IMFASTTOO
Living Legend
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YEP if the wheels arent coated and they are oxidized use xxxx steel wool and aluminum polish that works great to remove the deposits and then polish with a soft rag
Cleaning the wheels
- Thread starter zimtuff
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zimtuff
Nitrous
Thanks for the replies but are the R3 standard wheels coated or not?
They dont look like they are too me.
They dont look like they are too me.
scowherd
Top Fuel
Mine are not the quickest way to find out is to clean your wheel good and put some metal polish on a rag rub on a spot that has oxidation if the rag turns black there is no coating
zimtuff
Nitrous
I was at the dealer today and they said the wheels were coated up to about 08,but they were unsure of the exact change over date. They said my 08 would probably have coated wheels
I will try the soft options and work up
Pig9r
Living Legend
The '05 Rockets had coated wheels. From '06 on they did not have any coating on them. I am not sure about the Touring model. Not having coated wheels is starting to be a pain in the ass.
scowherd
Top Fuel
I agree having non coated wheels was great the first couple of time I polished them .... but now keeping up with then is just a pain in the arse
zimtuff
Nitrous
Paint is looking better all the time
scowherd
Top Fuel
powder coating Is a nice alternative
pjl52
.040 Over
Mine are not coated (08 Standard) I polished them when I first got the bike using S100 metal polish and Autosol, I then applied a good quality wax, has lasted very well almost 9 months. All I do after washing the bike is wiping with a chamois and spot cleaning and re-waxing if required.
Peter
Peter
