All great advice...all MUCH apreciated !!!! One thing that hasn't been detailed is detailing the engine itself. I have dried up oil mixed with dirt, grease, blood, urine, moon dust, God knows what all has accumulated on there and been baked on. I need to pull my carb to do some pilot cleaning, inspection and jetting.... I want to avoid getting any of that "biohazard" down in the buisness end. The Simple Green & hot water worked great on everything else, but didn't touch the grimey goop plastred all over the carb, hoses, linkage, ect... I even tried a little brush with no luck. There's a really strong degreaser called purple power that works great on my car, but. I'm conserned that letting it soak on those parts may damaged the seals, hoses or anything it seeps into. Any methods or products good for detailng the engine and all it's delicate lady parts ??? Sure, maybe I'm dragging this out, making it a bigger problem than it is, but believe me with my luck.......one little pIece of trash will get somewhere it shouldn't and wait untill I've just committed on a 60ft double to cause my bike to stall. Once again, and I mean this.........thanks for taking the time guys !!!!