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Does the interior of your helmet smell like an NFL locker room-after the game? Have swirling exhaust fumes from your bike’s under-seat exhaust given your backpack or riding jacket the stench of burned hydrocarbons? If so, there’s cheap and easy help: Spray them with Febreze, the household odor eliminator available at any grocery store or supermarket. Febreze doesn’t cover up odors with a fragrance: it’s a neutralizer that instead absorbs and dissipates odors. You just spray the affected item, let it sit overnight or until dry, and the bad smells are gone. In severe cases, a second application may be necessary. I’ve-used Febreze to kill all kinds of odors, including a gas spill during a fillup that doused my shoes with 91 octane when the pump’s automatic shutoff failed to work. I sprayed the shoes with Febreze when I arrived home, and by morning, the Eau de Chevron they had acquired was gone. Once you try Febreze, you’ll find many uses for it, and not just in the garage.

Paul Dean