Tips for cleaning windshield?

[Ilikebikes]

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[robp]

For heavy caked-on bugs cover the area with very wet paper towels or cloth (like shop towels or an old t-shirt) and let sit for a few minutes. This will soften and loosen the bugs for easy removal without a lot of scrubbing.

 

[Cycledude]

Hydrogen peroxide is helpful, about $1 for a bottle at Walmart, spray it on and let it soak for 5-10 minutes and the bugs wipe off pretty easily. Plain water does about the same thing but takes slightly longer. If the bike sits outside overnight somewhere with lots of dew on the windshield the bugs wipe off very easily. Then apply a nice coat of wax to help prevent the bugs from sticking so well.

 

[jeckyll]

For heavy caked-on bugs cover the area with very wet paper towels or cloth (like shop towels or an old t-shirt) and let sit for a few minutes. This will soften and loosen the bugs for easy removal without a lot of scrubbing.

Same. I use a large wet rag, put that on the windshield and let it soak. Then just a soft dish brush and soap.

Pretty much do the same with my helmet, soak the shield, then wipe with cloth.

 

[scott123007]

So, as you can see, there's only ONE way to clean a windshield.

 

[cyclemike4]

I have a bad habbit of just letting bugs and dirt stick to it till it looks more like dirty body work than a wind screen. I do know regular glass cleaner with amonia in it will damage windscreens and face sheilds. I usually just use hot water and soft soap from a car wash kit. That is when i actually clean it. Haha

 

[MFP]

Got a new Super T and I'm trying to keep the windshield clean and scratch free and here in Florida that's a real challenge with all the bugs we have. Any tips for cleaning the windshield and not scratching it? Thanks.

Best m/c windshield cleaner/polisher, period!

Follow the directions and use a micro-fiber cloth for best results....

 

[ncpkwyrider747]

Appreciate all the responses. Yesterday I tried soaking a micro-fiber cloth with warm water and placing it on windshield for about 5 minutes, then wiping down gently with same cloth, then finishing with another clean micro-fiber cloth. Windshield looked brand new again....worked like a dream!

 

[MFP]

Appreciate all the responses. Yesterday I tried soaking a micro-fiber cloth with warm water and placing it on windshield for about 5 minutes, then wiping down gently with same cloth, then finishing with another clean micro-fiber cloth. Windshield looked brand new again....worked like a dream!

FWIW:
Once the windshield is properly cleaned with warm water then cleaned/polished with the Slipstream spray, a nice protective
coating is left with very increased, noticeable clarity as well as a repellent that really does not allow anything (bug guts as well!) to adhere to
the windshield.

 

[Gerard]

Wow, never heard of anyone using Windex on a motorcycle windshield. Has it worked well for you?

It made an absolute mess of mine FJR windshield, like tiny cracks and was told it was caused using Windex. So i would never use it.

 

[Jlq1969]

It made an absolute mess of mine FJR windshield, like tiny cracks and was told it was caused using Windex. So i would never use it.

Personally, I think that your windshield must have spent more time exposed to UV rays, and more time subjected to mechanical stress due to expansion/vibration, and mechanical stress due to air mass pressure due to velocity, than more time subjected to the action of a liquid. windshield wiper, which was designed for that, to clean various surfaces. That it comes in a plastic container, and that it is placed in a different plastic container in the car's windshield wiper, and that the liquid usually spends much more time in contact with those plastics, and I don't remember seeing cracks... But of course, if that An expert in corrosive liquids said it, I do not have the ability to contradict him...only the experience of using it for the last 25 years...in the interior cleaning of my vehicles, in the cleaning of my motorcycles, and in the cleaning of my home…..
This is the headlight of my truck. 3 years...150,000 miles...I clean it 4/7 times a week with glass cleaner...it is not cracked...my driver's seat (synthetic leather), the same miles as the headlight...cleaned every day...
And the cleaner on the back door…

 

[MattR]

Personally, I think that your windshield must have spent more time exposed to UV rays, and more time subjected to mechanical stress due to expansion/vibration, and mechanical stress due to air mass pressure due to velocity, than more time subjected to the action of a liquid. windshield wiper, which was designed for that, to clean various surfaces. That it comes in a plastic container, and that it is placed in a different plastic container in the car's windshield wiper, and that the liquid usually spends much more time in contact with those plastics, and I don't remember seeing cracks... But of course, if that An expert in corrosive liquids said it, I do not have the ability to contradict him...only the experience of using it for the last 25 years...in the interior cleaning of my vehicles, in the cleaning of my motorcycles, and in the cleaning of my home…..
This is the headlight of my truck. 3 years...150,000 miles...I clean it 4/7 times a week with glass cleaner...it is not cracked...my driver's seat (synthetic leather), the same miles as the headlight...cleaned every day...
And the cleaner on the back door…

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[Wallkeeper]

I use 2 parts windex and 1 part 90% Isopropyl Alcohol . Spray it on and briefly soak. It takes off the nastiest bugs and any small amount of oily road grime