Washing My Road King
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Washing My Road King
Any tips or suggestions on how to wash my bike. Products, such as soaps, waxes, cleaners, which types of towels to use. Also, what's good for the Lexan wind deflector? Any advise on using the H-D Leather conditioner would also be helpful.
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Andy
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Andy
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RE: Washing My Road King
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Any tips or suggestions on how to wash my bike. Products, such as soaps, waxes, cleaners, which types of towels to use. Also, what's good for the Lexan wind deflector? Any advise on using the H-D Leather conditioner would also be helpful.
Total NEWB!!!
Andy
Any tips or suggestions on how to wash my bike. Products, such as soaps, waxes, cleaners, which types of towels to use. Also, what's good for the Lexan wind deflector? Any advise on using the H-D Leather conditioner would also be helpful.
Total NEWB!!!
Andy
Getcher self a bucket, some liquid soap ment for car washing. (Its gentle and won't strip the wax off) Buy some micro fiber wash cloths at the local wally world or auto bone. Soak ur scoot real good witha water hose, get the loose stuff off, then suds her up. Gently swaber down from top to bottom. I do painted surfaces first, then chrome. Save the wheels and tires fur last. That way you won't grunge up your cloth with road grime and brake dust that can scratch yur paint. Rinse with copius amounts of water. Leter drip dry for a few minute (about one beer) then ifin you have a cycle blow dryer, giver a good blow job, get the excess water off you know.
Finally with a clean skin from some exotic dead animal, stroker gently to she shines back atcha. Get oner an ride like ya stole it.
When its time to wax, no better shine than Mothers waxes and cleaners and a six pack of Rolling Rock beer[sm=smiley20.gif]
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RE: Washing My Road King
Wahl, ah'm a bit lazy, so ah've used Cycle Care products fer 'bout 8-10 years now....
http://www.cyclecare.com/
Their "Formula B" (http://www.cyclecare.com/formulaB.cfm) is REALLY sweet on the engine! Use most of their other products on various other areas, primarily the "M" an' "33".
http://www.cyclecare.com/
Their "Formula B" (http://www.cyclecare.com/formulaB.cfm) is REALLY sweet on the engine! Use most of their other products on various other areas, primarily the "M" an' "33".
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Welcome and congrats on your new bike! This is an awesome forum.
Detail/cleaning your bike is a full-time job in some respects. It's just part of life when you have one of these bikes.
I use Honda Polish (no white waxey film left behind after you're done and it does a great job on everything from paint to chrome, etc.) on my bike after I wash it.
I try to clean my bike by hand, no dousing it with a hose unless it's really gotten dirty on a road trip or something like that. However if you do use a hose and soap/buckett of water if you can invest in one of those machines that doesn't leave water spots after you spray the bike off you'll REALLY have a much easier job on your hands. My Dad has one and OMG is it nice. Soap and wash the bike and then rinse it off top to bottom and LET IT AIR DRY!It leaves NO water spots at all! It's a total miracle and simply wonderful!
Detail/cleaning your bike is a full-time job in some respects. It's just part of life when you have one of these bikes.
I use Honda Polish (no white waxey film left behind after you're done and it does a great job on everything from paint to chrome, etc.) on my bike after I wash it.
I try to clean my bike by hand, no dousing it with a hose unless it's really gotten dirty on a road trip or something like that. However if you do use a hose and soap/buckett of water if you can invest in one of those machines that doesn't leave water spots after you spray the bike off you'll REALLY have a much easier job on your hands. My Dad has one and OMG is it nice. Soap and wash the bike and then rinse it off top to bottom and LET IT AIR DRY!It leaves NO water spots at all! It's a total miracle and simply wonderful!
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I have definitely come to the right place. I will be a HD Forum regular! I look forward to not being a newb for long! I guess my greatest concern is water soaking into the seat, the electronics, etc. I know their built for the open road, but she's still my baby.....LOL.
How often do you recommend waxing?
Andy
How often do you recommend waxing?
Andy
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RE: Washing My Road King
1. Spray off excess grime or dust
2. Gently wash with quality carwash soap and water
3. Blowdry with leaf blower
4. Wipe down with micro fiber cloth
5. Polish with ZainoBros polish for a blinding weatherproof shine
2. Gently wash with quality carwash soap and water
3. Blowdry with leaf blower
4. Wipe down with micro fiber cloth
5. Polish with ZainoBros polish for a blinding weatherproof shine
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You can also look here. https://www.hdforums.com/m_84556/tm.htm and here https://www.hdforums.com/forumid_219/tt.htm You will get a lot of different opinions on how to keep your bike clean here, all of them good. I try not to do the full hose wash and dtail very often and instead clean an polish each part that I can at least once a month or maybe twice. And after each ride I take a cloth and wipe it down to keep the cleaning to a minimum. For the engine I recommend either s100 engine brightener or Pig spit (both available at the local stealer). If it need a hose wash I wet it down thoroughly after covering the air filter with a plastic bag, and then spray it with s100 total cycle wash and let it soak for a few minutes. I use a paint brush on the fins of the engine, the wheels, and any other parts that are difficult to get my wash mit into, and then I rinse it off thoroughly. Next I dry with my leaf blower for a few minutes, then I ride it around teh block a few times to get rid of any other water, and then I start polishing the chrome. I use Master formula polish and sealer on the chrome. Search on google, you will find it. If the bike is REALLY dirty I will use s100 polishing soap after the s100 total cycle cleaner. It's a full time job keeping a Harley looking good, but I enjoy it. Crank up the tunes and clean it up.