Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > How Do You Keep Your Pride and Joy Like New?

Originally posted by Twinfan
Dibble who keep their bikes in a terrible state. Bikes should be designed to cope with varying levels of anal-ness...

Bike isn't kept in a "terrible state", in fact my bike wants for nothing as far as taking superb care of her goes, I just don't spend my time keeping her clean, other than that she is very very well looked after .....

[jobr]

Who answered daily??????????????????????????????????????

[rcgbob44]

I wash and polish my 998 when its dirty (thats a single fly on it!).

I use gunk or equivalent on the calipers every time so as not to get a build up of brake dust and uase Auto Glym on the body work.

[TP]

Ooh, my first merge was successful

Threads merged at the request of Charlotte and agreed by Jon.

[jobr]

Originally posted by TP
Ooh, my first merge was successful

Threads merged at the request of Charlotte and agreed by Jon.

United in Surrey we are.

[AK]

Originally posted by jobr

United in Surrey we are.

mmm but in cleaning or grubbiness?:P

[psychlist]

Both Monster and 998 get sprayed with Muck-Off, sprayed with hose then wiped with clean rag only 3 or 4 times a year. They only get polished for paparrazzi

[TP]

Originally posted by CK and AK

mmm but in cleaning or grubbiness?:P

I'm more than happy to let you clean mine Charlotte. And then we can be united in spotless cleanliness.

I'll cook the bbq

[Edited on 29-6-2005 by TP]

[AK]

Look 'ere TP, I have a cleaning lady (she wont do the bike tho ) and I only do mine on a bi-monthly basis, dependant on use.

At the moment Her Majesty is finely resplendant in a good covering of flies/ dirt & mush and not getting a scrub till at least the w/end (is it going to rain? )

C

[JPM]

Originally posted by Twinfan

Harsh! Who knows eh? The thing is, there are people worse than me and Dibble who keep their bikes in a terrible state. Bikes should be designed to cope with varying levels of anal-ness...

Very true, but things do wear and things do drop off etc, I've lost count of how many bolts etc I've lost off my bikes over the years.

Also some areas of your bike need cleaning regularly otherwise the build up is a real pain to get off.

Like my wheels on the car, if I haven't got time to wash the car I'll make the effort on the wheels simply because if I leave them it takes me so much longer to get them clean next time.