Washing the bike

[Conrad]

Wax?

Yes Shrek, and not the stuff that comes outta your ears.

[stevewfl]

Is this a Harley board?

Jesus, if your bike is clean you obviously don't ride it.   

+1

and six pages of "cleaning a bike"

[VirginiaJim]

Yes Shrek, and not the stuff that comes outta your ears.

 

[maxtog]

I just had another thought....what do you guys use to clean the lower fairing?  I wash it pretty good, I use WD-40 to get the tar and TOUGH stuff off, but what do you use to protect it?  I didn't think that regular wax would be a good thing.  I haven't used ANYTHING on it except the WD-40 for the front.  That WD-40 is also one heckuva wheel cleaner too!  I DON'T use knock-offs there, I use only the real deal.  Works like a charm.

I would CLEAN it like any other plastic.  To protect it (and prevent stuff sticking to it) I tried to use synthetic wax on it and that was a BIG mistake (one that took a lot of time to reverse)     Now I just wipe it with that 303 Aerospace stuff...

I would never leave WD-40 on plastic- it has solvents that will likely destroy the plastic over time.

[stevewfl]

I drug my bottom fairing across a curb in New Mexico going from the gas station across grass to starbucks parking lot. Man the crud that was on that thing!

[stlheadake]

I use wax on the lower fairing, why do you think that it's not a good thing?

I didn't think it's a good thing because it is flat.  Not any other reason other than it's flat.  Removing wax from a flat (non-gloss) surface is TOUGH!

@Steve, I wash mine when time allows.  I generally am riding it.  Now it's too DAMNED HOT!  When I get on my bike to go for a quick shot up to the grocery, and I wind up smelling like two-a-days, it's too hot!  Ironically, I have never parked my bike because it's too cold! 

There have been a couple of times that you couldn't tell the color of it.