How often do you wax your motorcycle??

[Burnerboy]

Am I nuts/crazy or just whacked out??

But everytime it rains (for the day) I sit in my garage and give her a complete wax job.....(I put on my headphones and rock out to led Zeppelin ) I figure that I have approx six-eights coats [or more] of wax on my "Blacky" (that's her name!!)

Ronnie

 

[rhino 2]

Am I nuts/crazy or just whacked out??

But everytime it rains (for the day) I sit in my garage and give her a complete wax job.....(I put on my headphones and rock out to led Zeppelin ) I figure that I have approx six-eights coats [or more] of wax on my "Blacky" (that's her name!!)

Ronnie

Once or twice a year.......More often if i'm bored' Maybe.......But then with my 2014 Ram which costs almost twice the price that my last bike did.....Never...But thats just me, :Shrug:...

Hell i'll wear the same underwear for 30 days, Then reverse them for 30 more.......

 

[nucseal]

Am I nuts/crazy or just whacked out??

But everytime it rains (for the day) I sit in my garage and give her a complete wax job.....(I put on my headphones and rock out to led Zeppelin ) I figure that I have approx six-eights coats [or more] of wax on my "Blacky" (that's her name!!)

Ronnie

I thought I over do it. I wax a least once a month, Wash it after every ride and use Mequires Ultimate Detailer in after each wash.

Once or twice a year.......More often if i'm bored' Maybe.......But then with my 2014 Ram which costs almost twice the price that my last bike did.....Never...But thats just me, :Shrug:...

Hell i'll wear the same underwear for 30 days, Then reverse them for 30 more.......

I said that to my wife once! Only once!

 

[CrystalPistol]

I usually clean, detail, wax after each ride. Hate to leave it dirty.

Often, since I know I'll be doing it again after my next ride, use Meguires Cleaner Wax. Sometimes, I use Liquid Glass just because it's easy to put on / take off or buff.

 

[Wind Therapy]

Average about once a month . . .

. . . all year 'round! I ride 110 miles/day min. Mon-Fri. As much as I like to ride a clean and shiny trike, I would much rather be riding than cleaning! If ever I'm faced with making a choice to clean or ride . . . it'll be ride every time!

Ride SMART, Ride SAFE . . . but R I D E !

Cal

Dave Calahan

Fredericksburg, VA

'07 GL1800 w/'18 Road Smith 1800HTS

 

[bikerbillone]

Just a guess, you work in DC.

 

[FuzzyWuzHe]

I have a vehicle program that I wrote to document all I do on all my vehicles ... even the trash trailer. LOL

This program reminds me to do such things as maintenance and cleaning ... also stores all receipts and pictures of "stuff" I do to them.

This program reminds me to do an appearance maintenance every 3 months or 1250 miles ... I almost never make it because I end up doing that stuff sooner. Usually I do a cleaning like every two weeks or so ... but that is usually just to rinse off the dust (we get the Utah red dust here bad) ... then I use Honda wax/cleaner to get rid of the little amount of water spots that are left.

My new plan is to redo the ceramic stuff once a year during the winter.

When I had white or at least light colored vehicles, I hardly ever did any "waxing" ... the dust just didn't show as much, so, I would just rinse and go.

 

[1dn5up]

That’s done before the winter rest.

Right now my new hobby is a bug collection. Got many juicers on the windscreen and rear fenders. No one steals a gross bike

 

[rhino 2]

I was just reading a article in Rocket Science Weekly.. And they recommend not waxing a vehicle's surface... In a wind tunnel test conducted at the University of Ohio , The Sandusky campus....Their finding were;



A layer of wax on pigment 'ie paint, Absorbs Sunlight which causes an molecular level of negative drag [Slowdown and extra fuel consumption]...More noticeably in ambient and non-ambient air....And that might be a contributing factor to Climate Change.....

Their conclusion is do not wax your vehicles so as to save the planet...:Shrug:...

 

[paws]

I have a vehicle program that I wrote to document all I do on all my vehicles ... even the trash trailer. LOL

This program reminds me to do such things as maintenance and cleaning ... also stores all receipts and pictures of "stuff" I do to them.

This program reminds me to do an appearance maintenance every 3 months or 1250 miles ... I almost never make it because I end up doing that stuff sooner. Usually I do a cleaning like every two weeks or so ... but that is usually just to rinse off the dust (we get the Utah red dust here bad) ... then I use Honda wax/cleaner to get rid of the little amount of water spots that are left.

Data! We’ve been looking everywhere for you since you disappeared from Star Trek!

 

[FuzzyWuzHe]

Data! We’ve been looking everywhere for you since you disappeared from Star Trek!

Hmmmm ... I've been called a lot of things ... never an analytical, totally logical, robot with an emotion chip he can turn on or off ... interesting.

For the record ... I did "wax" my trike this morning ....

 

[frostbite51]

These things take wax?

The only waxing I've done with the FW is the Ford pickup I waxed coming off the stoplights a couple of weeks ago.

Waxed his ass good...

 

[FuzzyWuzHe]

These things take wax?

The only waxing I've done with the FW is the Ford pickup I waxed coming off the stoplights a couple of weeks ago.

Waxed his ass good...

Yea ... but you you carry 500# of fire wood????? LOL

 

[Burnerboy]

I was just reading a article in Rocket Science Weekly.. And they recommend not waxing a vehicle's surface... In a wind tunnel test conducted at the University of Ohio , The Sandusky campus....Their finding were;



A layer of wax on pigment 'ie paint, Absorbs Sunlight which causes an molecular level of negative drag [Slowdown and extra fuel consumption]...More noticeably in ambient and non-ambient air....And that might be a contributing factor to Climate Change.....

Their conclusion is do not wax your vehicles so as to save the planet...:Shrug:...

O' know, now I've done it, the whole planet is doomed! and Trump will be blamed! :blush::blush: just because I waxed my "Blacky" (NOW I'm depressed!) LOL

(that was a good come-back by the way ) I did laugh!

Ronnie

 

[rhino 2]

O' know, now I've done it, the whole planet is doomed! and Trump will be blamed! :blush::blush: just because I waxed my "Blacky" (NOW I'm depressed!) LOL

(that was a good come-back by the way ) I did laugh!

Ronnie

You know Ronnie one day your grandchildren are going to look up at you and ask;

Grandpa, What did you do during the Great Climate Change War?

And all you will be able to say is;' 'I waxed my Bike''........

 

[Burnerboy]

You know Ronnie one day your grandchildren are going to look up at you and ask;

Grandpa, What did you do during the Great Climate Change War?

And all you will be able to say is;' 'I waxed my Bike''........

:clapping::clapping::clapping: You know even back in school, my principal told my parents, that I would always be a "troubled causing person".............Dang he was correct!!

 

[rhino 2]

:clapping::clapping::clapping: You know even back in school, my principal told my parents, that I would always be a "troubled causing person".............Dang he was correct!!

Suspicions confirm ...

 

[Burnerboy]

Suspicions confirm ...

:gah: love you all.....(Inlove)(heart):clap::encore:

 

[frostbite51]

Yea ... but you you carry 500# of fire wood????? LOL

Hey! He started it!

 

[rhino 2]

Hey! He started it!

Did you at least tell the other guy you were racing him I won a lot of races by not telling them