gorgeous rich black tires....on a motorcycle?

Lance Mark

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I am sealing some rims on a bike that are a combination of textured black and chrome, the cleaned up really nice and I'm going to coat them with Gyeon Rim

when watching the Gyeon Rim install vid, I saw them follow up by turning the side of the tire a beautiful glossy black

when i do a bike, before i wash the wheels, the bike goes on a lift and thoroughly wash and rinse the tires with nothing but water and old rags until they are totally clean, not to make them look nice, but mostly because when the bike is on the lift and I'm working on it, i touch the tires sometimes and if they are filthy, i risk getting that road dirt on my nice clean bike

in an abundance of caution, I have assumed, don't do anything to wheels on a motorcycle....I leave them super clean, and grippy, but next to this rim, they are going to look a bit dull and lifeless

can I clean and then use something on a motorcycle wheel to give it a nice look without compromising rider safety?
 
All gorgeous, rich tires matter........... :p


That's a good question. I would not be able to recommend anything because I'm not familiar with how "slick" some of the tire dressings would be.
 
could always try black shoe dye....old detailers trick
 
The general consensus is not to apply ANYTHING to motorcycle tire sidewalls. I have never bought into that philosophy completely. While I do agree that some products and processes may pose a risk, there are also products and processes that can be used safely.

Product-wise... The product must dry to the point that it cannot migrate from the sidewall to the tread.

Process-wise... Care must be taken to preclude any product from being applied to the tread, i.e., a wipe on application rather than a spray on application. Additionally, I always wipe the tire tread with a rag dampened with lacquer thinner as a final step.

I use Meguiar's Ultimate Black Trim Restorer on my motorcycle tire sidewalls.

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I would never put dressing/restorer on a motorcycle tire. I use my sidewall all the time on the twisty roads. Now, on a garage queen that is never ridden/show bike I would think ok.
 
I'm glad you've found a use for the Ultimate Black. I've tried using that on almost everything on a Honda and Cadillac and never had any success. I have never used or tried it on tires. Actually, I threw it away.
 
ty for the responses, a quick wipe with lacquer thinner may be about as far as I may go beyond what I'm doing

and for the record, the only thing I hate more than a dirty bike, is a bike that's clean because it doesn't get ridden....that's just sad
 
Ace22 said:
I would never put dressing/restorer on a motorcycle tire.
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That's because you buy into the consensus I mentioned in my initial post. Many do - I don't.

Ace22 said:
I use my sidewall all the time on the twisty roads.
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No you don't! It's physically impossible. If your sidewall is making contact with the road, you're already down.

Ace22 said:
Now, on a garage queen that is never ridden/show bike I would think ok.
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It's ok on any bike as long as you use some common sense in your selection of product/process.
 
Lance Mark said:
not a lot of sidewall on an OEM Dunlop, I was more thinking, the whole tire...for now, it's good enough

thanks again all :)

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Thats my point, the sidewall is for structure and is used on cornering, although not in contact with the road. To just treat the sidewall on a motorcycle tire really doesn't do much for asthetics because it is so narrow.
 
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