don't feel bad, years ago I put armor all on the seat. all was well until I came to a stop light, slid right off the seat cartwheeled over the handle bars and landed on my back just in time to look up and see the bottom of the front wheel roll over my visor, lucky for me I was almost stopped at the time and the bike pretty much just fell harmlessly over next to me, much to the amusement of the cars waiting in the left turn lane.
--- In Honda-C70@yahoogroups.com, "jonyoon" <jonathan.yoon@...> wrote:
>
> But will windex get armor all out of tires? I use windex quite frequently for just about everything else.
>
> --- In Honda-C70@yahoogroups.com, M J <mattjne@> wrote:
> >
> > Windex for everything - great on the chrome too
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 4:40 PM, tachwinder1 <tachwinder1@> wrote:
> >
> > > **
> > >
> > >
> > > One thing to be very cautious about is getting the Armor All on the tread
> > > of the tires. My wife's cousin said he took a bike to a detailer to get it
> > > ready to sell. He left the detailer and rode to a near by fast food place
> > > and on the first sharp turn in the parking lot he leaned and down went the
> > > bike. So I think it is not a very good idea to use Armor All on tires.
> > > Regards,
> > > Terry
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In Honda-C70@yahoogroups.com, "jonyoon" <jonathan.yoon@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > So I did something really dumb last night... I was cleaning and decided
> > > to armor all the plastics of my C70.
> > > >
> > > > Unfortunately, I also made the dumb mistake of putting armor all on the
> > > side walls of my tires. Only later did I read that it was a dumb thing to do
> > > and that AA will cause the tires to harden and crack. Go ahead and say I'm a
> > > retard, cause I sure feel like one now.
> > > >
> > > > So now that I've done that, I think it's time for new tires. Or is there
> > > a way to get the armor all out of the side walls?
> > > >
> > > > What do you guys think about putting a 2.25 tire up front and have a 3.0
> > > 0 tire on rear? I've read that some people tend to like that set up.
> > > >
> > > > Right now I have 2.50 front and 2.75 rear.
> > > >
> > > > I plan on putting on Michelin Gazelles again.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > -Jon
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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> >
>
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