Cleaning Fanatic
i keep mine clean because it's more work to scrub the bugs off after their baked on. : )
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Road Warrior
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,747
Likes: 47
From: Central Florida
Why are Harley owners such cleaning fanatics, I also am one, my bike is as clean as the day I rode it out of the showroom floor, all my friends are the same way.
Went out west last summer, ran into several groups of Beemer riders, heck you could grow corn of of their bikes there was so much dirt on them.
Recently went riding, ran into more Beemer riders same thing, filthy!
Why are we so **** about cleanliness?
My wife says I'm obsessed with having my bike spotless, as a good husband, I just don't respond back!
I'm just throwing this out there for others to comment!
Went out west last summer, ran into several groups of Beemer riders, heck you could grow corn of of their bikes there was so much dirt on them.
Recently went riding, ran into more Beemer riders same thing, filthy!
Why are we so **** about cleanliness?
My wife says I'm obsessed with having my bike spotless, as a good husband, I just don't respond back!
I'm just throwing this out there for others to comment!
Just wondering how many miles are on your 2002 Road King?
Tourer
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 485
Likes: 1
From: Mississauga, Ontario
I enjoy looking after the scoot and giving it a good look over as I clean it. I usually get together with a buddy or 2 every so often to do a group wash!! It's very enjoyable, relaxing. Have a couple of beers and make a half-day out of it. (unless its perfect riding weather!!)
1HarleyGuy1
1HarleyGuy1
Tourer
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 414
Likes: 3
From: Southeast
I keep 'em clean because I take pride in my rides.
Your ride is an extension of your character.
Off road rides are exempt, of course...
A key for me is to know the fastest way to clean 'em with the best results. Up on the lift, bags off, cover seat, rinse, wash, rinse, blow off with the blower, spray detail wax on microfiber, rubadub, good to go. A quality detail wax makes it easier to clean next time. I can do mine in under 30 minutes.
I can remember spending just about all day paste waxing my '69 Chevelle; so glad we now have detail sprays with advanced silicones and polymers that fill in, shine, protect, and outlast those old waxes done in a fraction of the time.
Your ride is an extension of your character.
Off road rides are exempt, of course...
A key for me is to know the fastest way to clean 'em with the best results. Up on the lift, bags off, cover seat, rinse, wash, rinse, blow off with the blower, spray detail wax on microfiber, rubadub, good to go. A quality detail wax makes it easier to clean next time. I can do mine in under 30 minutes.
I can remember spending just about all day paste waxing my '69 Chevelle; so glad we now have detail sprays with advanced silicones and polymers that fill in, shine, protect, and outlast those old waxes done in a fraction of the time.
Elite HDF Member
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 3,846
Likes: 173
From: Simi Valley, CA
I'll admit that I'm in the "****" camp when it comes to keeping my vehicles clean. You'd never know that though if you looked inside my house LOL. The garage is the cleanest room in my house!
My bikes are typically always clean. In any given group, at any given time, my bikes will usually be one of the cleanest in the group.
Even on road trips I'll spend an hour or two each night at the motel cleaning her up for the next day.
For those of you that say I'd rather ride than clean - you can do both. Since 2002 I've logged on average about 10,000 - 12,000 miles per year. For those few of you that ride 30,000 or 40,000 moles per year, you get a pass on keeping it clean.
Now if you really want to talk about ****, listen to this story. I had a 97 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP. It had one of those 3rd tailights inside the rear window that would accumulate dust over a period of time. During normal cleanings I would use compressed air to keep it clean, but after a while (a year or two) the dirt would become "stuck" to the point that the compressed air wouldn't clean it and there is no way to get in there to clean it. Four or five times during my ownership, I stripped the interior (rear seat, side trim panels, etc.) out of the car just so I could remove the third tailight for cleaning. Now that kinda gives you some insight to how clean I like my vehicles.
My bikes are typically always clean. In any given group, at any given time, my bikes will usually be one of the cleanest in the group.
Even on road trips I'll spend an hour or two each night at the motel cleaning her up for the next day.
For those of you that say I'd rather ride than clean - you can do both. Since 2002 I've logged on average about 10,000 - 12,000 miles per year. For those few of you that ride 30,000 or 40,000 moles per year, you get a pass on keeping it clean.
Now if you really want to talk about ****, listen to this story. I had a 97 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP. It had one of those 3rd tailights inside the rear window that would accumulate dust over a period of time. During normal cleanings I would use compressed air to keep it clean, but after a while (a year or two) the dirt would become "stuck" to the point that the compressed air wouldn't clean it and there is no way to get in there to clean it. Four or five times during my ownership, I stripped the interior (rear seat, side trim panels, etc.) out of the car just so I could remove the third tailight for cleaning. Now that kinda gives you some insight to how clean I like my vehicles.
Tourer
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 485
Likes: 1
From: Mississauga, Ontario
I'll admit that I'm in the "****" camp when it comes to keeping my vehicles clean. You'd never know that though if you looked inside my house LOL. The garage is the cleanest room in my house!
My bikes are typically always clean. In any given group, at any given time, my bikes will usually be one of the cleanest in the group.
Even on road trips I'll spend an hour or two each night at the motel cleaning her up for the next day.
For those of you that say I'd rather ride than clean - you can do both. Since 2002 I've logged on average about 10,000 - 12,000 miles per year. For those few of you that ride 30,000 or 40,000 moles per year, you get a pass on keeping it clean.
Now if you really want to talk about ****, listen to this story. I had a 97 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP. It had one of those 3rd tailights inside the rear window that would accumulate dust over a period of time. During normal cleanings I would use compressed air to keep it clean, but after a while (a year or two) the dirt would become "stuck" to the point that the compressed air wouldn't clean it and there is no way to get in there to clean it. Four or five times during my ownership, I stripped the interior (rear seat, side trim panels, etc.) out of the car just so I could remove the third tailight for cleaning. Now that kinda gives you some insight to how clean I like my vehicles.
My bikes are typically always clean. In any given group, at any given time, my bikes will usually be one of the cleanest in the group.
Even on road trips I'll spend an hour or two each night at the motel cleaning her up for the next day.
For those of you that say I'd rather ride than clean - you can do both. Since 2002 I've logged on average about 10,000 - 12,000 miles per year. For those few of you that ride 30,000 or 40,000 moles per year, you get a pass on keeping it clean.
Now if you really want to talk about ****, listen to this story. I had a 97 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP. It had one of those 3rd tailights inside the rear window that would accumulate dust over a period of time. During normal cleanings I would use compressed air to keep it clean, but after a while (a year or two) the dirt would become "stuck" to the point that the compressed air wouldn't clean it and there is no way to get in there to clean it. Four or five times during my ownership, I stripped the interior (rear seat, side trim panels, etc.) out of the car just so I could remove the third tailight for cleaning. Now that kinda gives you some insight to how clean I like my vehicles.
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Intermediate
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 45
Likes: 0
From: Bloomington, Illinois
I think what non clean bike people don't understand is that if you clean your bike all the time it doesn't take hardly any time because it always at least semi clean. Both my Harley's are spotless all the time...hell my dirt bike looks like new..just clean it after I'm done beating it!!
