Small annoying things, what would you do?
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Cruiser
Joined: Nov 2011
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From: South Carolina
I wash it with water and zymol car wash soap. Have only been to the coast on it twice and live in land. But chemical exposure is something I haven't considered. If it's not raining or below 40F I ride it. It does see the sun in the parking lot at work, so a cover is probably good advice and also a possible culprit.
Road Warrior
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From: Denham Springs, La
My 09 Ultra's inner fairing turned white in a couple of spots about a year after I bought it. Dealer replaced it under warranty and no problem since. A few years later, the comm plugs-rider and passenger had faded and were getting light colored and the black plastic on the console wasn't looking real good anymore.
I read a post here on the forum I guess a couple of years ago that suggested using black "Kiwi" leather dye to apply to the faded parts. I tried this and it worked great. Only thing is, it's not permanent but it does last a long time (can't say how long since I don't pay attention very well). It worked on the mid frame deflectors as well.
Now that you've mentioned it, I need to touch mine up again.
I'd probably see what the cost is to repair the seat and compare that against a take off seat and go from there. I'm sure MCC would do you a fine job or you could probably get it recovered locally.
Not sure about the antenna.
I read a post here on the forum I guess a couple of years ago that suggested using black "Kiwi" leather dye to apply to the faded parts. I tried this and it worked great. Only thing is, it's not permanent but it does last a long time (can't say how long since I don't pay attention very well). It worked on the mid frame deflectors as well.
Now that you've mentioned it, I need to touch mine up again.
I'd probably see what the cost is to repair the seat and compare that against a take off seat and go from there. I'm sure MCC would do you a fine job or you could probably get it recovered locally.
Not sure about the antenna.
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From: Mountain West, Big Sky Country
on the black use Doc's waterproof leather polish. It will turn it back to black and will stand up to about a season of water.
get a new antenna, they are not expensive and are easy to replace
mean city cycles on the seat. They do great work
get a new antenna, they are not expensive and are easy to replace
mean city cycles on the seat. They do great work
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Cruiser
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From: South Carolina
Thanks to all that replied
Going to go try some Doc's leather polish and Mother's back to black. Have a couple days going to try and address a few of these issues. I do have a pool but the chemicals are kept out of the garage. I may even get some roll on rhino lining material and a small paint brush and paint over the whitening connectors if the Doc's or Mother's don't work. It must be something I or the previous owner has done since almost no one else is having the problems I am seeing
