Cleaning Recommendation Needed
 

I bought this bike over the weekend. It’s an ‘05 EG Classic with only 9k miles. It was stored in a barn with a dry climate.

Any suggestions for cleaning the white residue from the inner fairing and switches? I tried car wash soap but no luck. Would something like Mothers Back to Black Plastic Restorer help?

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is it residue or fading?

It appears to be both.

I’m not a dealer fanboy but this seems to work well for me.

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Just make sure it’s well shaken or mixed. It tends to separate. It did the trick on the faded areas of my inner fairing.

hope this is not a stupid question, but is that inner faring painted and clear coated?

100% with this. I absolutely love this stuff on my black engine. I don't know if theres a better product but this stuff seriously kicks ass for an over the counter consumer product.

Hmmm never though5 of it for the engine. I’ll give it a go and see what happens,

is that a hard water stain? if so (?) try vinegar/water 1-1 mix in a spray bottle, throw in a dollop of dishsoap to get it to cling. Let it soak, see if it removes. Try in a small test area first.

Cleaning
 

Mold residue. Wash it off with car soap and water Treat with back to black restorer, and finish with some pig spit.

Silicon oil or spray works great on dried and faded plastics , almost like a moisturizer for plastic. Harleys engine bright spray is basically a silicon spray.

https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/e...ner/p/93600002

All any rub on is going to do is make it better maybe for awhile . Take it off and paint it . Easy to do be done with it.

When I bought my '09 RG 6 years ago the whole inner fairing was like that. I tried a lot of different products that I use when I detail cars, non worked. Talked to auto geek and they told me that the inner fairing is a different type of plastic then what is on cars. I never tried the harley stuff.
I changed or altered almost every part of that bike and one of the best mods was getting the inner fairing painted. The plain plastic will never look as good as if it was painted, no matter what product you use. Best bet - get it painted to match your bikes color. It makes it complete

Agree with painting. That inner fairing weathers and ages. And in certain spots develops a mottled texture you can’t remove. The HD stuff works well to blacken it up but it just a bandaid. A pretty good bandaid but still a bandaid.

This is the stuff I use ,

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On your bike's inner fairing?

Opps ! Nope ,

Sorry Weeboy, it's the Engine Brightener I was thinking of.

As mentioned earlier ...nothing will "rejuvenate" that oxidization ... Replace or repaint :<(

Heat can work but I think there is a fine line between it working and the plastic melting.

ETA: short video

restoring plastic is an art form in and of itself....some great products for that

I think that in a way, the chems you can use 'melt' the surface briefly, then dry with deeper darker original color

I tried a bunch of the automotive plastic stuff on my old bike before I got it painted, non worked. Different type of plastic, it just sits on top of the plastic. Solution Finish was an absolute disaster. Took hours to get it off the fairing

No problem buddy, bikes hibernating at the moment. Not touching it till spring….

Black shoe polish… Try to or three coats and let dry in between coats. It works very well for me

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Ha, reminds me of growing up, friend of mine came out with a dark moustache one day, then it rained out, he looked like Rudy Guilliani. Don't think that polish would hold up long.

maybe you didn’t buff it to a glossy shine!!!??