Rectek Dirtworker Portable Pressure Washer

RecTek DirtWorker Portable Pressure Washer

Post-roost rinse

AFULL DAY OF ROOSTING IS OVER, AND your dirtbike is a mess. What do you do? If you own a RecTek DirtWorker, you simply tidy it up right there on the spot. The portable pressure washer is made from high-impact plastic, weighs 17 pounds empty and holds 5 gallons of water. It comes with a 15-foot quick-disconnect hose with trigger-equipped plastic grip and adjustable nozzle, as well as a soap container with adjustable flow rate.

Using the DirtWorker is a matter of plug and shoot. It fits any automotive-style cigarette lighter socket, and has a pressure sensor on the pump so it won’t run continuously and kill your battery.

While the spray isn’t as strong as that of a coin-op car wash, it’s on par with a good garden hose. This is good enough to get rid of most dirt, but it won’t remove caked-on mud. The rea-

DETAILS RecTek 935 Old Annapolis Neck Rd. Annapolis, MD 21403 410/295-3833 Price........................$150 Ups A Portable and simple A Won’t blast water into bearings Downs ▼ You still need the commercialstrength washer to really clean a bike ▼ Friends will want to borrow it

son for the lack of power is that the product was originally developed for mountain bikers, who are sensitive about blasting water into their wheel and bottom-bracket bearings.

Nonetheless, the DirtWorker will spray continually for eight to nine minutes. In other words, it’ll hose off up to three bikes at a time. The container itself seems indestructible, and the easy-access water and soap caps make refills simple. The only problem we had was a loose soap-dispenser knob, but minor pliers work fixed that.

While the DirtWorker won’t be your only means of cleaning a dirtbike, it’s the first line of defense in the war against grime.