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Old May 20, 2006 | 05:40 PM
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Default Wheel & Tire Cleaning

Sorry if this was covered before. I just came in from the garage and an hour of cleaning and rubbing the solid stock dish wheels on my Fat Boy. I despise cleaning wheels on anything, even the bike. I hate that black goop on there and want them looking nice. Who out there has the definitive, easiest, quickest, super-dooperest bestest way to clean tires and wheels on the Harley? I want to be riding instead of cleaning.
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Old May 20, 2006 | 09:18 PM
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Go to Walmart and buy a bottle of Simple Green. Cut it 50-50 with water, spray it on the wheel, rinse it off.. works great.
 
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