Ah, good to know about that dishsoap.
Will no longer use that.

Guess I'll need to re-polish and re-wax next weekend!

WHEN I do finally decide to clean it up, I use pure silicone oil, not Armorall, on the plastic around the speedo, the cables, clutch cover, etc, everything that isnt painted or chromed, pretty much. I get it from copier repair places. Old copiers use it in the fuser section, so its called Fuser Oil.

Ive been told Some types have damaged plastic, but I havent seen that happen. I also use it on the cars. It lasts for months & months, unlike Armorall, which I suspect actually causes dashes to crack.

Call around & see if you can buy a pint for cheap. I pad $5.00 a pint for 4 pints. oughta last me for life. Minolta or Ricoh oil is what I ask for. Dont want it watery thin, or syrup thick..but thin is better than thick, for application purposes.

I oil the plastic b4 I wax, cuz wax wont stick to the oiled plastic & make it look odd.

PLastic, around speedo, rubber under tail lamp assy, other rubber & plastic, as you find it, Anything you might bump with a colored wax.

only water suzi has seen is from the sky or the road..
maguiers detailer,various spray waxes,and last weekend chrome polish and alot of elbow grease cause while i was doin an oil change
i spilled a lil oil on the head pipe..two hours of rubbin w/ polish got er clean again..change oil w/ eingine hot doesnt mean put new oil in while still hot!! shoula had a couple more beers between drain and refill!!!

I use Blue Coral wash and wax on mine every couple of weeks. Turtle Wax chrome polish two to three times a year and Blue Note to remove trash from the exhaust pipe and muffler.

mikestrikes wrote on 09/16/09 at 08:40:57:


And umbrella???!!!!  Or wetsuit????!!!!