I was amazed once by lemon pledge. I was prepping my old KLR for sale and tried the pledge trick. Brought a lot of color back.

 

You need to use something with a UV blocker to stop the fade in the first place. After the fact; there are products like "Back to Black" that will restore some colors.

I sometimes throw a bra cover over mine in the hot summer months if I have it parked at work. It's amazing how quickly 100+ degree full sun will break down rubbers and fade plastics...

 

I've heard of using a heat gun on plastics to restore from sunfade, or polish/buff.

 

While you're at it make sure you Armor All your seat and tires. ; - )

 

I seen heat guns work wonders on old honda plastics... personally I had to do total rebuild on some of my plastics after my accident and I used this process to save money.

I fiber glassed the pieces back together (from the inside), then I followed up with a 3 stage wet sand process on the portions of the plastics that were torn up from road rash. From here I used a heat gun to pull the dull sand marks back to a bright shine... to be honest it worked great.

 

Ill give one or more of these a go. The sun here is brutal!
Cheers, Jim

 

Thanks for the replies.

I am going to try the Lemon Pledge. I have seen it recommended quite a bit and according to their web site it's safe for plastic. Looks like a lot of pilots use it on their windows. Probably can’t be any worse than the products that I have tried so far which have actually dulled the shine.

At least for awhile I want to keep it looking nice. As soon as I lay it on its side, scratch it on branches, or break a lever, I probably won't worry too much but now it only has a few miles and is spotless.

 

Mine was spotless until my first dirt ride, when I scratched the front fender bulling my way through a low hanging tree branch.
Now I cover the scratches with stickers, I have lots of stickers and stickers over scratched stickers.
Enjoy the bike, it is a dependable steed.

 

yea.... im worried about polishing the plastics...... lol