Aluminum wheels

I have been thinking about cleaning mine with a can of flat black......just a thought!!! mine need MUCH attention.....they are looking sad..but most people are not going to look at the wheels on a bagger, AND, I don't have time to keep those clean...I am lucky to keep the rest of the bike sorta clean...

i have found that simple green, diluted and sprayed out of a spray bottle works the best on brake dust, and road grime. i have replaced my rear pads with lyndal (sp) brake pads and the dust is no more. also better brakeing in all conditions....gonna put a set on the front then i will have no brake dust. hope this helps a bit
chuck

Both EagleOne and Mothers makes good cleaners specific to aluminum wheels. Even though brake dust is baked in, resist the desire to use harsh cleansers. Diluted simple green is about as harsh as I'd go.

I second chucks recommendation of using Lyndal brakes. I installed the LRB Z-brakes and they are the best I've ever used. I just wish they made pads that good for my truck.

CNC Like they said , find a 18 wheller chome shop , They carry a few good cleaner's for alum , About $20 for a small bottle , but if used right right will last about a year , also get the samll mother's polishing ball about $15 bucks , I put mine on the jack sat on a creat & poped a brew & went to work about 3 pop top's later ( I drink slow) both wheels look real good on my 03 E glide
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Mothers Power ball (small with extension) from an autoparts store and the Mothers aluminum polish is the thing.

Just did a full aluminum wheel, it was amazing the difference.

Also get some of the chrome polish for mothers (both in liquid form)
and do the bike and you will be amazed how nice the chrome on you bike will look.

lmao!!!! i can see you sitting there, admiring a great job on the wheels, when all of a sudden your tires slip off onto the ground!!!!!:roflmao:

chucktx, where did you find your lyndall brake pad's ? I called all over here local & no luck, looked on the web & found them from $40 to $46 buck's

i got them from an indy shop up near livingston...."down south cycle" and i think i paid 38 out the door.....i would think jj could order em for ya...
chuck

Thank's , I almost forget about JJ , every ony else said they could order them but at the $46 , price plus the shipping , I just ordered mine from hammer custom cycle out in AZ , for $40 + $4.25 for shipping , I 'am just looking to get read of all the dust & some fading for My E glide , it get's to be a bitch to clean those factory mag's , , I looked lyndall up after I seen you post about putting them on , I they say about 18k miles for them , sure beet's the 6-8k I get from the outher's I've tried , so I looked at it & thought about every tire change , do the brares at the same time instead on twice as many brake pad's :angry:
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are you getting 18k out of your tires???? i am luck to get 8/9k out of my rear, but i do have nearly 20k on the front. i dont "hotrod" my eglide standard, but i do a lot of 2 up and neither one of us are little. i check air pressure,and shock pressure couple times a week. i run the dunops. they handle really well for me, just the milage sucks..
chuck

Chucktx, I don't run those low milage Dunlap's , I only got 6-7k out of the rear ones , & about 20k from the front , I went to the metzler , both front & rear , the rear one I just change out had a little over 15k on it , a lot of riding no burnout's , I'am only about 180 lb's & the wife is about the same , E glide standard cop bike , added a after market tour pack & keep a bit of crap stuff in the bag's , I check the tires about once A month & shock's at the same time metzler front 33 lb's met rear 44 lb's & about 20 in the shock's
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