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Old 06-03-2008, 09:34 PM   #21
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My bike's always dirty and looks like shit... That's the beauty of a streetfighter... Reason # 954 to sell the 954... I want a bike that LIKES to be dirty.
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Old 06-03-2008, 10:54 PM   #22
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It literally takes me 5-10 minutes to wipe it down with a quick detailer and a real nice $5 terry cloth. Ocasionally I'll use Plexus to finish. Shit looks tip-top.
Same here. I'm not talking a top to bottom detail...but I hit it with plexus and a microfiber towel all the time. Takes 10 minutes to make it look nice.
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Old 06-03-2008, 10:57 PM   #23
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Same here. I'm not talking a top to bottom detail...but I hit it with plexus and a microfiber towel all the time. Takes 10 minutes to make it look nice.
I made the decision that I would only wash the wheels every 5k miles on the Buell. They were black, a pain in the ass to clean, and looked like shit after you rode around the block. I don't miss that shit AT ALL.
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Old 06-03-2008, 10:58 PM   #24
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I made the decision that I would only wash the wheels every 5k miles on the Buell. They were black, a pain in the ass to clean, and looked like shit after you rode around the block. I don't miss that shit AT ALL.
Well the orange shows brake dust easily...so I like to wipe them down pretty often. Usually just a dry paper towel.
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Old 06-03-2008, 11:01 PM   #25
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Well the orange shows brake dust easily...so I like to wipe them down pretty often. Usually just a dry paper towel.
Oh, the front wheel is easy to clean... It's the back wheel that's a BITCH.
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Old 06-03-2008, 11:02 PM   #26
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Yeah definately.
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Old 06-04-2008, 01:24 AM   #27
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Same here. I'm not talking a top to bottom detail...but I hit it with plexus and a microfiber towel all the time. Takes 10 minutes to make it look nice.
Yeah. My pods/airbox/tail look decent. it's the exhaust and wheels that look like shit. Rear is a bitch, expecially with the exhaust blowing on it.
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Old 06-04-2008, 01:30 AM   #28
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I bought a can of a wash/wax spray stuff that works awesome. I can clean the whole thing in about 10 minutes.
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Old 06-05-2008, 06:29 PM   #29
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Oh, the front wheel is easy to clean... It's the back wheel that's a BITCH.
I use Goo-Gone to clean the rear wheel and sometimes the front and then go over them with the quick detailer to get the remnance off the goo-gone off and they're clean as fuck. If you wash them more often the less of a bitch they would be to clean.
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Old 06-05-2008, 06:51 PM   #30
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Yea that Goo gone shit works wonders
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