Cleaning the bike in winter

[Andy C]

in putting my RS up for sale (was meant to be tonight) and before taken the pics i though (like most people) that id give it a good clean/polish. i ended up spending 1hour or so on it and didnt relise how much nicer it looks when you polish it (havnt done it in ages)

the best bit was when i finish and wheeled it backwards to the garden to get enough light for the pics the camera was broke was so annoyed!

the point is how many of you clean it in the winter? i know as soon as i take it out its only going to get exactly how it was before i cleaned it! you think its worth it? (and yes i ride it more than i clean it before anyone says it.lol)
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99 RS125 --> 02 SV650s --> 03 Speed Four --> 92 RXS100 --> 93 CB400sf --> 01 CB600f Hornet

[T1z3R]

if you give it a real good clean till its spotless then just a once over every couple of days it should stay looking pretty good without much effort. more regular/rigorous cleans will be needed once the grit/salt starts to get spread on the roads.
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[-Savage-]

theres this stuff i got last year, cant remember what its called but il find out as i want more for this winter.
you spray it on t=your pipes and metal bits, and it protects against road salt and grit and the like, kept my chrome nice and clean last winter
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[dave1rs]

clean mine every time i use it...which is roughly 3-4 times a week,with a thorough clean(fairings off etc)about once a fortnight

[extreme3d]

[Andy C]

that would take forever if i cleaned it everytine i used it, just seems pointless as 9/10 i use it at the moment it rains at some point in the day when bike is a college/work.

fairings off must take a while! i thought a hour was a long time to clean a bike!
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99 RS125 --> 02 SV650s --> 03 Speed Four --> 92 RXS100 --> 93 CB400sf --> 01 CB600f Hornet

[dave1rs]

not that long...can strip all the fairings off in 15 minutes,cleaning can take as long as you like tbh...if i have nothing to do i will happily spend all day cleaning my bike,but usually i class a thorough clean as a couple of hours.

[Andy C]

does make it look 10x better though, i stood back and though "sh*t my bike look really nice!"
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99 RS125 --> 02 SV650s --> 03 Speed Four --> 92 RXS100 --> 93 CB400sf --> 01 CB600f Hornet

[riichy]

i give mine a good going over every week, then when the roads are groty i spray it down with water to get rid of all the salt works well for me............
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[dodsi]

Scottoiler FS365 genourously.

Polish the bike and use this autoglym siliconce based sealent over that.

This means that you dont get water marks all over the paint when it gets wet and you can hose the crap off the paint and it still looks nice once the water has dried off and left no marks.

You should only need to do this once a week at most.

The scottoiler get a rag and soak the rag and wipe this over all your swingarm, forks, wheels etc and spray it on rear suspension and engine etc.

This needs to be done often but it means you can wash your metal bits often and leave your paint for a week using the autoglym super silicone based polish stuff.

[riichy]

i was going to buy autoglym, saw the price and walked on by . al stick with what i have thanks
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[craigs23]

I clean my bikes after every time I use it, wet or dry, winter or summer.

[Andy C]

car stuff seems to work fine, and its free (from my garage anyways!!lol)
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99 RS125 --> 02 SV650s --> 03 Speed Four --> 92 RXS100 --> 93 CB400sf --> 01 CB600f Hornet

[Josh|RD125LC]

The RD gets dirty a few days of washing it! Got to the point where I can't be arsed to clean the damn thing. Think cleaning it on a friday afternoon is going to be a regular thing though as she looks lovely after being cleaned.
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[Andy C]

yea does make it worth while and once ive started i have to finish its like an obession!lol, it just getting all the stuff out there etc etc
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99 RS125 --> 02 SV650s --> 03 Speed Four --> 92 RXS100 --> 93 CB400sf --> 01 CB600f Hornet

[McGee]

A wipe down after every ride and a wash and wax once a week

I like my bike
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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[it really is that quick]

wash mine after every ride, give rear suspension and callipers a good clean every fortnight and spray wd 40 into all the switch gear (carefully) aswell. gets leathered off after goes without saying really.
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