Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

When I use to own my big bikes I'd never wave at the Harley guys unless they waved first which wasn't often. Riding my CH80 I rarely wave being I don't like having only one hand on the bar, just not safe. If anyone waves at me I just nod my head. One of my friends use to ride with me when we both ha...

If you want the most shine I recommend the following. First, wash down the plastics with a good car soap, using a dish detergent to wash them will cause fading as it tends to dry out the plastics over time. We use high speed buffers in my shop but if you don't have one you could do it by hand. After...

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One reason for the great shine is the older gentleman never abused it and always parked it in his shop when not using it.
Glass coating just gave it that wet look.

It does look better in person, loving it !

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Louisiana

Owning a detail shop offers me many products to clean my new to me Elite 80. I maintain it using the rinse-less wash method. Simply spray everything down and wipe clean. Since I bought it I did the following. Clay barred all plastics. Machine polished all plastics using Meguiar's 205 with an orange ...

Just wanted to give a shout out to you guys. I bought my very first scoot five weeks ago, 2001 Elite 80 from a one owner. Bought it with 3315 miles on her, five weeks later I now have 4200. I own a custom detail shop and use the scoot for pickups when needed. I've been reading a lot here since buyin...