Sidecar Flip
Living Legend
After Jack's comments about 'filth' on my bike(s). Yesterday I spent 4 hours washing and carefully cleaning the sidecar outfit. The Rocket will have to wait until this week as I ran out of daylight and besides, it got cold....
First I soaked her down with Simple Green and hosed her off. Then I used a sponge to was all the body parts and a tooth brush to clean all the little places that collect 'filth' that I normally don't see but the camera (and Jack) does. The I rolled the outfit in the shop and cleaned all 3 wheels with a clean towel and plenty of Honda Pro Polish, even getting the spokes and the inner hubs. I Armorall'd the tires then carefully Pro-Polished all the bodywork on the hack and the bike, removing all the removable sheet metal and cleaning and waxing each part. I got on the creeper and cleaned under the engine and frame areas and waxed the frame tubes and lugs. After that, I removed the seat and carefully cleaned it as well as the area covered by the seat paying close attention to the rear fender and all the harness's under there. The gas tank got a coat of Pro Polish and the engine and was wiped down. Finally I took some GE High Pressure Silicone, a paintbrush and a shop towel and went over the cooling fins on the motor removing water spots as well as the entire frame, swing arm and chainguard. After I finished, I covered the outfit with a blanket(s) and put on the respective covers. All is well. Now, on the R3.
First I soaked her down with Simple Green and hosed her off. Then I used a sponge to was all the body parts and a tooth brush to clean all the little places that collect 'filth' that I normally don't see but the camera (and Jack) does. The I rolled the outfit in the shop and cleaned all 3 wheels with a clean towel and plenty of Honda Pro Polish, even getting the spokes and the inner hubs. I Armorall'd the tires then carefully Pro-Polished all the bodywork on the hack and the bike, removing all the removable sheet metal and cleaning and waxing each part. I got on the creeper and cleaned under the engine and frame areas and waxed the frame tubes and lugs. After that, I removed the seat and carefully cleaned it as well as the area covered by the seat paying close attention to the rear fender and all the harness's under there. The gas tank got a coat of Pro Polish and the engine and was wiped down. Finally I took some GE High Pressure Silicone, a paintbrush and a shop towel and went over the cooling fins on the motor removing water spots as well as the entire frame, swing arm and chainguard. After I finished, I covered the outfit with a blanket(s) and put on the respective covers. All is well. Now, on the R3.