JimH
Active member
If you don't like black Home Depot sells paint in spray cans.
LOL My problem is, if it's nice enough to wash it, it's nice enough to ride it.Now, I couldn't care less about that and it's too much like work to wash it... often.
What a lot of work!!!Meguiars.
https://meguiars.com/
Car wash: Gold Class Car Wash Shampoo & Conditioner. I've spoken with their tech people and this is better than the newer cas washes they carry.
Spot & scratch remover: Scratch X. This stuff really works.
Polish: Show Car Glaze #7. This gives my 07 cherry the sparkle that makes chicks ooh and ahh....
Wax: Nxt Gen 2.0.
Wash the bike, use Scratch X on spots and scratches, then polish, then wax. Then next time you wash then simply dry off with cotten tees or whatever and no more water spots.
After I wash it I love to take her for a spin in the sunlight..... it never fails the looks and comments the bike receives.
I was really exited to get my new 08. Until I rode it home in the rain the other day. So then I tried to wash it I ended up with water spots all over. I remembed that I had one of those Mr Clean Auto Dry things. It was a pain in the but to use on a car with so much surface area. Tried it on the new bike and it worked alright but still had the spots. Anyone have any good tips on washing a black bike?? Never had anything that was black..
Thanks a bunch..
Scooby
Not so fast, Kemosabe....My two cents on the whole bike washing thing...I have always and will always take care of my stuff. I have a 98' BMW 5 series with 130,000 on it that is always clean and right now is covered up in the garage. Needless to say, the FJR will always be clean. If it needs washed, it gets washed. Apparently, no one here has heard of the best polish/wax products in the world from Zaino. I have been using their products for many years and have always been very pleased with the results. They have come out with an new product called All-in-One which is way easy to use. I use their wash (yes, there is a difference) and detail mist. Check them out. I haven't used a chamois in 20 years. Been using my handy dandy Black and Decker leaf blower to thoroughly dry my vehicles. It works great on the FJR. I think the neighbors have finally gotten use to it... no better way to dry. For polishing microfiber towels are the only way to go. I get mine from Wayne's Towels.
Whatever makes you happy.I stand corrected... sort of. Someone mentioned the first application is difficult, which can be true, but with the new AIO from Zaino simply Dawn, clay bar, AIO, and your done. When I first started using Zaino, by the time I was finished with my car I would have gone over it 15 times. Wash, clay, z-2, detail mist, z-2, mist, z-2, mist, z-2, mist, z-5, mist, z-5, mist z-5, mist. Man, what was I thinking. Now, at the beginning of spring, I Dawn it, clay bar, mist, AIO, mist, cover it up and go riding. Way more fun!
Hey, we're all guys here....Nobody on this forum is young enough to have pimples. Bad flatulence... that's another story.You have got to be kidding! Water spots?
what has this world come to. Next thing your going to be asking is how to take care of your bad flatulence and pimples.
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So......you own a Tank AND a Skank?Exactly. I use one to keep these clean:Gees, has no one used a leaf blower?
Use one and you'll never dry your bike again with a towel or chamios.
Try it.
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