Love me a nice clean Moter-sickle.
Got her all pretty'ed up!
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Me too on the clean scoot.... I have yet to figure out why someone would want to ride around on a dirty one. Of course, they just say..."I spend my time riding, not shining"....which is horse crap. It takes me about 5 minutes to wipe my scoot down either before or after a ride. Its a matter of WANT TO, not time.
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Nice looking bike!
Me too on the clean scoot.... I have yet to figure out why someone would want to ride around on a dirty one. Of course, they just say..."I spend my time riding, not shining"....which is horse crap. It takes me about 5 minutes to wipe my scoot down either before or after a ride. Its a matter of WANT TO, not time.
Me too on the clean scoot.... I have yet to figure out why someone would want to ride around on a dirty one. Of course, they just say..."I spend my time riding, not shining"....which is horse crap. It takes me about 5 minutes to wipe my scoot down either before or after a ride. Its a matter of WANT TO, not time.
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No, some of us do spend out time riding not washing and polishing every time we ride. While it may take "5 minutes" to clean an FX if you never ride it in the rain or snow, it takes a lot longer to clean a bagger. It IS a matter of want. I WANT to ride not clean. Thoroughly cleaning my bike once a week at most is more than enough if you're not trying to impress people. BTW, it's never a good idea to defeat safety devices on your motorcycle. Removing the reflectors and removing turn signals or installing tiny lights is just a bad idea. It might look cool, but the person that runs you over isn't admiring your bike. He's going to say "I didn't see him".
And I'm not talking about people who clean their bikes once a week or once a month....I'm talking about people that NEVER wash their bikes...for years. Yep, depending on your riding conditions, I would say once a week is good. I live in Cali so I never ride in rain or snow. I wash mine once a year and wipe it down after a few rides...mainly to get bugs off the windshield.
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I always feel sad when I see a filthy bike with bug guts baking into the paint. I think keeping my bike clean is a part of maintaining it, like checking tire pressure or fluids. I worked a lot of years to be able to buy it and I'm making sure it's taken care of.