anya4oz

Yes, I know this has probably been covered in at least 400,000 other threads, but having just spent 20 mins swearing at the search engine (which is coming up with irrelevant stuff), please bear with me.

We are shipping our 3 bikes to Oz next week. They are 'working bikes' i.e. they get ridden a lot and look quite dirty. No matter how much we clean them, they don't *look* clean to me.

Pressure washing simply strips the paint off, so it's not an option unsless we want to be the proud owners of 3 gleaming silver bikes (quite cool, though, eh?)

So, do we need to strip them down & degrease them, or do the good men of the Oz Customs understand that bikes are for usin' and will be a bit grungy looking, as long as there's no actual mud/spiders on them, the tires are clean & they smell of Jeyes Fluid?

TIA for any help on this.

Anya.

owieb

We cleaned our bikes thoroughly, including decreasing them, but we tend to do that on a regular basis anyway. They were pretty spotless when they were sent over.

I did have a spare set of forks which I hadn't bothered degreasing and the customs picked up on them and wanted them cleaned, yet I had a bag of old brake stuff which was pretty greasy and that went through fine!

IMO if they look clean and there isn't any noticable mud or dirt they should be fine. But it really depends how closely customs look at them.

MarkMyWords

LOL! What a great idea! Makes 'em easier to transport, eh?!

Owieb

Originally posted by MarkMyWords
    > LOL! What a great
idea! Makes 'em easier to transport, eh?!

Certainly saves on
getting a huge cleaning bill from customs if they have any dirt or mud
on them! :rolleyes:


--
Posted via http://britishexpats.com

owieb

My fingers are cold and I can't type properly!