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Congratulations on your bike! Fortunately you are what we call stage one and that's a good thing. I would only become concerned if you move into stage two before the summer ends. You should see a doctor if you suddenly find yourself choosing routes to ride by how clean they are or if you feel compelled to keep Handy wipes in you bag! These action denote stage two type symptoms. We won't get into Chromaholics at this time. Try to relax but keep you're guard up
I was thinking I was gonna be ok until you said that. I keep two duster rags in my bag just in case. Now if it would just stop raining cats and dogs then I could ride alittle more and clean alittle less.
And it gets worse...you'll start carrying micro fiber cloths with spray cleaner in the trunk ( can't wait to spray and wipe on the bike)...you local drug store has you on speed call for new shipments of Q Tips and other cleaning items...Mothers, Meguiars, etc...has you on their mailing list as a preferred customer, your truck gets very jealous because of neglect....yeah a lot worse...
Had my first Harley, an '09 Road Glide, for a little over a year and after a paint job I will have virtually doubled the purchase price of the bike with all I have done on engine mods, exhausts, powder coating, LOTS of bling and on and on I could go.
From a financial perspective this rates up there as one of the absolute most stupid things I have ever done but damn it's fun.
Some people think the more you are wiping a bike the more scrathes you get. So do you guys have a certain product you use? And do you have a certain procedure you use when you are wiping your bike down?
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