Mostly soap and bucket and low pressure spray to rinse. On the rare occasions when it's really grimy I try to keep the high pressure spray below the level of the tires. In addition to the instrument cluster, you want to spray tangentially to any air intakes and ducts; you don't want high pressure water going up into the intake or exhaust or up into the body cavity where it could pool.
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Washing Your Spyder....
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pegasus1300
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I have been washing bikes at car washes for over 50 years. If you don't pull back on the wand trigger you get a nice soft spray. Not strong enough to blow past a seal. As to the gauges I don't do that part of the Spyder at the car wash, I do wash that by hand after the rest is done. Because of all the brake dust and grime I do spray Merlin's Blood on the wheels before I hit them with the wand.
FalconAF
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Follow-up question to all the great advice above. On my new 2018 RT Limited, how the heck do you get the bug crud cleaned from between the inside of the windshield and front of the black frame where the windshield is attached to it (bottom of the windshield)? The gap between the windshield and the frame is super narrow and I can't fit a finger between it. I can't fit a toothbrush between it. The rest of my Spyder gets washed after every ride, but I still have dried bug guts from 2 weeks ago on the inside of the windscreen and the black windscreen frame in the above places. There's probably a simple answer I haven't thought of yet, but for now... :dontknow:
bmccaffrey
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Well on my washer i cab adjust pressure. Haven't seen to many that you can't
canamjhb
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Moist microfiber cloth threaded into the gaps and pulled back and forth..... Jim
FalconAF
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OK, that was simple. Worked fine. Thanks. :banghead:
Bugs are so bad here, a pressure wash for the front end is mandatory. I have done this for 30 plus years on motorcycles, never an issue other than K&N exposed air filters aka HD and Yamaha Roadstars. A spray bottle with a fabric softener sheet in it really softens up bug internals...then pressure wash
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