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Good reply. The silliness here sometimes is over the top, especially from those who purport to be the "hard core" folks who don't keep theirs in the garage when not riding, and preach that washing the the thing isnt cool... Mental midgets.
I sit in the garage with a glass of Captain Morgan and Diet coke in my left hand and a cigar in my right hand. My Greyhound lays at my feet on one of his many beds. We watch the wife as she washes, dries, and waxes all three of the bikes. I am kinda lucky, my wife hates dirty bikes. Sometimes when she's done with the bikes, she cleans up the cars too. That gives me time for another Captain and coke and another cigar.
If you keep up with it , it won't get out of hand. Gets a quick detail after every ride. I NEVER use a power washer on it. If I do wash it, I dry it real good, hit it with a detailer ( Denim Black ) and that's it.
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