right when i ot my storm from the show room it looked like flipin new
however try as i might i just cant get it like it again even the screen looks used lol
looks clean but not goot that just new look like it had and its a 2000 with 1200 miles
so what i want are some ideas perhaps stuff u use as ive seem some reealy good looking bikes in the gallery
Mine's garaged, I wash it after rain rides and I wax it every couple of weeks. I also use metal polish on the castings, so I guess you could call me a little anal
nines kept in a shed roof leaks was gona fix it but bought the storm intead
but it cleans oki ish but whoever cleand it for the show room had some good stuff im sure
just been out for a ride now is coverd in flipin flies god damn em
but was a good blap sp who cares
Its a lie mate, salesmen (I used to be one) use shitloads of silicone and furniture polish which not much use in the real worl as you get marks and blotches from the elements.
I find I have to religiously wash/rinse after rain, wash and wax each week with Crystal Glow Acrylic polish and autosol for the polished metal and exhausts, you can finish that again with Crystal Glow to give it a chance in bollox uk weather. Can take 4-5 hours on a saturday to do a proper job.
Oh yeah bite the bullet and buy 2-3 large, stiff tooth brushes, just the thing to get in thoose nooks, great for bringin up the gols brake calipers.
Hope that helps and doesn't depress you too much. If you get too down I'll send you pickies of mine so you can be in disbelief at the abmount of bits which are polised/ cromed whch I have to polish.
I got knocked down, but i'll get up again and you'll never ever keep me down!
ah I forgot, dry space essential, mines garaged. Get some plastic sheeting and attach to the roof so water drains to the side away from your bike......
I got knocked down, but i'll get up again and you'll never ever keep me down!
4-5 hours washin cleanin polishin bloody hell mines not seen a bucket and bog brush yes a bog brush for the nuckle scrapin dodgie bits and good on the wheels too sincei got back from the tt races mind you its not been out since just gotr my tax today which ran out last month my insurance runs out next week my mot runs out the week after and my front tyre ran out at the tt 4 weeks ago
i just use 2-3 buckets of cheap car wash &wax works well finnish off on the odd ocasion with mr sheen been advised not to use that on the iridium screen though as been told it causes the metalic surface to like rub away
mines only done 7.500 miles in 5 years lol just dont have the time now my zx6 i did 14,000 miles in 12 months mind you wasoff road fo 3 years due to a smash on the m1 i decided to write a ford escort off with my storm ouch 6 months on sick with skin grafts was lucky no broken bones though was pappin myself when i came too sprawled out in the middle of the fast lane couldnt move either leg had flesh hangin off it like rashes of best bacon
I found "Mothers polish & glaze" good on the painted bits.. including the wheel rims, screen and mirrors. Simple green bike wash get off the gunk,.. in the hard to get to places.
Dunno about that silicone,.. I prefer to be able to go around corners with out skidding. haha.
Wash mine once a week, or maybe twice depending on how much I use it, if not too dirty, Castrol Green cleaner, but this marks any ali bits such as rear sets and pillion pegs, car shampoo, leather dry and then use Tesco furniture polish on painted areas, Solvol Auto Sol on the Ali bits, and Furniture polish on me rims, or Parafin for particularly stubborn stains, ohh err. Flies and bugs I use Bug Off which acts like a polish, spray on leave and then polish off. Tank and other painted areas Autoglym Super Resin polish once a month or so, toothbrush with Parafin on the chain, wipe off and let it evaporate, apply chain wax, let it go off and then wipe off residue. The only area I have trouble with is the I think it's the coil casing at the bottom of the front cylinder, marks like buggery and cant seem to shift it. Every so often try to clean the inner faces of the swinging arm as well.
Don't look too bad, wouldn't stand up to close scrutiny, works for me anyway.
Slow in, slow out. Ohh err missus, now with added G-Force carbon fibre race cans. Sounds like a Spitfire.
I will cleasn mine when it gets dirty ( duh, really ?!!) and when it won't be raining for at least a few days. I use turtlewax/wash stuff, a toothbrush and degreaser for the nooks, crannies, calipers etc and then some holts bike polish stuff. It is a '97 storm, 38,000 miles, doing about 8,000 a year. Apart from the general wear it looks as good as new: no corrosion or furred bolts (several cans of wd40 in winter is a damn good investment ) and no scratches on paintwork. A good clean (fairing off etc) should n't take more than about 2 hours really, imho.
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