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A bike is mostly not paint
Chrome, polished aluminum, spokes, leather and exhaust — that is where the hours go and where a car detailer gets it wrong. And nothing slippery goes near a grip, a peg, a tread or a rotor. Ever.
Detail from $156
Ceramic coated $673
Done in an enclosed bay
Mobile — own water & power
Visual proof
Before and after
On a bike the tell is never the paint. It is the engine cases and the chrome going cloudy, because those are the surfaces nobody can be bothered to do properly.
Before — oxidised cases, hazy chrome
After — polished, cleaned, sealed
Spoke by spoke — there is no machine for this
Permanent coating — $673 for the bike
Six surfaces, one machine
Where the hours go
A car is one big painted surface with some trim. A bike is half a dozen different materials packed into a few square feet, most of them bare metal, and all of them needing something different.
Chrome
Plated
Haze and spotting polish off. Pitting means the plating has failed.
Polished aluminum
Cases & covers
Oxidises cloudy. Cut back and sealed, or it is grey again by spring.
Spoked wheels
By hand
One spoke at a time to the hub. This is where the afternoon goes.
Leather
Conditioned, not dressed
Seat and saddlebags. A slick seat is uncomfortable and unsafe.
- Nothing on the tread, grips, pegs, floorboards or seat — and nothing that can migrate onto a rotor, a chain or a belt
- Tank and fairings coated — bug strike and fuel drips wipe off instead of needing a scrub
- Heat bluing on exhaust is permanent and we will say so rather than charge you to chase it
- Done in the enclosed bay, so a permanent coating happens properly at your house
- Fuel etching on the tank is the damage riders notice last and regret most
- Flat pricing — $156 detailed, $673 coated, not per panel
Flat prices — mobile included
What a bike costs
Prices shown are card prices. Pay by cash or check and the lower price applies — shown in green beside every price on this page. No fee is ever added at checkout; the price you see is the price you pay.
Priced for the whole motorcycle rather than per panel. Condition is what moves it, so photos of the engine area and the wheels tell us most of what we need.
Motorcycles
Full detailPaint, chrome, aluminum, wheels, spokes, leather and engine area
from $156$150 cash
Stealth Diamond Borograph CeramicPermanent — 10+ years, CARFAX registered
$673$650 cash
Liquid PPF + Stealth DiamondPermanent — 15+ years
$1,555$1,500 cash
Polishing & corrosion removalHeavily oxidised cases, dull chrome, corroded hardware
Custom quote
Full multi-stage polishing and decontamination are included in both coating packages, as they are on every vehicle we coat.
What we will not sell you
Heat bluing removalThe plating itself has discoloured — there is nothing sitting on top to remove
Not possible
Pitted chromePits are failed plating. Polishing makes them more obvious, not less
Replating
Tread, grip, peg or seat dressingNot a cosmetic choice on a motorcycle
Never
We would rather lose the add-on than hand back a bike that looks better and rides worse.
Keep it that way
Maintenance programMonthly deluxe detail for coated vehicles — 25% off
from $195 / mo$188 / mo cash
Gift certificatesAny service, any amount
Available
A coated bike washes in a fraction of the time, which matters more on a motorcycle than a car — most riders clean theirs by hand, often, and every aggressive scrub at a baked-on bug is what puts swirls in the clear coat.
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In our customers’ words
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These reviews are from Zippy Klean’s Hawaii customers — same owner, same crew standard, now in San Diego.
Did an amazing job on my wife's car. Ceramic coating all round....Explained all details and benefits. On time and would highly recommend. For all aspects of keeping you're mode of conveyance looking pristine !!!!
I had 3 pickup trucks and 3 SUV’s done by Kelson. He did a great job and all the vehicles look like new. Thank you
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Get your bike quoted
Send photos of the engine area and the wheels. Those two tell us more than a picture of the whole bike, because that is where the condition actually shows.
Prefer to talk? (858) 808-1244 — call or text, Mon–Sat.
Straight answers
Motorcycle questions
Do you put anything on the tires, grips or pegs?
Nothing slippery goes on a motorcycle anywhere it matters — no dressing on the tread, the grips, the pegs or floorboards, the seat, or anywhere near a brake rotor, the chain or the belt. Tire sidewalls only, and nothing that can migrate.
On a car a slick tire dressing is a cosmetic choice. On a bike it is a crash. Overspray onto a rotor contaminates the braking surface, and anything that creeps onto a tread, a peg or a grip takes away the three contact points you are actually riding on.
This is the question worth asking any detailer before they touch your bike. If they have to think about the answer, that tells you how many bikes they have done.
Is ceramic coating worth it on a motorcycle?
Yes, and arguably more than on a car — a bike has far less paint but takes far more punishment per square inch, and the single biggest practical gain is that bugs, road film and fuel drips come off with a wipe instead of a scrub.
Bike paint gets hit directly by everything. There is no bodywork out front to take the bug strike, so the tank, the fairing and the leading edges take all of it, and riders end up scrubbing at baked-on bugs with the exact aggression that puts swirls in the clear coat.
Fuel is the other one nobody mentions. Petrol runs down the side of the tank at every fill-up, and over years that dulls and etches the clear coat right where you look at it most. A coated tank sheds it.
A full Stealth Diamond Borograph coating on a bike is $673, which is a fraction of the car price because there is a fraction of the surface.
Can you fix the blue and gold discolouration on my exhaust?
Usually not, and anyone who promises otherwise should worry you — heat bluing on chrome headers is the plating itself discolouring from exhaust temperature, not a deposit sitting on top of it, so there is nothing to remove.
Light straw-coloured tinting on the surface will sometimes reduce with the right product and a lot of patience. Deep blue and purple bluing where the pipe leaves the head is permanent, and polishing at it aggressively will take the chrome off before it takes the colour out.
What we can do is make sure the rest of the pipe is spotless and that nothing is baked onto it. We will tell you which part of your exhaust is cleanable and which part is cooked, before you pay for it.
What does a motorcycle detail actually include?
A full motorcycle detail is from $156 and covers the paint, chrome, polished aluminum, wheels and spokes, leather and the engine area — a bike is mostly not paint, so most of the time goes into everything that is not.
On a cruiser the hours go into the parts a car does not have. Spoked wheels are done by hand, spoke by spoke, because no machine reaches in there. Engine cases, primary covers, fork lowers and the exhaust shields are all separate surfaces needing separate treatment.
Leather saddlebags and the seat are cleaned and conditioned rather than dressed, which matters because a shiny slick seat is both uncomfortable and unsafe.
Heavy oxidation and corrosion on aluminum or chrome is quoted on top — see metal polishing for what that involves.
Can you coat a bike at my house or garage?
Yes. Motorcycles are one of the vehicles our enclosed bay handles easily, so a permanent coating is done at your home or garage in a sealed, lit, dust-free environment rather than in an open driveway.
A coating cures on the surface, so anything landing on it during that window is in it permanently. A bike is small enough that the bay solves this completely, which is not true of an RV or a trailer.
Practically, that means your bike does not leave your property and is not sitting in someone else’s shop over a riding weekend.
How much does motorcycle detailing and coating cost in San Diego?
A full detail starts at $156, permanent Stealth Diamond Borograph ceramic coating is $673, and Liquid PPF with Stealth Diamond is $1,555. Polishing and corrosion removal is quoted after inspection.
Those are flat prices for the bike rather than per-panel, which is simpler than how most shops quote motorcycle work.
What moves the number is condition: a bike that has been garaged and ridden on weekends is a very different afternoon from one that has been parked outside for five years with oxidised cases and dull chrome. Send photos of the engine area and the wheels — those two tell us most of what we need.
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(858) 808-1244San Diego County to Temecula. Mon–Sat by appointment.