How often do you clean/wash/detail your bike?

[Yamerhaw]

Just wondering, mine stays pretty much spotless and very shiny, even the wheels, usually unless its dark when i get home from riding, i wash and dry it, i figure i paid good hard earned money for it, might as well take care of it, i usually just ride it on the weekends, so sometime during the work week, its gonna probably be detailed, just about every week, i just enjoy doing it and like having a sharp looking bike

[ZUKIMON]

You do keep a clean looking ride! I keep mine semi clean. It's pretty dirty now, like I told you, as it has been sitting in two different basements this winter with no time to clean it. ...........I know, that's no excuse.........

[fnfalman]

I clean mine when something impairs functions.

[Cutty72]

Mine generally looks like it gets ridden every day, hard, often in the rain, on sometimes muddy roads.

Wash it once a month or so... maybe more now that I should have more free time with my new job.

[DLIT]

I wipe it down before every ride. I try to anyways. That includes the wheels too. Clean wheels are the final key to a clean bike. People roll around on clean ass bikes, but their wheels have 6 months of brake dust and crap on 'em and it kills me. Every chance I get, I tell/show buddies what I use to keep my bike clean.

I never wash with soap and water. Before I get into it, I gotta take pics of what I use and I'll post them up later...

Here's an example of what my old R6 looked like w/ 12,000+ miles on it.

[JoJoYZF]

Since my bikes previous owner didnt seem to keep it all that clean, I dont worry about it as much. When I got it the wheels had spots on them that wont come off, the exhaust had spots on it and it had minor scratches. Once I get a new bike that can be kept looking clean a little easier, Im sure I will since I get OCD about it.

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by JoJoYZF

Since my bikes previous owner didnt seem to keep it all that clean, I dont worry about it as much. When I got it the wheels had spots on them that wont come off, the exhaust had spots on it and it had minor scratches. Once I get a new bike that can be kept looking clean a little easier, Im sure I will since I get OCD about it.

I thought I'd be the same way with my Buell... but I'd rather ride than clean, so it doesn't stay near as clean as I originally thought.

[Mrs. Colleen]

I do not clean it very often...usually when my husband tells me it is really dirty.

I do usually wipe down the sides of the tank after every ride because dirt collects there...but I just wipe it with my hand and call it a day.

If I had a new bike with perfect paint and all that I would probably keep it cleaner...but honestly I figure the less I wash it the less chance I have of a star coming loose.

[Archren]

I wash mine once in a blue moon. I really should be better about it.. but I haven't ridden it as much as I could, and with the cold, I didn't have the motivation (until Friday afternoon) to wash it. It's pretty clean now, but I need something to make getting in those nooks and crannies a lot easier.

[marko138]

I'm with the mighty DLIT and Yamerhaw...I keep my shit proper. I paid good money for my rig and I want it to look good. I clean before and after every ride. Sometimes with Honda Polish...or when it's really dirty I'll get the soap and bucket out.