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Re: Newbie to motorcycle detailing
I do a lot of harley and the #1 thing with bikes is have a bike jack!! Waterless wash or rinse less. Those rims can be a lot of time if they are in bad shape. Other than that take your time and have fun.
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Re: Newbie to motorcycle detailing
I do bikes, and the biggest tip I can give, is don't put dressing on tires, seat, controls, or foot pegs. Those are not places you want to be slick. Just use a good apc, and get them as clean as you can.
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Re: Newbie to motorcycle detailing
What these two said. I have detailed two bikes and they are awesome in the fact that you can literally get the entire bike detailed. If you don't have a Speedmaster brush get both. They are awesome at getting in those hard to reach spots on a bike. Rinseless/waterless everything except the underside and wheels. Unless those areas are really clean. The rinseless is awesome at getting windshield/screens perfectly clear/clean.
Oh and the part about being able to get every inch of the bike detailed will also be the worst part about detailing a bike. When you are hand polishing an oil filter you will understand
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Re: Newbie to motorcycle detailing
Originally Posted by eaglefan
I do a lot of harley and the #1 thing with bikes is have a bike jack!! Waterless wash or rinse less. Those rims can be a lot of time if they are in bad shape. Other than that take your time and have fun.
With a bike jack you can save so much time and get to areas that are very difficult to get at without a lift. I haven't owned a bike for 10 years. But I wish I would have had my Uber or D114 rinseless then. What a time saver and a lot less work.
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Re: Newbie to motorcycle detailing
All she is concern about is shiny paint and shiny chrome and shiny wheels.
That's pretty muh all there is on a bike.
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Re: Newbie to motorcycle detailing
get a chrome polish, small pads, and a stopwatch. Why a stopwatch? Because bikes take forever due to the tight areas. Tin foil and chrome polish are awesome on really trashed chrome.
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Re: Newbie to motorcycle detailing
Originally Posted by trippmann
get a chrome polish, small pads, and a stopwatch. Why a stopwatch? Because bikes take forever due to the tight areas. Tin foil and chrome polish are awesome on really trashed chrome.
I thought it was tin foil and cola?
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Re: Newbie to motorcycle detailing
Originally Posted by cliffnopus
all she is concern about is shiny paint and shiny chrome and shiny wheels.
That's pretty muh all there is on a bike.
truee!
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