If it were my hack I'd jet wash/ hose it off when I get home on a Friday night.If there is a lot of salt down then hose it off daily or when I can.Like dirty women you can't let em get too shabby underneath
OK. I can see the OCD garage queen brigade get a little queasy at a speck of chain fling, so let's have your dirty blade pics guys
I do just that... Washed every week without fail, ACF50 to all lowers and chain cleaned and waxed each week. Full ACF50 every three months. All plastics, lights, etc covered in glasscoat or ventureshield. I like a clean bike but I use it too... 14k pa
lol, I look forward to this thread. Unfortunately I washed it at the weekend and its a bit dark out there for photography but heres my contribution. Is it me or are RED ones the real dirty girls
ACFed my bike last weekend, it won't have a deep clean until the gritters are in hibernation. Apart from chain and brakes getting a full treatment the rest of the bike only gets snow foamed and pressure washed it pains me to think all my hard work is undone by a short stint on a wet M4.
Zipster and kent you could be properly shooting yourself in the foot with this as who would want to buy anything off you if that's how you treat it?
TBH by the time I am finished with them I don't sell them to anyone I know, remotely know, ever likely to know or even probably never will know, that's what dealers are for
Zippy matey, you have previous my friend, the worlds first and probably only Fireblade Submariner.....your what I call a real winter commuter, who lets a few puddles get in their way?
lol! Its a bike...its for riding!! Its my daily transport, I aint got an audi or 3 series tucked away in a garage. Besides, I aint selling this baby, I luv her to pieces Thats why I ride her every day. Last fireblade I had lasted 14 years and 94,000 miles before I traded her in, Im a happy man.
Cheers chap. I just traded my 33,000 mile old R1 in against the Fireblade and the dealer was amazed with the condition of it ... Not a furry bolt in sight. He sold it in three days to the first person who looked at it The blade will get used heavily but will be kept immaculate ... In better condition than most fair weather bikes!
