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So who's got a real minger then?
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t155/lgmdaniel/IMAGE_00404.jpg
Not the best pic I know, but my camera phone is cack.
plowsie
19-09-07, 11:50 AM
Not me...
I got to be honest I hate seeing really dirty vehicles and don’t see the point in it
It only takes 30 - 40 minutes to get a real good clean finish if you keep on top of it. When it gets like that it’s a real nightmare.
I used to have a friend who thought he was impressing people by never washing his car and having the dirtiest car around, he found it entertaining and got a kick from it looking a state for some reason .........Then he tried to wash it and the dirt had eaten into his paint and other mechanical parts and generally made a real mess, the car needed various parts replacing and the paint and bodywork was engrained beyond repair and corroded in various places where it wouldn’t normally be, making the car worthless.
Not saying you have been like that at all, because my bike has looked like yours after riding 300 miles in the rain:( its certainly not a personal jibe, but it is a good reason not to let it get to bad in my eyes.
mister c
19-09-07, 01:02 PM
Give me a couple of weeks when the bad weather comes then I'll post some pics :smt104:cool:
I used to have a friend who thought he was impressing people by never washing his car and having the dirtiest car around, he found it entertaining and got a kick from it looking a state for some reason .........Then he tried to wash it and the dirt had eaten into his paint and other mechanical parts and generally made a real mess, the car needed various parts replacing and the paint and bodywork was engrained beyond repair and corroded in various places where it wouldn’t normally be, making the car worthless.
Sounds like the moral of the story is don't clean a really dirty car!
Ceri JC
19-09-07, 01:16 PM
I got to be honest I hate seeing really dirty vehicles and don’t see the point in it
It only takes 30 - 40 minutes to get a real good clean finish if you keep on top of it. When it gets like that it’s a real nightmare.
I don't see the point in people letting it get absolutely minging, but at the same time, obsessively cleaning never made any sense to me either. If you ride every day, all year round, it's completely impractical to clean the bike after every ride (and if you did, it'd negate the time saving of going by bike in the first place). I give mine a good thorough clean a couple of times a year (IE using autosol) and a couple more times a year I'll give it a quicker clean/wax. It looks alright most of the time and occassionally looks very clean or very dirty.
It's soul destroying to spend forever cleaning and polishing, only to have it looking like it rubbish again after a 300 mile ride in the rain.
Bluewolf
19-09-07, 01:21 PM
It's soul destroying to spend forever cleaning and polishing, only to have it looking like it rubbish again after a 300 mile ride in the rain.
:stupid:
Mine's a right minger.
I just don't see the point of keeping it squeaky clean.
Keith1983
19-09-07, 02:03 PM
So if asked Melody, you'd have to say you are a dirty gal?
plowsie
19-09-07, 02:28 PM
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i184/petevtwin650/Org%20wales%20weekend/Barmouth3.jpgSays it all really ;)
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i184/petevtwin650/Org%20wales%20weekend/Barmouth3.jpgSays it all really ;)
Why did I miss something there?
plowsie
19-09-07, 02:39 PM
Why did I miss something there?
Posing for the camera she was.
Plowsie, you're a very bad boy!!!
Where's my whip at?? ;)
Never mind him Grinch. I want to see all the mingers on here.
kwak zzr
19-09-07, 03:51 PM
i haven't got a bike to clean :( warning this thread may get very dirty.
Alpinestarhero
19-09-07, 05:25 PM
My bike has dirty footpegs...
...everything else is alright though
I think dirt is ok, as long as the important bits are clean (where the clutch mechanism is near the front sprocket, clean chain and sprokects, forks, shocks, stuff that is always moving about like levers and stuff) because thhat way nothing will really brake. But i dont like to see a dirty chain, all dry and rusty and yuck.
Matt
i win.................
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k295/hovi5/pc290044rj8.jpg
Alpinestarhero
19-09-07, 05:39 PM
Thats a car with handlebars, surely it dosnt count?!
Matt
fizzwheel
19-09-07, 05:51 PM
Liz will win, a few weeks of manky winter weather and her bike will look like this again.
Kwak look away now mate.
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e344/fizzwheel/DSCN1474.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e344/fizzwheel/DSCN1475.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e344/fizzwheel/DSCN1476.jpg
yorkie_chris
19-09-07, 06:11 PM
Nothing wrong with a dirty bike, my CG used to get blathered in spray grease, anti-corrosion and -theft, as nobody would want to nick such a pile of cr#p.
Washed all the layers off after 9 months of never being washed and left out in the weather and the finish was just the same as when I got it.
Chris
yorkie_chris
19-09-07, 06:12 PM
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i184/petevtwin650/Org%20wales%20weekend/Barmouth3.jpgSays it all really ;)
That looks tasty
OK, not as manky as mine once was, but this is certainly minging!
Last time i was out on the bike was about 6 weeks ago probably.
It was late evening and i just rolled it into the shed. Ever since then we've had crap weather or i just wasnt in the mood or too knackered.
I was rooting around for something and needed to go into the shed again.
OMFG! That's MOULD on the dead flies on the lens there. :smt104
Not to mention another shameful downpipe. :oops:
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u220/madmud75/mouldy.jpg
yorkie_chris
19-09-07, 08:59 PM
Is that a steering damper?
Hmm... I think most of the bikes here are shiny compared to mine. Mind you, most of you guys probably don't work on an unfinished business park - I reckon I've got a close approximation of concrete on my front downpipe with the mud and sand.
Heres:drink:to it being nice enough to take the chisel to it and make it all shiny again.
my bike is my pride and joy.keep it clean:smt060all of it
I love my bike, but after a 80 mile round trip I can't be bothered.
I love my bike, but after a 80 mile round trip I can't be bothered.
i know what you mean but if its covered in flys etc how long can it be left?????
plowsie
19-09-07, 10:41 PM
Is that a steering damper?
i got one =D>:rave:
Is that a steering damper?
Yes, it is that.
Better view of it here (4th pic down) when the paint was fresh and shiney :( ......
http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=88481
kwak zzr
20-09-07, 09:35 PM
Haggis your bike is a disgrace!! :)
Why would you need a steering dampener on an SV?
Why would you need a steering dampener on an SV?
I have no need, doesn't mean I don't want...
Filipe M.
21-09-07, 10:10 AM
Why would you need a steering dampener on an SV?
Dampening the steering. HTH. :lol:
vzzzbuxt
21-09-07, 04:11 PM
i know what you mean but if its covered in flys etc how long can it be left?????
at least a month... maybe 6months or so though
vzzzbuxt
21-09-07, 04:14 PM
the bmw i had up untill last year NEVER got cleaned ...nearly 14months i had it and about 20k!!!(untill i sold it -then it had 2mins at he jet wash that barely lifted the baked on all-over grime..oops!)
;-)
at least a month... maybe 6months or so thoughNO !!!!!!!:smt071
plowsie
23-09-07, 01:43 AM
TBH i cleaned mine on Tuesday night, I am seriously thinking about doing it Monday when I have some time ;)
Will someone please clean mine;) I still ache after riding it for 4 hours on friday:cool:
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i93/tracy_5/Image004-1.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i93/tracy_5/Image005-1.jpg
It was ridden in a chalkstone quarry and it had just stopped raining!
mister c
24-09-07, 07:12 PM
After 1 day of wet weather, god I hate these rural roads :(
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y177/croozenooze/sv650/DSC00087.jpg
vzzzbuxt
07-10-07, 10:32 PM
this is the cleanest bit on my sv... and no its not a 2colour paint job.
http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/729/dsc00018nq3.jpg
yes its probably that dirty... and yes i did scrub that bit of the rim with a brilo pad and wd40 for 10mins!!!!!
Mines clean at the moment, terrible thing ain't it. Might have to treat it to something before the real weather sets in and it turns into a salt mine.
STRAMASHER
19-01-08, 04:31 AM
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/7638/fil20221ej5.th.jpg (http://img257.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fil20221ej5.jpg)
Wondered why no cars were coming near us. Mudded rear light and plate. Tarragona 2007. White "Elvis" boots not pictured.:D
Forget the dirt......look at the size of that fookin' top-box :lol:
Luvverly bike ruined :smt075
northwind
25-01-08, 02:00 PM
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i264/Northwindlowlander/ratbike/IMG_0350.jpg
Thiefproof!
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i264/Northwindlowlander/ratbike/IMG_0350.jpg
Thiefproof!
Yep, it's gonna take a thief hours to cut through that garden hose and have that one away :)
northwind
25-01-08, 06:12 PM
When it looked like that nobody ever said" did you crash it", they said "How many times did you crash it" :mrgreen:
suicidesam
25-01-08, 11:04 PM
Whats with the dod's of wood Northy :confused:
New way of mounting a topbox? :mrgreen:
northwind
25-01-08, 11:38 PM
That's my luggage rack :mrgreen: State of the art. As used here:
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i264/Northwindlowlander/other/wideloadrear.jpg
Laverda 3ce
26-01-08, 05:00 AM
If you have anything bigger to move Northwind give me a shout and you can have a loan of wifes bike and trailer. Just the job for a load of logs.
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j110/Laverda3ce/200411KentallenDriveVFRWithTrailer.jpg
northwind
26-01-08, 01:01 PM
Now that's fantastic :cool:
I'm a mucky girl - and the bike's not much better. ;)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/spazmutt/Brian/Icky3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/spazmutt/Brian/Icky2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/spazmutt/Brian/Icky.jpg
Strange, the back actually looks a lot cleaner in the photo than it really is. :oops:
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