Your motorcycle is a disgrace

NC · 6th February 2008, 08:47

Ah bloody hell it's Waitangi day, I could be out riding! But no.
I'm cleaning my bike

After going to the bike shop the other day and being told that my bike is too dirty and it could cause me to crash (which I didn't know. You learn something new everyday) And my two riding mates, which may I add have just bought new bikes, harassed me at every stop on the way to Wanganui about how my bike is a disgrace.

I just don't like cleaning my bike!

Can I take it somewhere to get cleaned? Someone clean it for me!

**deanohit** · 6th February 2008, 08:58

Find a new bike shop to do the work and start hanging out with off road guys, they won't hassle you about how dirty your bike is!

And I bet your bike looked clean compared to mine, but the mud sticks out more than the black paint.

**Kickaha** · 6th February 2008, 09:04

Originally Posted by NC

Can I take it somewhere to get cleaned? Someone clean it for me!

I used to get that and just used to tell them I was to busy riding to be cleaning and posing

I used to pay to get it groomed once a year, so it looked good for at least one day

NC · 6th February 2008, 09:10

Originally Posted by deanohit

Find a new bike shop to do the work and start hanging out with off road guys, they won't hassle you about how dirty your bike is!

And I bet your bike looked clean compared to mine, but the mud sticks out more than the black paint.

lol They were all sadarse when they got tar on their bikes from the new seal on the Para Para's

**Steam** · 6th February 2008, 09:16

Originally Posted by NC

... being told that my bike is too dirty and it could cause me to crash...

How on earth could a dirty bike cause you to crash? Realistic scenarios here, not something impossible and with a lightning-strike-death chance of happening.

A dirty bike is a well-used bike. People who have spotless bikes obviously don't ride them enough.

**bugjuice** · 6th February 2008, 09:21

how could a dirty bike cause a crash?
mines' filthy, if you want to do mine..

**Her_C4** · 6th February 2008, 09:22

Originally Posted by NC

I just don't like cleaning my bike!

Can I take it somewhere to get cleaned? Someone clean it for me!

Mmm me neither - maybe there is market for an owner operator....

Originally Posted by Kickaha

I used to get that and just used to tell them I was to busy riding to be cleaning and posing

I used to pay to get it groomed once a year, so it looked good for at least one day

Pffft - 20 seconds more like....

Originally Posted by Steam

People who have spotless bikes obviously don't ride them enough.

Ahhhhhhh yes well - you got me there....

'Tis true - 'tis sad but true

**rainman** · 6th February 2008, 09:34

This thread is useless without pictures...

I was thinking about giving my bike a clean today, been a week or so. Or so.

**johnnyflash** · 6th February 2008, 09:47

Roll & Shine Valet, thems the fellows to detail your bike.. :-) they only covr the auckland area though, Mobile 021 1146338

**Madness** · 6th February 2008, 09:50

Originally Posted by NC

After going to the bike shop the other day and being told that my bike is too dirty and it could cause me to crash

Sounds like a ghey excuse for not wanting to get their hands dirty. Are all Orchland shops like this?, maybe it's time to find a new service provider.

**homer** · 6th February 2008, 10:00

Originally Posted by NC

Ah bloody hell it's Waitangi day, I could be out riding! But no.
I'm cleaning my bike

After going to the bike shop the other day and being told that my bike is too dirty and it could cause me to crash (which I didn't know. You learn something new everyday) And my two riding mates, which may I add have just bought new bikes, harassed me at every stop on the way to Wanganui about how my bike is a disgrace.

I just don't like cleaning my bike!

Can I take it somewhere to get cleaned? Someone clean it for me!

I was actually thinking of doing a clean your bike thing from home
Drop it off pick it up ,or ill call and clean it as best as can do and you pay me the labour
Or charge a flat rate of say $60 depending on the bike and how much cleaning was required
thats washed ,polished and a surface protectant like armoural on the bits that need it
Takes roughly 1.5 hours to clean mine to my standard

some bits i wouldnt do ,such as removing panels or fairing to clean in behind
as this could damage a bike which i wouldnt want to do

NC · 6th February 2008, 10:05

Originally Posted by Madness

Sounds like a ghey excuse for not wanting to get their hands dirty. Are all Orchland shops like this?, maybe it's time to find a new service provider.

Oh NO NO! the bike shop I go to is awesome!They have always looked out for me. They were just warning me what could happen. I was only in there to get some oil and an emergency puncher repair kit.

Ok,

Because I have a thing where I over lube my chain, I have excessive build up that was beading off my chain and there could be a possibility that when I'm leaning right over I could have some oil beads on the side of my tire and oopsy!

And Cause I was over oiling the chain and not cleaning the excess off the front sprocket was shooting it down into the belly pan and when the belly pan gets full it's going to go on the middle of my tire and oopsy!