Can anyone tell me the method and products to use to get a showbike finish and mirror glea on wire wheels on a heritage softail. Ive seen photos and dont know how they do it od how long it takes or what to use.

Thanks Bucket, buti dont have cash for that have to use elbow grease but still need to know and with wht

Dissasemble the wheels, autosol the rim, hub and spokes with hours of elbow grease or powder coat em all black and be done with it!!

Thanks alby, i thought i knew the answer but at leaset i now know for sure, their always seems to be an easy way to do things when you know, so i thought i would get everyones info just to make sure and i didnt f**k things up. Thanks to everyone who chipped in Cheers

Thanks Wozza, checked it today, there chrome so im going to use MgQuirers and a shit load of elbow grease

Elm I have spoke wheels and after trying all different brushes from the supermarket or car accessory shops, I decided to give the Harley wheel and spoke cleaning brush a go. It's conical in shape, not cheap but it does do a great job of getting in all the little nooks and crannies. I mixed some CT-18 truck wash in a bucket and with the bike on the lift gave the spokes and wheels a good going over. It works a treat. I could see it removing the bits of grime that I had missed from the last clean. Other than that just rinse them off and use a chamois and paper towelling.

Thanks twincam 88b im impressed with all the advice ive recieved from people this is a great forum Cheers

herd a little thing on the grape vine that ct-18 will actualy eat ya chrome and pit the shitter outa it ??!! dunno how correct this is but i used to use it to wash my scoota and heavens above i have a 6 month old bike with pitty chrome bit !

Yeah you are right aussiesport, well the story has been raised before. Don't know if it's true, but I think the idea is to use it sparingly and anyway I rinse the wheels straight away with rain water. I do use another product called Glym to wash the bike, supposed to be a better product........a whole new other thread could be raised.

kewl bud so it does have merit glym is in a white bottle yeah?!

in the pub we use viniger n rise with  water to clean the cutery , there  S/ Steel , so it may work well on spokes , i dont clean my bike very well if at all   so i dont no

Thanks everyone question answered the double wrap shoelace seems to be the way to go. Thanks to all for effort and contribution Cheers

Yes Glym is in a white bottle.....

"kewl tc saw an add in a mag yesterday for a new polishing cone you can use an o drill or a grinder is made of some superdoper foam and would be good for wire wheels ! i think ,,,,ok i found it was in the latest cruisin "hotrod"mag the cone is from mothers its called the powercone .the part number is 685146.