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Author: **rogsatt34** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 2:41 pm

Whenever I wash my bike, I use my leaf blower to dry it off with. My friends look at me like I'm crazy. Someone tell me that I'm not the only one that uses a leaf blower to dry a bike.

Author: **slowpoke** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:03 pm

what is the difference between that and the air dryers at the car wash?? nothing. It is a good idea, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Author: **totallyredvirago** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:19 pm

never done it.... but guess what i am going to use the next time i dry my bike.. :naughty:

thanks for that tip.....dan

Author: **48vintage** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 4:06 pm

I use my leaf blower to dry her every time she gets a bath or a shower . .
done so for years . .
much cheaper than a motorcycle dryer and doubles as a leaf blower too.

Gary

Author: **eaglebeak** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 4:21 pm

I'm also one who uses my leaf blower as a bike dryer that gets water out of all the tiny crevices that a chamos can't touch.

However, using it on the cat after his bath is pretty traumatic :shock:

Author: **packman** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 4:41 am

I use a leaf blower too after wiping the bikes down. It helps eliminate water spots. I don't let the wife do it anymore as she got the drawstrings from her pants caught in the blower intake & almost mooned the neighborhood & I had to take the blower apart to fix it. Be careful & safe always.

Author: **mark75** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 6:03 am

whatever works!
cheaper than a "Air Force" "Blaster".
If I owned one I would prolly use it, but use my compressor instead.

Author: **Delmarosalinda** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:58 pm

I'm a trucker and i use one to clean out the back of the trailers. 53' is a lot of sweeping. Good idea for the bike...

Author: **smprince** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 7:19 am

yep.. i use the leaf blower to dry my bike an car.. much faster then hand drying.

Author: **workingstiff** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:26 pm

I use them every spring when I put the snowmobiles up for their summers nap. The first time I felt sorta funny, got over it when I saw how good it worked.

Author: **bstig60** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 8:16 pm

Great Tip! Never thought of it......... But I will use it now..... Too bad it won't blow off ICE.....

Author: **totallyredvirago** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 8:20 pm

no but a hair dryer will :bg:

........dan

Author: **bstig60** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 8:24 pm

Yup!!!!!

Author: **gregkw1** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 12:19 am

I use my compressor with a air tip.

Author: **bstig60** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 12:26 am

@^%#^%&%**$# Tis cold and miserable here...... I wish I was back in South Florida.......... Sorry, every year and this time I get this feeling. I have used the air compressor before to blow water off of things. In the summer it air dries in a few minutes here, but its winter and cold now. 'bout 30 degrees...... on its way to mid-twenties tonight.

Author: **Streetmedik** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 12:14 pm

totallyredvirago wrote:no but a hair dryer will ........dan

Strip the heating elements out of 3 or 4 hair dryers and stuff them in the snout of a leaf blower... WA-LA.. Turbo hot air blower!

Author: **bstig60** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:54 am

The last post on this thread was in December of 2012. I doubt you will get a response. Take the time to look at the date on the thread before you respond.

Author: **Irishoutlaw** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 3:44 am

bstig60 wrote:The last post on this thread was in December of 2012. I doubt you will get a response. Take the time to look at the date on the thread before you respond.

Now Now bstig, be nice..... there is a chance that he will get a response.... small but possible.