Ceramic coating a motorcycle you actually ride

The protocol

1. Wash thoroughly with pH-neutral soap.
2. Chemically decontaminate (iron remover); clay only if the paint feels rough.
3. Optional: a light polish first — on a low-mile car the extra clarity is worth the hour.
4. Coat: These directions are for Hydro Silk, the pad-applied wipe-on coating this protocol uses as its example — other products' tools and flash times differ, so follow your bottle. Prime the pad with two full pumps, pre-dab ~2.5 ft sections, spread thin and even, dwell 5–30 minutes, buff off. Keep dry 8 hours; no washing for 3 days.
5. Maintain: pH-neutral hand wash; no brush tunnels; a silica-safe detailer between washes.
6. Reapply: every ~11 months for this profile.

Specific to this setup

Coat the tank, fairings, fenders, and wheel faces; skip seat, grips, and anything you hold — slick is a feature on paint and a hazard on controls.

The economics flip on a bike: ~4–6 ml per application means one 2 oz bottle is years of coatings, and bug/chain-lube cleanup is where you feel it weekly.

Sources: goshineco.com