never spray your bike with a hose or pressure wash it. the water seeps in to the bearing and cables and destroys them, the very best cleaner on the market hands down is WD-40. most people dont realise it but WD-40 will clean anything because it is actually a cleaner with oil like properties. if you spary it on your bike it claens away dirt without scratching and leaves it shiny clean. just be careful to keep it away from your rotors and bearings. if it gets in places like your hub it will clean away the grease. so simply spray it on a rag for places like hubs. i guurantee this will be the best clean your bike has ever had at half the price of any other cleaner.

very cool kevin's mom is my little sister's teacher. what a connection!

i have had two pairs of 661 shoes in my life. i was very unhappy with the quality of the shoes.the actual upper was actually pretty good and very durable. they both looked good even after a whole summer.the real problem was with everything involving the soles. the soles felt very think, cheap and fell apart in no time. the first pair i had was the launch taki. i thought that the softer sole would help give more traction but i noticed no difference. in about a two months a hole had started. not all the way through but almost there. in 3 months there was a hole and the sole was actually HALF OFF the shoe. my reasoning behind even buying a second pair was because i thought that maybe it was just the thin soft sole. my second pair was all black leather but i can't remember the name(descend i think). 661 said they were good for day to day use so thats what i used them for.same story with these shoes. got a hole in no time but atleast the sole stayed on this time. also on both shoes i felt that the foot support was very lacking. it was like some cheap paper almost(hard to describe) that wore out in no time so you were walking on the actuall rubber sole(very incomfortable). also i have noticed that for 2009 both these shoes are gone (that really tells you something). because of this bad experiance i am not the fan of 661 i used to be and especially regarding footwear. (i really like the raji gloves though)