how **** are you about your motorcycle ? keep it clean or not ? waxed all the time and spotless ? just use it like a car or toy ?

 

I've been a clean freak with all my bikes, the side benefit is I've found problems before they became a problem by being a clean freak.

 

....... must be an early winter in Missouri

 

I ride my bikes, clean them when they are dirty.

 

I ride it for a couple days then when it needs to be clean i give it the entire treatment! Then repeat..

 

It is raining in St Louis. lol


I keep it clean but not ridiculous about it.

 

My girlfriend calls my bike cleaning "Fingering". She tells her friends "Oh, Tom is out in the garage fingering his bike". I guess her name comes from using my index finger with a rag wrapped around it pushing in and out of all the nooks and crannies.

I do this during the week instead of watching TV. This has been a form of relaxation for the past 30 years. Everyone can be watching the game and....where's Tom? Oh, he's out fingering his bike.

That said, my bike isn't the cleanest because I ride it rain or shine all the time. Some people spend so much time cleaning their bike that we laugh at them when a cloud rolls over and we see people getting on their bikes to rush home before it rains.

Come on........................you know who you are. I bet there are some of them people reading this right now

 

I was wondering what sort of conversation I'll see when I open this thread

I ride my bike almost every day, but I try to avoid rain. A bit tricky thing to do in the UK, so I'm not always successful

I usually clear bugs of paintwork straight after the ride, clean the whole bike every 2-4 weeks, and clean in properly, waxing, polishing etc every month or two.

I like it when its clean and shiny, but I don't have much time for riding, so I prefer to ride it rather than clean it.

 

this is how i am too! iv'e been a clean freak with everything cars, trucks and all my bikes. i thought i was the only one with this disease. and yes , it is raining here in St.Louis today, but the bikes are already clean and waxed. i guess i can chase the wife around for awhile.

 

I try to clean my bike after each long ride because of the bugs. I only pressure wash it if they're really bad, like big grasshoppers. I don't wax it because of the matte finish.