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Old Jun 1, 2014 | 04:22 PM
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Okay, I keep the upper side of the bike clean but have let the wheels go. Spent a couple of hours polishing the rims after pressure washing with tire/rim cleaner. My dilemma is how to clean the spokes...........any suggestions? Its a 1999 bagger and the spokes haven't seen daylight in a long time. Ugly pizza pan covers on front tire that came with it years back. At least they hide the ugly.
 
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Old Jun 1, 2014 | 04:30 PM
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Mothers Chrome polish and one spoke at a time with a micro fiber towel. Once you get them clean put a few coats of a good wax on them. I hate doing spokes but it's worth the effort.
 
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Old Jun 9, 2014 | 07:49 AM
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Try the S1 "soap". I used this last year and then washed with a Griots spoke rim brush and it worked wonders and it was quick
 
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Old Jun 9, 2014 | 04:31 PM
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Thanks, will try it.
 
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