Was this on painted areas or matte black plastic areas? The black plastic on mine looks pretty oxidized and nothing I do has helped.Not difficult, tedious. Surface needs to be clean and dried to a spotless finish, whatever you leave will be there until you strip it and do it again, but the finish is incredible and the maintenance is minimal. I did it on a VTX1800, it always looked brand new, sold the bike 2 years ago and saw a friend of the new owner who says everyone they ride with knows the bike as the "clean" one. I told him why that bike looks like that and he is spreading the word in their circle, the new owner could only tell them he just washes it and it looks like that. That bike I did with the remnants of a bottle used on a small car of the "real" ceramic coating, there are "ceramic coatings" in a spray bottle that do a very good jod at shine and protection, but don't last like a true ceramic coat, that's what I have on my scoot, about once every 3 months after washing and drying takes about 15 minutes to reapply. Boots don't scuff the center, bird droppings squirt right off and the washes are only about one third as often.
Good eye, you are exactly right.@ Delray - it looks like that photo was taken in Mizner Park
Thanks, that looks exactly like what I was looking for. I will see whether I can get it in AustraliaBack to Black has worked wonders on the black plastic of several GT's, Burgman 650's and Silver Wings. If the plastic is really faded, you might need some elbow grease to work it in, but eventually it will look like new. On one old Silver Wing, Back to Black made a dramatic, "holy cow, is that the same bike?" difference.
I use Turtle Wax ICE Spray Wax for the fairings. Like-new in minutes. For rubber and vinyl (seat, floor mats, passenger rails), I use Mother's Vinyl-Leather-Rubber cleaner (not shown, red + black bottle shaped like Spray Wax). I keep my 2015 super clean. Riding it feels better that way.
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I got some via Catch.com.au It came in about a week and it works well.I bought my C650 using the internet, so had not inspected it before purchase, just relied on photos. The only blemish is the matt black plastic covers - one side of the bike is OK, the other is oxidised almost to pale grey. I guess it was parked somewhere where the sun was very strong from one direction, over a period of time. I have been wondering if it is possible to restore that very faded matt black, and it sounds as if the Back to Black will do the trick - if I can find it (or its equivalent) here in Australia.
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