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[REGGAB]

yes.  most definitely.  har!  spyder

[1abastarsmda]

I take the covers off to clean and just hit the back side of the cover with some cleaner of any sort and a damp cloth.  As far as everything covered by those covers, I just take a damp rag and clean up the area as best as possible, but I don't really want to get that area real wet.  I don't think you will ever keep that area clean, and keeping it maintained from a buildup of crud may be about the best you can do without going overboard.  Face it, that area has covers on it and you cannot see it.  I already feel anal, just because I remove them to clean in there in the first place.  At least I now know that I'm not the only one to do this.

[Sklywag]

Not really any different than under th hood of a car.  I pull off the side covers, & the seat  every time I completely wash the MC, like once a month.  I spray S100 every where, into all the nooks & crannys, all over the wiring, let it soak, wash it out with the hose connected to the hot water facuet.  Rince it out with lots of hot water.  Then I use my 140mph leaf blower to blow out all the water, do it real good before I ever start the MC.

No problems in 3 years of doing it.  I do the same thing on both the SE & the Sportster.

[REGGAB]

I take the covers off to clean and just hit the back side of the cover with some cleaner of any sort and a damp cloth.  As far as everything covered by those covers, I just take a damp rag and clean up the area as best as possible, but I don't really want to get that area real wet.  I don't think you will ever keep that area clean, and keeping it maintained from a buildup of crud may be about the best you can do without going overboard.  Face it, that area has covers on it and you cannot see it.  I already feel anal, just because I remove them to clean in there in the first place.  At least I now know that I'm not the only one to do this.

Please trust me:  You have no grounds to feel anal.     When you remove the covers and clean the inside of the covers the same way you clean the outside; when you remove fuse blocks, remove covers from fuse blocks, clean the covers and the fuse blocks the same way you clean the visible areas of the bike; when you clean the frame (inboard and outboard) to which the fuse blocks attach; when you remove the CC unit, clean it, and the frame to which it mounts; when you remove the ECM mount and the ECM and security siren from the mount, clean those items and the frame to which they mount...............you're just about to step over to the ChipGaryHenry darkside.   

[SneakyPete]

I powerwash mine like rest of bike, no problems and squeaky clean!

[Fired00d]

Please trust me:  You have no grounds to feel anal.     When you remove the covers and clean the inside of the covers the same way you clean the outside; when you remove fuse blocks, remove covers from fuse blocks, clean the covers and the fuse blocks the same way you clean the visible areas of the bike; when you clean the frame (inboard and outboard) to which the fuse blocks attach; when you remove the CC unit, clean it, and the frame to which it mounts; when you remove the ECM mount and the ECM and security siren from the mount, clean those items and the frame to which they mount...............you're just about to step over to the ChipGaryHenry darkside.   

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[SBB]

Please trust me:  You have no grounds to feel anal.     When you remove the covers and clean the inside of the covers the same way you clean the outside; when you remove fuse blocks, remove covers from fuse blocks, clean the covers and the fuse blocks the same way you clean the visible areas of the bike; when you clean the frame (inboard and outboard) to which the fuse blocks attach; when you remove the CC unit, clean it, and the frame to which it mounts; when you remove the ECM mount and the ECM and security siren from the mount, clean those items and the frame to which they mount...............you're just about to step over to the ChipGaryHenry darkside.    

 

[Screamin]

Side covers come off  

[LarryB]

Now I have heard everything. I do a very good cleaning job but good grief. Fudge me, I gotta go out to the garage now and clean these Gosh Darn side covers. Thanks, I'll get you back.
But first, i need to filter the air in my tires

[1abastarsmda]

Now I have heard everything. I do a very good cleaning job but good grief. Fudge me, I gotta go out to the garage now and clean these Gosh Darn side covers. Thanks, I'll get you back.
But first, i need to filter the air in my tires

It's a sad day here on the forum.  After gaining all of this respect here, you come out of the closet and tell us you don't take your side covers off to clean.  I just don't know how to deal with this shocking piece of news.  Please tell us it just isn't so.

[LarryB]

Can't think of one funny thing to say here.

[SBB]

Now I have heard everything. I do a very good cleaning job but good grief. Fudge me, I gotta go out to the garage now and clean these Gosh Darn side covers. Thanks, I'll get you back.
But first, i need to filter the air in my tires

OMG Larry!
You running unfiltered air in your tires?
Wait till Rick C hears about this.
GEEEEZZZZZZZZ I'm devastated.


 

[LarryB]

whoa there, I would never think of using unfiltered air, but as the 500 mile mark has passed since last filtration, I felt a need to re-filter. You know, evacuate, store, filter, re-store, chemical wash, re-store, compress, inject.
Man, sounds like last nite. 

[1abastarsmda]

whoa there, I would never think of using unfiltered air, but as the 500 mile mark has passed since last filtration, I felt a need to re-filter. You know, evacuate, store, filter, re-store, chemical wash, re-store, compress, inject.
Man, sounds like last nite. 

All you need is this seasonal tire air  http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=45

[LarryB]

funny site