CLEAN ME!!

[Zed]

...More coverage? Dont you wash the entire bike anyway, hence coverage shouldn't matter, but stickiness should?

Yes I wash the entire bike, and I have noticed that the grime gets thicker and harder the longer you leave it unwashed. More filth will accumulate and the more area it will cover, reaching into those hard to get places that take ages to clean!

[Zed]

...IMHO, giving a car/bike a good clean before you sell it, can put 10% onto the selling price....

Yes, but the 'beware buyer' can spot the difference between a vehicle which is kept clean regularly and one that is just cleaned for the purpose of selling it! ...just imagine a buyer keen on your car and lifting up the front floor mat and saying "what's all of this rubbish swept under the carpet here?"

[Posh Tourer :P]

Yes, but the 'beware buyer' can spot the difference between a vehicle which is kept clean regularly and one that is just cleaned for the purpose of selling it! ...just imagine a buyer keen on your car and lifting up the front floor mat and saying "what's all of this rubbish swept under the carpet here?"

Well, ya clean it properly then huh!

But yes, I agree with your point too. Though it should be the "a" ware buyer, not the "b" ware buyer.

Some would argue, infact, that a "b" level buyer would be less "a" ware than an "a" level buyer...

[Madmax]

on the XZ10R i have not been out in the rain to much
(bad for the health ETC) so it stays quite clean
still clean it every 2 weeks though

[Magua]

[color=navy]I guess if you own a pig of a bike (no offence Magua) it will be less important to clean it than one which is in showroom condition that you'd like to keep that way! :not

I kept my Gn125 in awesome condition, cleaned it often enough. But my new bike looks like shit as it is. It's kept under cover everynight but cleaning isn't right up there on my list of things to do as It will get dirty again soon as I attempt to service it in my garage it.

[2_SL0]

I am generally fanatical about keeping my past bikes clean. My dirt bikes always looked like they had never been on dirt. The mighty FZR250 I dont think Ill be to fussy about.

[Zed]

on the XZ10R i have not been out in the rain to much
(bad for the health ETC) so it stays quite clean
still clean it every 2 weeks though

Is your ZX-10 green? If so, do you commute on the Nth Western M'way in the mornings? I've admired one regularly along that route.

[Madmax]

No a black one
normaly use the southwestern
to work (no fun when there is fog)

[Sonykid]

A damp cloth and dry it, any shiney making product also tends to be a slippery making product

In my experience it is best not to use any silicone based type vinyl or plastic treatments such as CRC, the old advertising line of "Cleans shines and protects" should read "disguises dirt, make slippery and eventually buggers the surface on to which it is sprayed".
Vehicle detailers and groomers use Natural Wax bases products such as Bees Wax to protect and restore these's surfaces, the finish is not as instantly gratifying as CRC but it really does protect the surface and "feed" the material. It is also not that slippery.

[ALTRON]

I have to clean my Nc30's white wheels regularly. Even though the rest of the bike isn't dirty my wheels always are :S especially after rain

[NC]

I think it takes me about 3 hours to clean the NC30 from top to bottom...

MMMM caked on road dirt..

[badlieutenant]

for all vfr owners can FS please tell us how he removed pesky white paint from wheels? Ive given up cleaning the rest of the bike, cause no matter how clean it is the wheels are nearly impossible to get as clean. Id rather ride it than clean it,

oh and hi to sonykid and his first post

[Sonykid]

oh and hi to sonykid and his first post [/QUOTE]

Thanks Badlieutenant. 1st of many hopefully.

[Coyote]

In my experience it is best not to use any silicone based type vinyl or plastic treatments such as CRC, the old advertising line of "Cleans shines and protects" should read "disguises dirt, make slippery and eventually buggers the surface on to which it is sprayed".
Vehicle detailers and groomers use Natural Wax bases products such as Bees Wax to protect and restore these's surfaces, the finish is not as instantly gratifying as CRC but it really does protect the surface and "feed" the material. It is also not that slippery.

Thanks for the advice, we use tonnes of that CRC stuff, allthough how expensive is Bees wax?

[Storm]

All this talk of cleaning is making me fel guilty. I might even have to go and , *draws a deep breath* clean it properly I suppose I did know cleaning was going to feature largely in bike maintenance when I bought a white bike !!