Make up your mind will you...

[DLIT]

Originally Posted by itgirl

so do you not wash your bike at all anymore or do you just use some spray on/wipe off polish stuff?

Quick detailer, then polish. I use goo gone for the hard stuff that won't come of with the quick detailer. I've never washed my bike with soap and water, my old bike I did once. Waste of time.

[t-homo]

I use a spray on wash/wax stuff. Works really really well. Never washed it with soap and water, although i'm sure the previous owners did.

[itgirl]

Originally Posted by DLIT

Quick detailer, then polish. I use goo gone for the hard stuff that won't come of with the quick detailer. I've never washed my bike with soap and water, my old bike I did once. Waste of time.

Originally Posted by t-rock

I use a spray on wash/wax stuff. Works really really well. Never washed it with soap and water, although i'm sure the previous owners did.

cool. ima gonna try dat.

[Dnyce]

i saw a guy washing his bike at the hi pressure self wash place(for cars) today, i wanted to pull over, get out the car and tell him to get the fuck outta there.

imo-a bike should never get wet unless you ride it in the rain. its a precision machine, take the time to clean all the curves and crevices by hand.

[Mr Lefty]

Hi Pressure... NO... but I'll wash my bike with water... best believe I've got a hair drier out there blowing all the water out of all the nooks and crany's though.

[Dnyce]

at the very most-ill use a damp rag for stubborn stuff

[Mr Lefty]

ehh to each their own... either way is fine... one just requires a bit more drying

[DLIT]

Originally Posted by itgirl

cool. ima gonna try dat.

The trick is to get those $5 terry cloths they sell at Pep Boys. I have 4 of them and they all are used for one thing. I have two for the initial quick detailer, one for wheels and one for Plexus. I never mix 'em up. Put 'em in the wash and then dryer with a softener sheet and then clean your bike. Wash when they start getting too dirty. This combo eliminates the tiny swirls in the clear that you get when you use shitty terry clothes.

I don't have any clean ones right now, or I'd take a pic of 'em. I'mma wash 'em now though.

Originally Posted by Nighthawk

O MY FUCKING GOD!!!

Never us water, 10% chance of rain, after every ride and high pressure hose (get a rope)

It's good you folks take care of your bikes and such, but It's about the riding, the wind in your balding head, bugs on the face sheild, butterflys stuck in my oil cooler fins, replacing tires every 12k miles or 6 months going straight. Passing 2 semi 3 cars going up hill with oncoming traffic and deer crossing the fucking road.

If my bikes gets washed 3 times a year after 22k miles it's lucky.

Ride it hard and put it away wet.

You can't take pride in your ride and be about the riding too? Bullshit. I ride the SHIT outta my bike and it still looks damn clean.

[t-homo]

I don't wash after every ride, but will once every couple of weeks. I don't mind riding in the rain either.

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by DLIT

You can't take pride in your ride and be about the riding too? Bullshit. I ride the SHIT outta my bike on the track mostlyand it still looks damn clean.

fixed it for you.
I think it's different for those of us that commute daily on our bikes, and live in areas with much changing weather.
Even if I did clean it every time I rode, I would spend a LOT of time cleaning... I'd rather ride. Little bit of dirt on the wheels won't hinder my ride.