Cleaning Plastic

[Covelivn]

I Have alwayes used Pledge in the spray can to clean and protect the plastic on my vehicles. It is advertised as a non petroleum product and seems to leave enough of a film to make the bug removal process a little easier. lately to save money I have tried walmarts generic furniture polish and have not noticed much difference.

This has worked on the windshield of my yager and I have used it for the face shield on my helmets for over a year. I live in florida so I have never washed my bikes, just used a soft cloth and this product to clean everything. Both Bikes look like new.

[ScooterWolf]

How do you deal with the break dust on the rims, or the grim on the engine?

-Wolf

[Vivo]

How do you deal with the break dust on the rims, or the grim on the engine?

-Wolf

In any car care shop you can find "brake clean", "brake dust cleaner", "engine degreaser", or "engine shine" of different brands. There are petroleum based degreasers or water based ones. Water based are the foaming types that won't harm rubber hoses. Or you can just shampoo your rims and use diesel fuel or kerosene to clean grime off your engine, they work fine, just avoid rubber parts.

[Covelivn]

Living in Florida I get caught in showers quite often which I think helps rinse the big pieces. At 58 even tho I am in good shape I find kneeling or bending over to check screws and bolts for tightness  hard so I bought a small stool and while comfortably seated with a beer close by using a set of metric nut drivers and a screw driver I slowly make my way around the bike spraying and wiping down as I go. (How is that for a run on sentence).

Since checking screw and wiping down is a 2 beer process, best left for end of ride:). I do this every two to three weeks depending on miles. After each ride I have to wipe the bugs off the front while they are still fresh. Watch out for those exhaust screws. You won't notice them till their gone.
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