Wash it, or let it get dirty!

[skidMark]

Simple question really...

do you wash your bike often always keep it tidy etc...

or are you the attitude of screw it its for riding, id rather spend washing time riding it!

i washed mine on the weekend... got home from work today...covered in mud..... grass.... oyster shells (funny story)

i like my bike to look clean... but for the 2 hours it takes to do it right it seems kind of pointless when it just gets filthy on the vineyard.

where do you stand.

[Ragingrob]

Through winter I usually let the rain wash it. Summer I'll give it a once over every couple of weekends or so.

[Thani-B]

I didnt have a choice of "whenever I feel it needs it and I have the time". So I choose monthly. Prob every 2 or 3 months though.

[gijoe1313]

Usually after a long ride .. which means usually every time I go out! :pinch: The funny thing is I use more water and suds to clean my rides than I use on a cage! :scratch:

[98tls]

Wash it,nothing dirty gets to sleep with me:mellow:Well then again.

[Elysium]

Oh bike, I thought it was dishes or laundry.

[skidMark]

Oh bike, I thought it was dishes or laundry.

thats what women are for, but you implied that.

[bshadbolt]

I wash my bikes as infrequently as possible. Takes too much time, doesn't improve performance and they get dirty too quickly. What's more, washing a bike almost guarantees rain.

Cheers,

Brett

[AllanB]

I like mine really clean. It's been that bloody cold lately - too cold to clean!

One thing about cleaning your bike thoroughly is that it gives you the opportunity to check everything over as you clean.

[T.W.R]

One thing about cleaning your bike thoroughly is that it gives you the opportunity to check everything over as you clean.

Look after your machine and it'll look after you :yes: preventative maintenance goes a long way :msn-wink:

[Maha]

I did have to get the water blaster out a while ago, the CB did a bit off road on the road and I cant stand a dirty bike.

[crash harry]

I didnt have a choice of "whenever I feel it needs it and I have the time". So I choose monthly. Prob every 2 or 3 months though.

Same here. Ends up being something like once a month. Or so.

[FJRider]

It never rains here in paradise ... so it doesn't get dirty ... :msn-wink:

And if it does rain ... I just keep riding 'till its clean again ... simple. :devil2:

[98tls]

A bit off topic but fwiw liberal use of the sticky clear plastic stuff keeps things pretty good,my old TLS has done just shy of 60,000 k and things like fork legs etc are as new after having said plastic stuff applied way back in 99.Put the stuff everywhere,underside of undertray/casings(no it hasnt melted) and it keeps it like new.

[skidMark]

A bit off topic but fwiw liberal use of the sticky clear plastic stuff keeps things pretty good,my old TLS has done just shy of 60,000 k and things like fork legs etc are as knew after having said plastic stuff applied way back in 99.Put the stuff everywhere,underside of undertray/casings(no it hasnt melted) and it keeps it like new.


For what its worth... ive always fancied your bike in a i could have a long term relationship with it kind of way.

[p.dath]

I tend to wash it with my kids. A good weekend or after school activity. I also get my kids to help grease the chain (put it up on the centre stand, one can spin the wheel while the other sprays the grease on).

Also, on an older bike I didn't used to wash it as often, and then when it came to cleaning the wheels it was always a major.

[nallac]

not often enough,
the problem of using it every day all year round clean it and its dirty by the time i get to work..

gave it a hell clean yesterday/this morning and its covered in shit already....

[Gremlin]

How timely...

I just cleaned the KTM on Sunday evening, the poor thing needed one.

Last time I cleaned it was in Invercargill, early January, but it did get a clean late February/early March from the shop, when they worked on it...

Therefore, it seems its every few months, but its a KTM, they look good dirty, and love getting dirty :laugh:

[gwigs]

I only wash my bike if I,m not going to ride it...because sure as eggs its a sign to the gods to make it rain...:laugh:

[coffeejunkie]

FFS!!!! I didn't think i was ment to be cleaning Balzy's leathers, LOL......As for his bike well there's 2 things i'm not aloud to do....mow the lawn or clean his bike, lol

[MIXONE]

FFS!!!! I didn't think i was ment to be cleaning Balzy's leathers, LOL......As for his bike well there's 2 things i'm not aloud to do....mow the lawn or clean his bike, lol

Shit he is mean.
Come to my place and you can do both!

[coffeejunkie]

Shit he is mean.
Come to my place and you can do both!

You would let me lose on ya lawn with a mower? Wow you are game, LOL

[Cheshire Cat]

I've washed mine twice :doh::no::laugh::bleh:

[slofox]

Hmmmmmm three times (or was it twice?) in fifteen months...

[Timber020]

Washed mine for my wedding.....aside from that, nah. give the rear wheel a clean when the chain lube build up is getting a little to much though.