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steveg
22-11-08, 04:51 PM
Spent last 3 hours cleaning crap off bike since spring, so that I can recover in ACF50 , even gave the old girl an oil & filter change

Next clean time spring 09 .

Can't see the fun in cleaning bikes ....

Cheers Steveg

Larry
22-11-08, 04:57 PM
It's not fun, but it's strangely addictive!

dizzyblonde
22-11-08, 05:10 PM
meh, the muckier the bike the harder they are to clean!
keep your bike clean all the time and it turns into a polishing fetish;-)

sinbad
22-11-08, 05:12 PM
Yeah, I don't go crazy I just like to keep on top of it before it ever gets too bad. Doesn't take long anyway does it, not exactly a large surface area to cover.

silent11
22-11-08, 05:17 PM
Yeah, I don't go crazy I just like to keep on top of it before it ever gets too bad. Doesn't take long anyway does it, not exactly a large surface area to cover.

+1 i tend to wash once a week

dizzyblonde
22-11-08, 05:18 PM
However, I must be ill, as I haven't been keeping up with DAves shinyness, since he got battered, the downpipes embarassingly bronze(still shiny but not to my standard)...must pull my finger out and do it properly before it goes that crusty point of no return!

Drew Carey
22-11-08, 05:54 PM
I love cleaning bikes. Done two today, mine and Peacheys.........been giving it the full clean and ACF50 protection routine. Ready for the layer of winter crud.

kwak zzr
22-11-08, 05:58 PM
i enjoy cleaning my bike.

vzzzbuxt
22-11-08, 05:59 PM
Can't see the fun in cleaning bikes ....

Cheers Steveg

errr.... last summer i got my chick to do it in her bikini..:D... lots of soap and bubbles absolutely everywhere..

had to relube afterwards.......and the bike!

vzzzbuxt
22-11-08, 06:03 PM
Yeah, I don't go crazy I just like to keep on top of it before it ever gets too bad. Doesn't take long anyway does it, not exactly a large surface area to cover.


nahhhh down the jet wash if its lucky occasionally... yeh yeh yeh shouldnt jet wash a bike blah blah blah..... i dont keep them long enough usually to see any adverse side effects of this kinda maintenance..... actually thats a complete LIE! ...

:rolleyes:

.... i pay a little asian boy £3.50 for no less than a 'return-to-showroom' finish. dont ya just love slave labour.:smt067

yorkie_chris
22-11-08, 06:14 PM
Me too, so I don't.

Unless it's about to be for sale, but then it's worth it.

DaveP
22-11-08, 07:01 PM
I love cleaning bikes. Done two today, mine and Peacheys.........been giving it the full clean and ACF50 protection routine. Ready for the layer of winter crud.


You fancy cleaning mine?? Just done three days in Wales..... its a mess!!:o:o

Dave