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Title: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: duc996 on July 10, 2009, 06:41:29 PM Just wondering how often you all detail your bikes?i clean it every ride but to detail clean? not that much.
Title: Re: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: DoubleEagle on July 10, 2009, 07:08:43 PM Generally wash and dry after every ride.
All my rides average between 125-150+ miles. Detail ,like every nock and cranny. Once a year. Dolph :) Title: Re: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: Popeye the Sailor on July 10, 2009, 07:32:18 PM Well....I had it for three years, and didn't do it once during those three years, so I guess I'd have to say once every decade. Give or take a decade.
Title: Re: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: ROBsS4R on July 10, 2009, 07:45:08 PM When it rains Title: Re: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: vwboomer on July 10, 2009, 07:49:03 PM I'll give it a warsh every couple weeks. Looks like hell after rain and my backpack tends to scratch up the seat cowl when it's dirty.
Detail? I did it once. Never again. I don't see the point as it isn't a show bike and after a ride it's dirty anyway. No sense spending hours cleaning it. Aint a Harley, and I'd rather ride than polish my bits. Bike bits. Title: Re: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: He Man on July 10, 2009, 09:33:40 PM Never. why?
<rant:on> -No matter what i do, there is about a pound of gunk hiding behind my sprocket cover and sprocket from chain picking up dirt and grime, even if i just drive 5 feet out of my drive way. -Because there is a huge oil stain on my exahust valve cover. (DS1000) and no matter what it wont go away unless i strip the paint -no matter what there is always some kind of oil/grease/grime on my rim that takes a lot of hard work to get off. From time to time, ill soak my rim in WD-40 to wash it, but its too much work 99% of the time so this gets done maybe once a year. usually its just a rag to wipe of the brake dust...and thats only because i hate washing my riding gear. -my tank. lets not get into that, from the number of sand storms ive ridden through from 20mph winds on the FDR, the 100mph leafs that hit my tank, and the bird poos on it, nothing will protect the soft clear coat except a harder clear. - engine? sorry, ive tried my best to clean it. everything from synthetic cleaners to organic cleaners, and everything in between. short of using paint stripper (which worked btw) theres not much you can do to keep it looking good. In otherwords, i could care less about detailing her. I just use a hose, a wet rag, a watever rag for the wheel, and a dry clean rag and a can of honda proshine. 5 minutes is all i need. everything else is futile. Title: Re: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: Scottish on July 10, 2009, 11:16:49 PM [laugh] Seriously? I finished assembling it last May. It's had two baths. And they wouldn't qualify as "detailing". I clean and lube the chain way more than the rest. I painted it though to hide dirt. I wipe off grime if it's excessive. I'm a bad Ducati owner, I ride it like I stole it, tune and adjust it myself.... hell I built it from dead.
Title: Re: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: Grrrly on July 11, 2009, 01:32:09 AM it's lucky if it gets a quick bath twice a year.
Title: Re: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: rockaduc on July 11, 2009, 01:35:19 AM I give 'er a wash every couple of rides, and try to get a coat of wax on the painted plastic bits 2x per year. Every now and then, I'll use Protect-All on the wheels.
+1 to paying way more attention to the chain than the other bits. Title: Re: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: duc996 on July 11, 2009, 02:24:23 AM I hear you all,just curious...i did it one time and never again,after one ride it seems like i never did any detailing at all.Thanks!
Title: Re: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: duclvr on July 11, 2009, 02:26:11 AM My main problem is all the bugs I kill here in S. Florida. But they tend to burn off on the next ride.
Title: Re: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: duc996 on July 11, 2009, 02:54:03 AM ;D
Title: Re: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: psycledelic on July 11, 2009, 03:26:53 AM I wash it off now and again. That consist of hosing it down, spraying with Bike Bright, and hosing again. I usually spend more time on the chain then the rest of the bike.
Title: Re: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: weemonster on July 11, 2009, 03:31:51 AM once a year whether she needs it or not. 8)
Title: Re: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: lwszabo on July 11, 2009, 04:04:30 AM after every single ride...that way it only takes 15 minutes!
Title: Re: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: El Matador on July 11, 2009, 04:07:45 AM Wash it once a week, detail it once a month. :)
My bike also get ridden about 2-300 miles a week Title: Re: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: LA on July 11, 2009, 04:27:02 AM I wash my bike every now and then, but wipe it down with a soft cotton towel every few days.
Until fairly recently, I ride every day year round. It's my principle means of conveyance. When you ride every day, it's a little harder to keep up with cleaning. I've been recouping from hip surgery and am now able to get around so I may do the all day detail you speak of. Takes a lot longer than washing a big truck or car. LA Title: Re: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: roggie on July 11, 2009, 05:58:51 AM i have had mine since october of last year and have wiped the brake dust and bugs off twice ;D
Title: Re: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: nikkimonster on July 11, 2009, 06:46:52 AM 5 min after every ride.
Title: Re: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: cdnrcr on July 11, 2009, 07:58:34 AM I ride almost every day 30 mi round-trip to work and back. I do chain clean/lube and detail about avery 350 to 450 miles.
Title: Re: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: teddy037.2 on July 11, 2009, 12:16:42 PM aside from chain maintenance...
about as often as I wash/detail my car. which is, like... never... Title: Re: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: corndog67 on July 11, 2009, 02:17:04 PM I wipe the wheels off every time I change a tire. And around the drain plug and filter when I change the oil.
Title: Re: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: He Man on July 11, 2009, 03:03:56 PM I wipe the wheels off every time I change a tire. And around the drain plug and filter when I change the oil. you mena like whiping wipe your asshole everytime you take a shit and shake your shlong to get rid of the last few drops? make sense. [laugh] Title: Re: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: corndog67 on July 11, 2009, 05:18:59 PM you mena like whiping wipe your asshole everytime you take a shit and shake your shlong to get rid of the last few drops? make sense. [laugh] Is that you Billy Mays? What are you talking about? I wipe off the wheel whenever I put a new tire on. That's it. Whenever I change the oil, I wipe around the drain plug and filter, to keep the dirt away from the holes. Seems pretty clear to me. I don't clean my bike. I'm working on a ratbike project. Title: Re: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: He Man on July 11, 2009, 06:13:23 PM im talking about exactly what your talking about. I like it. Why bother breaking your back cleaning your bike, just do it when you need to service it.
Title: Re: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: turbowagon on July 11, 2009, 06:51:58 PM I clean the chain before every ride and only wash her once a year. :)
Title: Re: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: duckb0y on July 11, 2009, 06:57:03 PM Wash after the bugs get thick, probably every 400 miles. Takes maybe 30 mins. I only "detailed" it right after I got it. That included a toothbrush and some WD-40. Never again.
Title: Re: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: ute on July 11, 2009, 07:22:13 PM 5-10 min after every ride to remove bugs and quick clean
Title: Re: How often do you detail your monster? Post by: DarkStaR on July 11, 2009, 09:19:54 PM wipe it down every so often.
never washed or detailed it. |