Joe, Sorry you had to learn this lesson in such a hard way. I strongly advice against the use of any of those products on motorcycles. As Kyle said, no only the tires, but also seat (you can slide off), foot pegs or controls in general. I know rubber parts tend to look "good" when shinny but all of them are there for a particular function, and those products will only mess with them. Chrome and pain you can go nuts and make them shiny as much as you want, but to everyone here, please, forget about shinny rubber on your wheels... is not supposed to be shinny!
I hope you get back on riding very soon. Javier. On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Joe Armella <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, I'm an owner of a 95 750 nighthawk that I bought 4 months ago > with only 5300 miles on it (has 7000 now). It's my second motorcycle. Had a > 03 ducati monster 620 but it got me in trouble with speed so had to sell it > ;). Well back to my story. I've started to add accessories to my NH (saddle > bags, hand guards) feeling really proud. I just cleaned and lubed the chain > so decided to give it a good cleaning. Wash down, chrome shined. I sprayed > some tire shine on and that's where I had made my mistake. I went out for > my Sunday ride, feeling good with my bike all clean and polished. I turn > out of my neighborhood and when I made the long left onto the main street > the tires just lost their traction and I feel off. I was in disbelief, I > look over and see the bottom of my bike looking at me while I sit in the > middle of the road. Just a few scraps I get up lift the bike and ride it > home. Had to hammer the left peg back into place, the shifter peddle is > bent in alittle but still useable. Scraps on the very back lower corner of > the exhaust pipe and the lower front part of the cover of the gear box also > a small hole in the lower front corner of the side pocket to my saddlebag. > The left hand guard got alittle beat up have to replace the screws but > still useable and the kicker my clutch lever is bend 90 degrees inwards. > All in all the bike and I came out pretty good. No damage to the gas tank. > Nothing noticeable as far as bends in the handle bar just the tip of the > grip is a little chewed off. The upsetting part of all this is my local > motorcycle store didn't have my clutch lever in stock. So I sit here on a > beautiful Sunday watching my fellow bikes ride. Wishing I didn't have that > stupid tire shine. I've wiped it all off of course but after the fact. I've > learned a hard lesson today and hope someone learns from my mistake. I'll > post some pictures when my part comes in and I'm riding again. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
