I'm afraid I'm not. I'm much better at riding than I am at cleaning, and since I'm not a brilliant rider you can tell that my cleaning skills are not great.

I like to keep my bikes looking respectable, but they're never spotless, well at least my ST isn't spotless. I hope that I will do much better for my 888 because that bike was bought to save for dry sunny days - although it did go out last weekend, there wasn't too much salt and it was mostly dry except in the shade under trees.

So, I'm hoping my 888 will be for fine days only and spend most of it's life being polished and gently upgraded. I'm going to Dublin this weekend, but I hope that the weekend after that I will be able to fit my new Brembo Billet GP's, the new master cylinders and a carbon front mudguard...and give it a bit of a polish.

... then enjoy each ride with T.8 and tell her you're in love ... T.8 is faithful !! ;) ;)