Your Victory
motorcycle can turn in to stack of mud if you travel during drizzling. The
saddlebags attached to your motorcycle would also become filthy during the
ride. Cleaning debris from your motorcycle is not a tough task. You just have
to take a little care while cleaning or washing the leather made products.
Cleaning of leather made saddlebags is quite different than cleaning of hard
saddlebags.
Why you should keep Your Leather made
Victory Bags Clean:
Leather
saddlebags may lose their shine due to their usage over many years. These bags
get stiffen when are exposed to sun for longer periods of time. For the purpose
of keeping these saddlebags in original position, clean your victory saddle bags
regularly. To keep the shine of leather exterior, maintain moisture of these
saddlebags. Leather loses it softness and losses its moisture. The moisture
level of these bags can be increased by using leather conditioner. Leather
cleaners are also available in the market to clean leather saddlebags.
Simple Steps to Bring Your Saddlebags
back to Life:
Here are some
simple steps which should be adopted to bring your leather saddlebags back to
life:
Get Some Useful Leather Products:
Get some
useful leather products from your nearest motorcycle store. These leather
products are the leather cleaner and leather moisturizer. A good quality chrome
polish is used to boost up the shine of the stain less steel studs and buckles
on the saddlebags.
Arrange for Some Extra Pieces of Clothes:
There would
be required some pieces of clothes to clean your victory saddlebags. Take out
an outdated shirt from your wardrobe and cut two pieces from it. Now arrange
for a towel for the purpose of conditioning. Also take a wet sponge for
conditioning the leather bags.
Cleaning the Leather Portions:
Take one of
the two dry pieces of cloth. Remove all the dust and mud from the victory motorcycle saddlebags.
Make sure that there is no debris left on your saddlebags. Now take the second
piece of washcloth and soak it in water. Now drop a little amount of leather
cleaner on it and rub it gently in circular form. Apply this procedure once at
each section of the saddlebags. After cleaning your saddlebags with leather
cleaner, let the bags to dry. After both the bags gets dry, repeat the above
procedure using the dump sponge. Use leather conditioner instead of cleaner
this time.
Clean the Studs and Buckles:
Take a piece
of towel and wrap in on your finger. Now dip it in the can of chrome polish and
take out little amount of polish. Start rubbing your finger in circular manner.
Apply the same process for all the studs and buckles of leather saddlebags.
Then clean the metal studs and buckles with dry towel as a final touch.
