Help - looking for tips on keeping her clean
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Help - looking for tips on keeping her clean
SO I just spent 2 hours washing and detailing my new to me bike,
Then I rode her a day later to work and back and now there are a few bugs on her.
I dont want to go through the whole process again so I ask you, what do you guys use to quickly clean the bugs off your bike after a ride so as to not damage the finish and not have to re-wash and re-detail everything?
Right now I wash with Maguires gold and detail with F11
Thanks for any help you can give.
Then I rode her a day later to work and back and now there are a few bugs on her.
I dont want to go through the whole process again so I ask you, what do you guys use to quickly clean the bugs off your bike after a ride so as to not damage the finish and not have to re-wash and re-detail everything?
Right now I wash with Maguires gold and detail with F11
Thanks for any help you can give.
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Choices
wax, detail, clean, wash, repeat.
or ride.
choices.
What do you want on your stone?
This man kept his motorcycle clean.
Or?
wax, detail, clean, wash, repeat.
or ride.
choices.
What do you want on your stone?
This man kept his motorcycle clean.
Or?
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I clean my windshield before every ride. Bugslide works pretty good for between washes too.
I clean my windshield before every ride. Bugslide works pretty good for between washes too.
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From: Living 33yrs in Sunny Florida !!! Living the retirement dream....Love it!!!
I never wash my bike with any soap..water wash using fiber cloth, blow dry with my hand held..always 100% of the time...then complete wax with Lemon Pledge Wipes takes 5 wipes to do complete bike....I know the paint experts say it ruins paint..B.S... used Pledge since 70‘s and it gives the bike a wet look and it’s fast and easy without any paint problems. Try It !!
Plus it makes the the Black trim look new without any residual..plus I striped the clear off my lowers and polished them like chrome and it keeps them looking great without any effort...Plus no dirt roads and no dirt parking lots
Plus it makes the the Black trim look new without any residual..plus I striped the clear off my lowers and polished them like chrome and it keeps them looking great without any effort...Plus no dirt roads and no dirt parking lots