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Road Warrior
Joined: May 2008
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From: Little Rock
I am not trying to be mean or rude, but do you guys ever do anything but clean your bikes. I also am proud of my bike but I ride mine like I stole it. I do wash it ocasionally, but not to great detail like the description here. Like I said not to be mean spirted, they all look good.
Road Captain
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 512
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From: Jacksonville, Arkansas
I use a brush on a stick made for cleaning dishes, makes cleaning all the nooks and crannies easy and thorough, then I hit it with compressed air.
Harley has ONE thing above all other bikes, looks, keep it clean.
IMO
-Asa
Tourer
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 438
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From: Kamloops BC
YYYYYUP since mid April I have over 5,000 km (and a lot of them days were spent in the garage with unseasonably low temps) so I do like to ride as well.. just when I'm done I try and give it a quick wipe to get the bug juice off and then once a month or so give it a real good cleanising, more often if I get rained on...
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Now THAT is an AWESOME looking bike. Damn.
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'09 FXD, vivid black, 92rwhp, 104tq https://www.hdforums.com/forum/membe...per-glide.html
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'09 FXD, vivid black, 92rwhp, 104tq https://www.hdforums.com/forum/membe...per-glide.html
Road Master
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 1,246
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From: T-City, Wa.
I have no idea if this means anything to anyone, but what i do is I go to the local fabric store (By the way, want a good laugh, walk into a fabric store with a tank top and leather vest on with full sleeve tattoos and watch all the ladies just about crap themselves, funniest thing), look for Muslin material in an off white. I get it big enough to cover the entire garage, and as tall as possible. Then I go home and hang it up against the garage then depending on which way your garage sits (mine faces West) you (like someone already said) do not want direct sunlight, so I take my pics real early in the morning. my sig pic was taken this way. Just a note, by the way the muslin is cheap, maybe 30 to 50 bucks for a huge piece.
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From: North of Hell, South of Heaven
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Road Captain
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 537
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From: Puyallup, Washington
I don't know if it was that article or another one, but somewhere I read about taking pictures of small details instead of the whole bike. This is the only one I came up with that didn't have too much going on in the background.
