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Things You Should Never Use On Or Do To Your Bike.General Harley Davidson Topic |
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May 4th, 2009, 08:57 PM
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Things You Should Never Use On Or Do To Your Bike.
Smitty901 came up with the idea about things that you shouldn't do to or use on your bike.
Let's try to keep this post on topic without all the extra chat and we can all learn something here that may save us some grief.
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May 4th, 2009, 09:04 PM
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Re: Things You Should Never Use On Or Do To Your Bike.
Never use RAINX on your bike fine product for Glass but not motorcycles.
Never use any type of anti fog not made for plastics. Avoid the wax in the car wash wand on Windshields, some of the waxes will damage them if it sits on them. Maybe once this thread wears down we will have a good list of no/go's for your bike then we can just list them in a sticky
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May 4th, 2009, 09:20 PM
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Re: Things You Should Never Use On Or Do To Your Bike.
Is it ok to use windex on your paintjob?
I always have and never had a problem |
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May 4th, 2009, 09:22 PM
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Re: Things You Should Never Use On Or Do To Your Bike.
I would rather see Pledge on the entire bike than Windex. That has ammonia in most brands which isn't good for painted parts and will strip any wax off the rest of the bike when you use it.
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May 4th, 2009, 09:27 PM
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Re: Things You Should Never Use On Or Do To Your Bike.
Since they became available I only use Harley wash and wax products. My 1988 Electra Glide Sport still has the original paint job and it is still shiny and sparkles. Do not use rubbing compound on today's paint jobs motorcycle or cars. It will dull the clear on top of the color. Fossil
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May 5th, 2009, 12:51 AM
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Re: Things You Should Never Use On Or Do To Your Bike.
The turtle wax ice is about the biggest pain to take off of any of the waxes I have ever tried. I'll never use it again.
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May 5th, 2009, 01:06 AM
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Re: Things You Should Never Use On Or Do To Your Bike.
Never use loose fitting or worn tools on your bike...loose may mean you are using a Metric tool on an SAE sized fastener or vice versa. If fastener seems too tight, do not force it, especially if it does break loose but still is tight... could be cured Red Loctite on the fastener, so sometimes a bit of fresh Locktite has sufficient solvent to leach down into the threads and allow easier removal or use heat gun as a last resort (don't ask how I found out about this). A hand impact tool has hardened phillips bits and the larger knurled handle provides great turning force without damaging fasteners, only rarely will you need the hammer "impact" feature.
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May 5th, 2009, 03:47 PM
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Re: Things You Should Never Use On Or Do To Your Bike.
Do not put Armor All on your tires.
Do not use sand paper to remove boot scuffs from your pipes. 
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May 5th, 2009, 06:36 PM
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Re: Things You Should Never Use On Or Do To Your Bike.
as I have learnt bad way.... do not power wash your bike. water could go in electrical areas.
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May 5th, 2009, 07:26 PM
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Re: Things You Should Never Use On Or Do To Your Bike.
Your Jiffy Stand is good. Don't get off the bike without using it!
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