How do you take care of spoke wheels?
My spokes and wheels look like factory and I don't spend time on them. It's all a matter of tooling, but yesterday I tried something new that worked totally hands free: Scrubbing Bubbles! 15 seconds soak and a hard water spray removed all the road spooge, leaving them looking like I'd just polished them.
Of course, I don't let the bike get super dirty, either. Just normal riding dust and crap. Then followed the cleanup with a quickwax; you could use the pledge, but I'm still trying to get rid of the expensive stuff first.
Of course, I don't let the bike get super dirty, either. Just normal riding dust and crap. Then followed the cleanup with a quickwax; you could use the pledge, but I'm still trying to get rid of the expensive stuff first.
Novice
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I had stainless diamond cut spokes to my Springer. I love them, they really sparkle in the sun light. Cleaning is NO problem. If really dirty, I pre spray simple green or some liquid cleaner, let soak for a couple of minuets and then use a quality spoke brush to clean with. It only takes a few minuets per wheel and is really quit easy. I would much rather clean those than the white walls I had on the E Classic, that was a job I hated.
Road Master
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From: pa
1st i stare at them and say, they look dirty. then i light a cig and think about cleaning them. after about 10 mins i say...not today and go ride. if i ever do clean them i use
s100 and rinse, thats about the extent i clean anything
s100 and rinse, thats about the extent i clean anything
Tourer
Joined: Feb 2010
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From: Wild West
Simple, you take them off and replace them with these:
http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US
http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US
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From: Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri
My spokes look like the day it rolled off the factory floor. What I do is after I wash it I put it up on my lift. That makes all the difference, believe me. The wheels are at eye level when I sit on my stool and you can clean the chrome as you spin the tire. Mothters chrome polish works well as do several others.
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From: Doghouse... mostly
Scrubbing Bubbles is the Chit !!!!!
Works good enough unless you're going to enter your scoot in a world- class bike show.
Then you're gonna have to get down with it and wrap a micro fiber strip around each spoke, one at a time, and start to push and pull, up and down. Mark the rim with a piece of tape so you know when to stop. Or do what I do, pay your kids or grandkids a few $$ to do it. Surprisingly they always do a bang up job.
Works good enough unless you're going to enter your scoot in a world- class bike show.
Then you're gonna have to get down with it and wrap a micro fiber strip around each spoke, one at a time, and start to push and pull, up and down. Mark the rim with a piece of tape so you know when to stop. Or do what I do, pay your kids or grandkids a few $$ to do it. Surprisingly they always do a bang up job.
Last edited by OldEnuf2NoBtr; May 16, 2010 at 12:16 AM.
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