MT-01 is caked in crud. It will get cleaned but after all it's only a bike and I prefer riding than cleaning.
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02-07-12, 01:21 PM
MT-01 is caked in crud. It will get cleaned but after all it's only a bike and I prefer riding than cleaning.
02-07-12, 04:20 PM
To be honest I would rather see a bike being ridden with a little grime & patina than some over-polished showpiece that will never see tarmac again...
Its a motorcycle - not an ornament! Keep it maintained, use it regularly & you will save a fortune on fixing siezed brakes, blown fork seals etc. A little road filth never hurt anything? An overwashed bike will be stripped bare of any good grime on the engine, for example & will quickly oxidise in the next shower?
My 400/4 has a small cylinder head oil-leak under "spirited" riding, I am in no hurry to fix it.
"You have an oil-leak!"
"Rubbish. Its hot, its sweating!"
"Its not! Its leaking!"
"Its an anti-corrosion measure by Honda"
02-07-12, 08:56 PM
Mine gets cleaned regularly...
...once a year whether it needs it or not.
02-07-12, 09:01 PM
I agree, although I do have a soft spot for a good polish :Originally Posted by 470four
02-07-12, 09:13 PM
now this is my kind of thread, since I got my bike last year its had a total of no washes ??? ive covered around 6ooo miles in that time.
its a bike to ride, the only time it gets a wash is at high speed in the rain 8-)
if something starts to leak im going to see it straight away, I do my own maintaince.
Dirt to me shows the bike is used not abused.
and when I get asked what it was............................ my reply is 'clean' ;D
02-07-12, 09:35 PM
Feel better for this thread, always felt a bit guilty about not cleaning my bike too often. Nice to know i'm not alone in preferring to ride it that clean it :]
03-07-12, 01:44 PM
are we meant to wash them then? :-?
03-07-12, 03:16 PM
yes, 40' on a spin cycle then hang dry....
03-07-12, 07:05 PM
Would love to give the bike some TLC but havent seen her for 5 weeks !!!
03-07-12, 08:47 PM
Ride to work all week and mabey clean at weekend if I'm not riding it so..... Once month gets good clean and polish.
But every ride out I've been on so far with wilts bikers dont think I've seen dirty bike yet ! Hehe
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