Clean or not
06-10-2019, 06:47 AM
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: The Wasteland
Posts: 16,375
Mine gets a wash 3 or 4 times a year or whenever the bugs get too thick to see through the windshield.
06-10-2019, 06:48 AM
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Syracuse NY
Posts: 3,812
Just clean enough. I don’t do the hard to reach nooks & crannies. Like the backs of the hard bags. It is a rider, not a show bike.
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06-10-2019, 06:53 AM
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Posts: 4,256
All three. Ride year round but no washing from November through March. The rest of the year it's OT at work dependent.
06-10-2019, 06:53 AM
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: On a Large Sandbar, NY
Posts: 1,752
it’s been a year since I washed it last,...guess it’s about time....used to keep it shiny, now not so much.
06-10-2019, 06:57 AM
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Kansas City
Posts: 364
Mine is never spotless nor is it ever overly dirty, happy medium. Usually on rainy days I'll spend some time in the garage and wipe down the paint portions. Bike has now been ceramic coated so it makes bathing it a lot quicker.... what takes the most time is the chrome/wrinkle black pieces.
06-10-2019, 07:05 AM
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Catalina AZ
Posts: 1,739
Depends on the bike.
But I try to keep it looking respectable, but not afraid to ride her in the rain.
06-10-2019, 07:08 AM
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Southeast Texas
Posts: 1,886
Rather be riding than cleaning. Wipe it off after a ride or before the next. Spotless a few times a year.
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06-10-2019, 07:26 AM
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Highlandville, MO.
Posts: 1,298
Cleaning my bike has never once kept me from riding it. And I keep very clean, and my car and truck also..
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06-10-2019, 07:28 AM
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Florida
Posts: 19,754
You could lick the undercarriage of my sled & your tongue would come away sterile. Mine is just uncrated mint & I love to keep it that way.
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06-10-2019, 07:38 AM
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Niles Canyon Ca.
Posts: 64,415
Used to be pretty up on keeping mine clean but now just not feeling it, Road King hasn't had a bath since I bought it 2 1/2 years ago. Needs a good wipe down, you can tell it's a rider.
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