Tips on cleaning ( how do you clean yours )

Rain for the top.
Puddles for the bottom

I clean mine with lots of patience and care and try to remove any dirt from even the most awkward nooks and crannies. Cleaning a bike as always been a sort of therapy to me.

Of course these days I am a "weekend warrior" (well ok then weekend Field General! )and have more time to do this,it might be different if I were commuting on the bike.

Originally Posted by Carsick

I hate to say it dude, but that saddens me a little.

my wife says the same

Originally Posted by lynw

tbh I dont care what it looks like. I ride it every day, Im out the house at 8am back at 6.30pm to 7.30pm, just isnt going to get washed on a weekday on that time scale. and weekends Im out on it pretty much most of the time again so there really isnt any time in daylight to do wash it.

plus it helps keep the salt off the bike in winter.

my schedule is much like yours but my bike actually gets washed every 3500-4000 miles when it goes into dealer for service, it's part of the sevice they do,

I have never had any problems from winter salt & sand, bug splats in the summer than go uncleaned, that another story, I think bug guts it the most corrosive substance known to man

I got some mud on my bike today

Bikes like the SV are made to be ridden

ive only done 4k in the last 12months

ive done less than that im a shiftworker now though so while my girlfriend and all my mates are at work, i can be out riding. Its away in the garage at the moment mind as im doing an annual service on it.

Originally Posted by RandyO

my schedule is much like yours but my bike actually gets washed every 3500-4000 miles when it goes into dealer for service, it's part of the sevice they do,

Not at my dealer, i cleaned my bike just before i took it in for its 4000mile service and when i got it home i had to spend another hour cleaning it (and i wan't me being fussy it needed it) greese and dirty finger prints over both wheels and the handle bars, the powder from their gloves was also on the handle bars and seats and tank!!

i never took it back there!!

[Blue Flame]

Originally Posted by lynw

tbh I dont care what it looks like. I ride it every day, Im out the house at 8am back at 6.30pm to 7.30pm, just isnt going to get washed on a weekday on that time scale. and weekends Im out on it pretty much most of the time again so there really isnt any time in daylight to do wash it.

So how come your location is in the pub and you've made so many posts!! . 'Drink riding' are we

Originally Posted by Blue Flame

So how come your location is in the pub and you've made so many posts!! . 'Drink riding' are we

Because when Im in the pub Im drinking coke or orange juice and lemonade. Any member of the soho massive will confirm that is the equivalent of me drinking 5 pints - though I do have the advantage of instant sobering up the moment my lid goes on