couriers and your bikes

[phatstorage]

i washed my bike last week and rode into work.
i stopped at some lights and a courier levelled up to me on the usual filthy 500cc bike with torn, mute coloured textiles and tank bag to match.

he looks, then says "too shiny" i turn my head and say "what?"
"too shiny mate"
"o.k................?" was my slow reply

we part company and i begin to laugh.

not only was this the first time a courier has spoken to me but he decided to take the piss by pointing out that my bike don't look like it's been dropped of a building and ridden into the Thames.

Fair play,

is anyone here a courier and do you ever wash your bikes?
let's assume for now you don't so what do you do to keep them on the road and in working order?
they always look so caned yet they never seem to break down

sorry if i jinx anyone

BTW you guys ride like legends

[Davo]

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[st3v3]

well, the pizza mopeds are the worst, they thrash around on their n125 honda innova's and they commonly bounce over bumps with a height of up to a foot in the air (sparks an all), then come crashing back down with speeds of 35+, and cut ya up no end, with my NS125 OTR soon, i will show the b*stards who has power an b*lls...
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[GearboxGeezer]

It is a good idea to clean a bike to see if anythings come loose, Thats one of the only reasons why I clean my bike

But lets face it, being a courier is a very hard job, I dont think I could be arsed to even look at my bike if I just done a horrible 12 hour shift sweeting my balls off or freezing them off. Let alone clean it!

[Itchy]

I get the opposite effect with worn textiles and more often than not lots of luggage , I get couriers pulling up next to me sometimes saying hello , sometimes asking what company I work for (since I'm not a courier I don't have a company sticker on the side of me bike)
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[TheDonUK]

I have done a bit of dispatch riding, and now riding a fuckin 50cc pizza ped. My bike is a battered old 500. I do wonder when i pull up next to a shiney whatever, what the person likes about biking, is it the riding, the acceleration, the cornering? or just Washing and cleaning it, then posing by the side of it. :shrug:

Whatever floats your boat though i guess.

[phatstorage]

i would like to say everything about owning a bike is good but after washing it, the cuts on my hands say otherwise.

anyways i think a slightly dirty bike............. no. no shut up, i'll shut up now.

[thx1138]

[irving]

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[ram_doom]

I utterly cannot stand a dirty bike. Therefore mine gets cleaned after pretty much every outing
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[phk6]

ive got a dirty old 500 lol, well its not always dirty but it does get fucking clarted lol, should of seen it the other week covered in mud, and when i say covered i mean COVERED.

but i do clean my bike, but thats usualy before i do a little bit of work on it, i hate working on dirty bikes plus now winters on its way ive been rubbing the 2 stroke oil into it to stop it from rusting away before my eyes.

and i should imagine if ur job is to ride your bike all day you should be able to feel when somthing is on its way out, like im gonna need a new throtle cable soon, and i need to put the spacer that keeps the chain hitting the chain guard back on.

i dont know about other people but i can feel when theres something not right with my bike.

EDIT - just read that back to my self i wish my job was to ride my 500 twin all day like a nut case, id much prefer it to being a maintinance engineer, altho i do love my current job.
and saying that i wouldnt mind being a pizza delivary boy, i loved my MBK scooter lol was a right wheelie machine good round corners as well centre stand scraping at every round about no matter how small.
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[Nath]

[phk6]

if the last owner of ur bike looked after your bike as well as the last guy who owned my bike did i dont think ull have any thing to worry about when it comes to bolts falling out.....

mainly due to the fact that evey bolt and screw ive taken out of my bike ive had to use a screw extraction kit on as they were that rusted in lol
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[irving]

[sickpup]

Do you have any idea what fun it is to out ride the shiny new bike brigade on a filthy, dirty P.O.S. ?

Why would I bother to clean a bike that I'm gonna throw away/put on ebay for rock bottom price in six months time?

incidently the work Bros400 will be in the for sale section later today.

[stinkwheel]

Lets play a game. I'll take my shitheap KLE500 and someone take along their shiny, "cleaned every time I use it and once a week if I don't" bike.

We'll take it in turns to nominate a fastener that both parties have to remove from their bike. Spanners, sockets, allen keys and turnscrews only, no impact drivers or braces. First person to burr the head off one or snap it is the looser.

Dirty doesn't mean it's neglected. Clean doesn't mean it's well maintained.

[LUXY DJ]

id NEVER clean my courier bike/s but only keep the engine sound!

round london all day is DIRTY! i even used my gixer 6 for a week or 2 & the white wheels went BLACK! iv even got a pic of it & even posted it on here once aswell

but yea couriering is fun! just most are brazilians now so they will chat aloada shit!
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