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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 11:37 AM
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Hi, i'm a fairly new rider my fiance actually won a 1200 sportster for being the sexiest babe in a contest so i'm pretty psyched to be thrown into a new Harley. Anyway I recently used “black magic” tire cleaner on my tires, (it makes them gleam) and right after I used it I noticed it said not for use with motorcycles. Sounds like anything with Silicone in it can make the tires slippery which would be very bad. I was wondering if anyone knows of any safe product that would make the black on the tires shine like that, or if anyone knows maybe if you give that stuff a significant amount of time to dry maybe it would be okay. Any help would be appreciated.

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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 01:31 PM
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I believe you are talking about a shine product, not a cleaner. Anything you use to shine or protect vinyl or rubber should be water based.
Tire cleaners if use on bikes...because of wheels..should be cut 50/50. Because there is the possibility of staining.
Tire shine products...water based only..should only go on sidewalls. Wipe on with sponge...never sprayed..let sit and then remove excess.
 
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