What I really hate about riding in the rain..

**avgas** · 8th August 2008, 15:45

i miss getting dirty and wet - damn you desk job!!!
i miss riding to work - damn you girlfriend and company car!!!!

just remember kids - while you bitch a moan about having to ride everywhere......a little man wearing a suit at a desk crys

**Maha** · 8th August 2008, 15:45

Originally Posted by Pwalo

is having to clean my bike afterwards.

I really don't mind riding if it's wet. If your tyres are good, and you've got decent gear on it's not a problem.

But I REALLY hate having a dirty bike, and it's driving me to distraction drying and cleaning it every day. I usually love to have some quality polishing and fettling time with the SV, but if it's just become a chore.

Oh for some global warming.

I hate it too, a bike looks half its worth when its dirty, no need for it at all!
Keep at it Pwalo, you have my full support when it comes to the ' Clean Like Its Tarnished Syndrome'.....or as I like to call it....C.L.I.T.S..

**<Rhino>** · 8th August 2008, 15:47

Originally Posted by Griffin

Even worse when you dont bother checking the weather forecast (like me) and then spend the evening of a reasonably sunny day lovingly washing, drying and polishing your bike... to wake up the next morning and find its pouring down and a southerlies on the way...

Especialy with the amount of chrome on your bike..

I thought the Hyo was bad enough but shit that Bully's covered in it!!

**xwhatsit** · 8th August 2008, 16:12

Fookin' pansy twats. Clean bikes are for girls. When I see a clean sparkly bike, first thing I think is `he mustn't ride it much, dun he?'

GiJoe1313. Now there's a man. He can turn a brand-new off-the-shop-floor freshly purchased motorcycle into a proper dirty dusty bug-splattered proper bike in 24 hours. That Hornet 900 don't look two months old!

**alanzs** · 8th August 2008, 16:30

Sorry, I just can't resist.
The alternative is don't ride your bike and just polish it all the time. Take pictures of yourself standing next to it, get your bitch to do some nude pictures next to it (definitely post those unless she looks like Aunty Helen), post on biker sites, talk about how rugged you are, talk shit, wear leather vests with tassels, the list goes on and on.

Also, when you sell it you can say it was ridden by a nana and polished all the time. It'll improve its resale value and the bike rider who buys it and rides it will be happy. Bwahahahahaaa

Kind of like the guy that doesn't want to ride their bike because it'll put too many k's on it. It is a machine. Thats what they are for, yeah?

I just couldn't resist, so please excuse me and carry on...

**alanzs** · 8th August 2008, 16:32

Originally Posted by xerxesdaphat

Fookin' pansy twats. Clean bikes are for girls. When I see a clean sparkly bike, first thing I think is `he mustn't ride it much, dun he?'

I tried to say the same thing, you just said it in less words!

**Stormer** · 8th August 2008, 17:09

Nothing wrong with a clean machine.
The word "pride" comes to mind...
Shit, when I take mine to work, it even gets to park inside in a HEATED room.

**bandit_girl** · 8th August 2008, 17:21

Originally Posted by Griffin

Even worse when you dont bother checking the weather forecast (like me) and then spend the evening of a reasonably sunny day lovingly washing, drying and polishing your bike... to wake up the next morning and find its pouring down and a southerlies on the way...

+1 i agree!

**Nagash** · 8th August 2008, 17:24

I hate that about the rain.. no issues about getting wet. I don't have a caar license so it's my only transport and I love it.

But last week I spent an hour and a half washing and chrome polishing my bike only to need to go out and get some milk and it was dirty again!

Just dried it off at home and it was looking shiney again. Still get to enjoy admiring your bike during the short period it is clean though. Sense of pride in that.

**slofox** · 8th August 2008, 17:50

Clean? Clean? Voss iss dis "clean" off vich you spik? I haf no "clean" in zer vocab.......

**kiwi cowboy** · 8th August 2008, 18:04

Originally Posted by alanzs

Sorry, I just can't resist.
The alternative is don't ride your bike and just polish it all the time. Take pictures of yourself standing next to it, get your bitch to do some nude pictures next to it (definitely post those unless she looks like Aunty Helen), post on biker sites, talk about how rugged you are, talk shit, wear leather vests with tassels, the list goes on and on.

Also, when you sell it you can say it was ridden by a nana and polished all the time. It'll improve its resale value and the bike rider who buys it and rides it will be happy. Bwahahahahaaa

Kind of like the guy that doesn't want to ride their bike because it'll put too many k's on it. It is a machine. Thats what they are for, yeah?

I just couldn't resist, so please excuse me and carry on...

someone had to say it

well done[as you were]

**nallac** · 8th August 2008, 18:57

Originally Posted by slofox

Clean? Clean? Voss iss dis "clean" off vich you spik? I haf no "clean" in zer vocab.......

yip me too.
tried that once(stupid cleaning thingy) didn't work out.

Bring on the dirt..

**duckonin** · 9th August 2008, 13:49

Simple own two bikes, and use the dirty bike on the wet days only..

**Number One** · 9th August 2008, 14:35

I hate the wetness

ewww water running down the back of my jacket yech! I don't clean my bike that much...I like it to have that ridden on look. To me it's a bit like having a gleaming SUV. AND when it isn't perfectly clean I can't see some of the scratches in the paint work from previous owners. Plus I find the more that you clean it the more you have to clean it and so now when I do actualy make that effort I really enjoy the result of my hard work. Dunno if it's true or not but I'd heard that a bit of grime is good and leads to less damage to the paint in the long run?