaging plastic, cable sleeving and paint (or Julie's powder-coating...)

I use them for applying shrink tubes, to remove/installing bearings (instead of a blow-torch) or to soften those stubborn carb isolators...

[MarkCR750]

Yes they are a great tool, I've freed of corroded bolts with them they get so hot, drying your bike with one would be a tad expensive though, respray, new plastic bits etc etc 😀