Do you polish your bike?

[johnnyboxer]

Getting ready for a trip over Easter, having had the bike serviced on Tuesday

Tuesday afternoon, after returning from the dealer I washed it thoroughly (although the roads were dry) as there is still a lot of salt dust about

So after leathering/drying it off on Tuesday, yesterday I set about polishing everything

I polish the exhaust,the bars/tank/wheels/driveshaft casing/engine block and heads/front suspension wishbone and shocks/rear rack/front & rear mudguards..............all with a good quality polish like Mer and then do the black plastics with a silicone spray

I also polish the clutch and fluid reservoirs, plus the levers/handguards and crashbars too


I even wash all my dirt bikes, so they spotless and also polish all their plastics and tanks, wheels and spokes

I enjoy having my bikes absolutely sparkling, even a slightly rusty 20 year old DR350 :silly:


Have I got a problem?

Do you polish your bike regularly too?

[The Sarge]

I do, and then spray them with GT85 as it smells nice !

[redbikejohn]

i did my 916 like that but the xt is lucky if it gets washed two or three times a winter!

[Loggy]

I'm the same. Polish mine... Love a clean sparkly bike... (thumbs)

[Brenhden]

Mine are dirt bikes. That's how I like them.

[johnnyboxer]

Mine are dirt bikes. That's how I like them.

So are mine, but after doing their job in the dirt - they are washed, so they're spotless and you could eat your dinner off them

I suppose it comes from competing in Trials - ride on a Sunday and then wash - ready for spannering at nights through the week, checking everything so you didn't get a DNF the following Sunday

Maybe that's why your bikes break down a lot, Bren :whistle:

[ollydog]

i use to live next door to eric )boots) monahan, a top speedway rider in his day, early hours on a monday morning the pressure washer would be going, he always said the same clean and spnannering always did it him self and never had dnf

me i just got no funkin sleep

steve

[DaveCon]

Quick wipe down every two weeks if it needs it. Much like my personal routine (thumbs)

[Paul-S]

Same as you JB

They are clean but get dirty then I clean them again ready for next time

A good deep clean once in a while then a quick wipe over after a dirty ride out

[Mawnanian]

Rarely, the Beemer gets a wash and brush up about once a month, the Harley is used a whole lot less but has acres of naked polished alloy so it gets a more thorough going over on about the same timescale plus whenever it gets wet and cruddy. Which isn't very often.