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Discussion in 'Pull up a chair and sit for a spell' started by cardboard, Oct 2, 2012.

  1. hotroadking

    hotroadking Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Don't waste money on that stuff or any super special bug cleaner crap

    1) clean bike really good, use a dishwash detergent to remove oils
    wax etc.

    2) wax thoroughly, use a good wax, High Quality ( a good base of
    polish etc and build up a good coat of wax on front end, forks, fender, engine guard, windshield, front of bags etc.

    3) When you get bugificated simply wet the front of the bike, then wet a couple of dryer sheets, bounce, downy, generic, it' doesn't matter, wipe the front of the bike, paint, chrome, headlights, windshield etc, the compounds in the sheets soften the bug guts and makes them release from the surface, so much so that you'll rarely need to put any pressure, just let it do it's stuff, then rinse, repeat if necessary, then wash with good automotive soap.

    Carry some sheets with you, on travels they take up little room, get coated in bugs, just hit a car wash and knock them off with the sheets.

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    As a bonus to everyone around you, the smell of your dirty biker, cigar smoking, beer drinking sweat drenched fart stained jeans will now be replaced by Summer Fresh, or rain forest clean smell...
  2. FLHTbiker

    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    Well they had a small bottle of the stuff at local dealer do I picked up a small bottle of it. Tried some on the Springer windshield while waiting for ol wild bill to show up . Bugs didn't run off but they been on there a longtime. Seemed to come off real easy. Will be a good cleaner to carry on the bike when on the road. Worked better than the Harley cleaner polish.

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