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Old Jun 20, 2009 | 04:07 PM
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Well, somone siad to use Shout!(which I usually use) and a mr. clean magic eraser to clean the whitewall. I tried and wow, it worked better than anything else. Just scrub lightly with the magic eraser after wetting teh wheel and spraying with Shout! Thanks to whoever recommended this. I thought they were clean before but boy was I wrong.

I got drizzled on this morning adn rode through some serious dirt and it's all clean again. Took a cell phone pic.
 
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Old Jun 20, 2009 | 04:31 PM
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Bike is looking good man..I rode back in some rain from St.Louis today.....gotta a lot of road grime to take care myself....
 
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Old Jun 20, 2009 | 05:23 PM
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So I was sitting here reading the thread on using shout to clean my whitewalls, when I decided to try it. I have been using westleys for many years since the 70s with my white letters. I have to say, next trip to wally world and its shout for me. It is really amazing.
 
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Old Jun 20, 2009 | 06:26 PM
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Thanks for the tip...I will definately give it a try next time around.

Bike is lookin killer too...
 
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Old Jun 20, 2009 | 08:52 PM
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You can't beat a Brillo pad in my opinion.
 
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Old Jun 20, 2009 | 10:30 PM
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There is only one correct answer to this. Take them the hell off your bike. There are 2 things on every bike that should ALWAYS be black - tires and seats. Whitewalls belong on old Caddys only. There - I said it
 
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Old Jun 20, 2009 | 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by reds2harleys
. Whitewalls belong on old Caddys only.
Old Caddy's and Harley's
 
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Old Jun 21, 2009 | 01:01 AM
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Looks great.
 
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seems like a commercial, but that magic eraser is dope!
 
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Old Jun 21, 2009 | 02:53 AM
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Sorry Reds, like whitewalls on Harleys, especially Black and Chrome Heritages, kinda partial to them.

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