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This did cause some problems, though. Chains, wheel bearings and brakes are high maintenance on a trials bike anyway (rear disc brake pads could be done after 2 trials in winter, with wheel bearings not far behind), but I was a bit suprised that on one bike (JCM 240 Europa) the generator side main bearing failed through rusting due to water ingress through a gasketed cover, requiring a full engine rebuild to fix.
I would recommend a rechargeable pressure washer - I bought one to wash the fleet when there was a hose pipe ban here, using water from a water butt plumbed in to one of the house fall pipes. This has a lower pressure than a mains or commercial unit & can be set to a gentle fan pattern, but is also very economical on water ( around 2 litres a minute, so fewer buckets for you to lug ! ) and the battery capacity is more than adequate to do two bikes or a a car with charge to spare. It performs way better than I expected it would and gets reqular use. IIRC it is a B&Q own brand unit that got a "Best buy" from an Auto Express group test of such devices, but I can get details if you are interested. Mine was a "used once" purchase through Ebay at around half new price.
Nigel B.
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