Touring special models question
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I have a '18 Road king special. I bought it not only cause it looks awesome, but the black parts instead of chrome are way easier to take care of. Plus mines in industrial gray denim so all it takes to keep clean is a bath with petroleum free soap when it gets dirty. No hours of polishing chrome. Also the petroleum free soap is only for the denim paint. Gloss bikes can use what ever soap you like.
Last edited by Silentgreyfellow; 05-04-2019 at 06:58 PM.
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The gloss black parts on the specials are not black chrome, they are painted. We are talking about air cleaner cover, cow bells/font fork, primary cover etc. TLC is necessary to avoid scratching the paint. Meguiar's Scratch X leaves fine scratches in the paint for example. My cowbells have swirls just from washing. I've used a DA polisher, soft gray Griots 3" polishing pad and Chemical Guys V36 and v38 on these areas successfully, but the bike is turning me into a detailing geek. You get the idea.
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Thanks for the advice guys. I thought it was irking to spend hours after every ride polishing the chrome. I am thinking the back would be worse because of the scratching that wouldn’t appear with chrome. Guess that changes my choices a little. Rules out the specials, but opens it up to the standards, the ultras, the limiteds, and the CVO’s. All depends on what options I want to go with now.