Use only recommended cleaning and care products. Refer to Care and Cleaning → Cleaning and General Care → Recommended Cleaning and Care Products and Care and Cleaning → Cleaning and General Care → Recommended Surface Care Products.
NOTE
During rinsing and washing, avoid direct spray on radio, speakers, saddlebags, trunk or Tour-Pak sealing areas (if equipped). Avoid spraying water under leather saddlebag covers (if equipped).
Preparation
  1. Allow motorcycle to cool before rinsing or washing. Spraying water on hot surfaces can leave water spots and mineral deposits.
  2. Rinse the motorcycle from the bottom up.
  3. To loosen dried bugs or hardened dirt, allow surfaces to soak under a damp towel.
Cleaning the Wheels and Tires
  1. Rinse wheel and tire surfaces. Avoid splashing brake dust on chrome or painted parts.
  2. Apply WHEEL & TIRE CLEANER. Allow cleaner to set for one minute.
  3. Clean the wheel with a SOFT DETAILING PAD or WHEEL & SPOKE BRUSH. Use SOFTSTRIPS to clean wheel spokes. Thoroughly scrub all brake dust and other sediments off the wheel. Accumulated brake dust can trap moisture and dirt, which leads to wheel corrosion.
  4. Rinse well.
Washing the Motorcycle
NOTE
Refer to the appropriate instructions in this section for cleaning leather, Denim (flat) finishes, windshields or other special surfaces.
  1. Fill a bucket with clean water.
  2. Fill an H-D WASH BUCKET with water and add SUNWASH BIKE SOAP, following the directions on the package.
  3. Soak the H-D WASH MITT in the SUNWASH solution. Wash all surfaces from the top working down.
  4. Spray BUG REMOVER to remove any bugs.
  5. Rinse the motorcycle:
    1. Rinse from the bottom up.
    2. Rinse from the top down.
Drying the Motorcycle
  1. Dry the surfaces from the top down using a SOFT DRYING TOWEL or a HARLEY-DAVIDSON HOG BLASTER MOTORCYCLE DRYER. Avoid using any type of forced air on speakers or other sensitive components.
  2. Dampen towel in clean water and wring out the excess. The towel is more absorbent when wet.
  3. Wipe across the vehicle surface.
  4. Repeat as necessary until surface is completely dry.
Polishing and Sealing
NOTE
If motorcycle has Denim finish, skip the Polishing and Sealing procedure.
  1. Apply GLAZE POLY SEALANT with a SOFTCLOTH or MICROFIBER DETAILING CLOTH, following the instructions on the package.
  2. Buff with a SOFTCLOTH.
  3. Polish and seal the wheels as described in Care and Cleaning → Wheel Care to prevent corrosion.
NOTE
Bare aluminum wheels do not have a protective coating. The wheels corrode if not properly treated. Apply HARLEY PRESERVE BARE ALUMINUM CORROSION PROTECTANT when purchasing the motorcycle and at least twice per year to prevent cosmetic damage to bare aluminum wheels.
Finishing Tires
Apply H-D BLACK TIRE SIDEWALL PROTECTANT to tires, following the instructions on the package.