I hate cleaning my bike!!

[NC]

:shifty: I need to get someone to clean it for me :shifty:

It takes soooooo long! Stoopid road grime..
Friggen 1 hour to clean the wheels alone :confused:

[manuboy]

Grime? Spooge i think is the official term according to the Firestromer dictionary.... so go clean the rest of the spooge off your bike then go for a ride (i am.......)

[Holy Roller]

:shifty: I need to get someone to clean it for me :shifty:

It takes soooooo long! Stoopid road grime..
Friggen 1 hour to clean the wheels alone :confused:
Steam clean 5 mins :bleh:
2hours to wash polish tank and shiny engine parts :cool:
Only when it gets really dirty.

[NC]

Grime? Spooge i think is the official term according to the Firestromer dictionary.... so go clean the rest of the spooge off your bike then go for a ride (i am.......)


It's finished, just have to re-oil the chain :blink:
I so can't be bothered going for a ride :(
Note to self, pick up a 'Firestormers dictionary' on bike "lingo".

[Coyote]

Try cleaning a MXer. No matter how hard you try to make it look clean, once it drys, it still looks like you've just been riding.:angry2:

[NC]

Steam clean 5 mins :bleh:
2hours to wash polish tank and shiny engine parts :cool:
Only when it gets really dirty.

Dude, you should have seen the wheels...
Baked on road kiff.. :( Got the old tooth brush out..scrub scrub...Bleh

Does steam cleaning it get all the shit off it?

[Al]

"Sun is shining, weather is fine......"
C'mon, you're not shy..... put on bikini and wash bike in driveway, soon you will have a heap of heplers... hehehe :killingme

[NC]

"Sun is shining, weather is fine......"
C'mon, you're not shy..... put on bikini and wash bike in driveway, soon you will have a heap of heplers... hehehe :killingme


I think the neighbours would freak out, I think they can just handle that I ride a loud bike. I don't think going outside and washing the bike in a bikini is a good idea when you are this "tattooed up" in a nice part of the Mount. They might think I'm trying to nick it and rob the house...lol

[Posh Tourer :P]

Try cleaning summat like this....

The fins on that pot are an absolute bitch, which is why they arent clean. One is, but only because it was covered in oil and thats easier to get off than spooge in oxide... :o

Still, toothbrush or paintbrush job, and it'd take ages if I ever bothered.... :disapint:

You fullas with full fairings have got it easy........ :yeah:

[NC]

Try cleaning summat like this....

The fins on that pot are an absolute bitch, which is why they arent clean. One is, but only because it was covered in oil and thats easier to get off than spooge in oxide... :o

Still, toothbrush or paintbrush job, and it'd take ages if I ever bothered.... :disapint:

You fullas with full fairings have got it easy........ :yeah:


Oh I'm going to havtah say it..... :o

It's cause you ride a old mans bike, and old men have nothing better to do than wash their bikes :hug:


*Runs off* :D

[Blakamin]

:doh: I have 3 bike cleaning toothbrushes :Oops:

I never washed the honda...couldnt be bothered...
but the Duc... 6 hours last sunday... none today coz it keeps raining and i keep riding... tomorrow it may get a clean

[Posh Tourer :P]

Oh I'm going to havtah say it..... :o

It's cause you ride a old mans bike, and old men have nothing better to do than wash their bikes :hug:

*Runs off* :D

You forgot about

Sleeping, reminiscing, sleeping, riding at 90kmh, sleeping, being an arsehole™, sleeping, NotWavingToSprotsBikes™, sleeping, complaining about washing bikes, sleeping, yelling at KidsTheseDays™, sleeping, and saying things like "BackInMyDay™"

Plenty of things to keep those chronologically challenged of us amused.... :cool2:

[NC]

You forgot about

Sleeping, reminiscing, sleeping, riding at 90kmh, sleeping, being an arsehole™, sleeping, NotWavingToSprotsBikes™, sleeping, complaining about washing bikes, sleeping, yelling at KidsTheseDays™, sleeping, and saying things like "BackInMyDay™"

Plenty of things to keep those chronologically challenged of us amused.... :cool2:

:lol: This emoticon look like it's wearing those old peoples glasses :cool2:

How fetching...lol

[NC]

:doh: I have 3 bike cleaning toothbrushes :Oops:

I never washed the honda...couldnt be bothered...
but the Duc... 6 hours last sunday... none today coz it keeps raining and i keep riding... tomorrow it may get a clean

6 Hours?!!!
FFS!! Did you get all the dirt off it? Most of it was polishing the knobs, eh?


I have 2 toothbrushes for the bike...:laugh:

[Wonko]

NC 30, all you have to do is walk down to the beach, and say to a couple of guys that you need some help with your bike. Wearing the forementioned bikini you'll have no lack of people lining up to clean your bike

[Indiana_Jones]

I love cleaning my bike, it's fun :D

-Indy

[Posh Tourer :P]

I love cleaning my bike, it's fun :D

-Indy

Thats because you havent done it often enough...


KidsTheseDays™....... :D

[Coyote]

Since you think cleaning bikes is so fun, could you clean my KX?

[Posh Tourer :P]

Since you think cleaning bikes is so fun, could you clean my KX?

You got in there quick.....

I used to like cleaning, but then it got to the point where I have little time and I know how much hassle it is to get the damned thing looking good.... The Honda was ok, but the beemer is just too hard....

[Blakamin]

6 Hours?!!!
FFS!! Did you get all the dirt off it? Most of it was polishing the knobs, eh?


I have 2 toothbrushes for the bike...:laugh:
Pulled the fairing and polished the intake runners...the cooling fins (know where ya comin from there, PT)... frame... hoses.... inside cambelt covers :2thumbsup
that was the right hand side... this week will be the left hand side (at some stage)
Remember, I use it daily, rain hail or shine... and i want it clean for the ride and shine on the 20th.... 6 hours didnt include the red bits.... that'll be just before the show..

found another 2 toothbrushes too :D

[NC]

I love cleaning my bike, it's fun :D

-Indy


Sweet you can clean my bike next time it needs a wash..

[Coyote]

I used to like cleaning...
Never liked it from the start. No wonder when I have to clean a load of cow crap with a rag.

[NC]

Pulled the fairing and polished the intake runners...the cooling fins (know where ya comin from there, PT)... frame... hoses.... inside cambelt covers :2thumbsup
that was the right hand side... this week will be the left hand side (at some stage)
Remember, I use it daily, rain hail or shine... and i want it clean for the ride and shine on the 20th.... 6 hours didnt include the red bits.... that'll be just before the show..

found another 2 toothbrushes too :D

I use the NC, daily too. I still only wash it every 6 weeks (if that) I just hate cleaning it Soooo much!
It looks good though, even the chain is shiney, and the swing arm is beautiful!

What's the "ride and shine"?..:doh:

[Blakamin]

What's the "ride and shine"?..:doh:
A bike show up this way on the 20th.... should be an excuse for peeps to ride over Pie-Cock from welly.... its at the car museum

[Coyote]

A bike show up this way on the 20th.... should be an excuse for peeps to ride over Pie-Cock from welly.... its at the car museum
Bike Show? Thought I would've heard of it. What will they have there?

[NC]

A bike show up this way on the 20th.... should be an excuse for peeps to ride over Pie-Cock from welly.... its at the car museum

Oh yip, I know where that is.

Hummm, I might go for a look see...movin on dah 19th to Wells...
See if I can be bothered ridin back up to deah..

[Blakamin]

Bike Show? Thought I would've heard of it. What will they have there?


Hummm, I might go for a look see...movin on dah 19th to Wells...
hope yas can make it.... pretty sure Stoney and a few others are comin up!

i saw it in motorcycle trader... will go have a bourbon at the bikeshop thats running it this week and let everyone know....

as far as i know, its open to ALL bikes and goes 10-4 at southwards...party afterwards at Twin-Cam

[NC]

hope yas can make it.... pretty sure Stoney and a few others are comin up!

i saw it in motorcycle trader... will go have a bourbon at the bikeshop thats running it this week and let everyone know....

as far as i know, its open to ALL bikes and goes 10-4 at southwards...party afterwards at Twin-Cam
Party you say?

Ok I'm in...:D

[Blakamin]

Party you say?

Ok I'm in...:D
camping at the bikeshop too... they have a bar upstairs... "twin-cam social club" its called

[ResidentAngel]

I never washed the honda...couldnt be bothered...


ok ... so was that why it didnt last very long?

ok ... so I cheat .. 20 minutes at St Lukes doing the spraying water thing with degreaser, then pre-added detergent, followed by nice wax spray, but then, I guess I like technology. Besides, I'm just plain lazy.

Why do Ducati riders have to use toothbrushes? I cant quite understand that one!

[NC]

camping at the bikeshop too... they have a bar upstairs... "twin-cam social club" its called


Oh do you have to join?
Get us teh, lowdown....
You can do it, Mike :bleh:

[Blakamin]

ok ... so was that why it didnt last very long?

Nah...went well, just wasnt clean enuff to start with



Why do Ducati riders have to use toothbrushes? I cant quite understand that one!
my excuse is its air-cooled... lotsa fins = lotsa spooge™.... but it's really just coz is a Ducati! my pride and joy!

[Blakamin]

Oh do you have to join?

Nah...will sort it this week
see here!
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?p=112856#post112856

[NC]

Nah...will sort it this week
see here!
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?p=112856#post112856


Sweet az, dude.

[Posh Tourer :P]

Why do Ducati riders have to use toothbrushes? I cant quite understand that one!

Penance.....


Nah seriously, its the only way to get in all those tight corners and have a good go at the Spooge™. Especially on cast alloy.....

Only required on really really cool bikes though....:cool:

[NC]

Only required on really really cool bikes though....:cool:

:killingme

:eek:

[Kendog]

I don't really enjoy the actual cleaning of the bike.

What I do enjoy is taking photos of it after while its glowing :cool2:

And I am sure it rides better when its clean :)

[matthewt]

I'm very lazy about cleaning my bikes, don't know why coz I always love them more when they are clean. Took me 6,000k and 8 months before the Brutale got it's first clean. At least with the waterblaster cleaning it is more fun !!

In fact today it got it's second clean. I must be getting soft, only 3,000k and one month after the last clean.

[Pwalo]

What a lazy bunch you all are. I use my bike daily, and usually give it a quick wipe down when I get home, and a more thorough clean if it's been wet.

It's actually because I'm lazy and it's a lot less work than leaving it for too long a time. Besides I'm not convinced that the finish on the GS is that great, and it looks so nice with all that black and charcoal polished.

Must be easier than cleaning that Ducati 600 though.

[Blakamin]

What a lazy bunch you all are. I use my bike daily, and usually give it a quick wipe down when I get home, and a more thorough clean if it's been wet.

It's actually because I'm lazy and it's a lot less work than leaving it for too long a time. Besides I'm not convinced that the finish on the GS is that great, and it looks so nice with all that black and charcoal polished.

Must be easier than cleaning that Ducati 600 though.
The Duc's pretty easy unless its rained... muddy water all over the front cylinder :bash: and you have to pull the fairing to get at it (6 bolts)
I clean it coz it takes my mind of other stuff... glad I cant multi-task :apint: