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yep I was out last Friday and Saturday on my R6 AWESOME FUN

I'm continuing to ride it all over Devon with Pirelli Dragon Super Corsas on it cos I'm dead 'ard.

billinom8s wrote:You are out riding the R6 ??????


Is it more than 20° and dry in Cornwall this time of year then ????

Sign me up !

We have been out quite a lot Si, you should come down and join us our rides are posted on Face book as this seems to be the most popular with members, Ohh i forgot you are scared of that are you not

facebook translates into talisman of the devil

Says the man who lives on Twatter .......

Riding the Daytona at every opportunity. Recently fitted an APE Racing manual cam-chain tensioner (because the stock one is rubbish) and have bought some HID lights for it so I can ride at night without dying (seriously, the standard lights may as well just not be there).

Going to be putting the GSX-R back together for the racing season next year, thinking I'm going to enter the Thundersport Pre-National class this time. Too many nutters in the NG 600 class

Sold the Bandit, and stripped the C90...

Leaving the 90 in Scotland, but hope to come back for it sometime 2014... oh and bike shopping in January...

Nice 2 hour ride today - then over half an hour removing the crud on return. I hate cleaning, where is the nearest bike wash?

actually, there is a guy in Axminster who does bike valet, he used to be on here. his name is mike.



i think there is a car wash in crewkerne, a texaco.

Don't fancy riding through a carwash , I have a pressure washer but am reluctant to use it on the bikes. Somewhere that does a quick hand wash would be nice.

Pressure washer is fine mate, I use my Nilfisk connected to a dirty water pump then blow off the suds connected to my outside tap. I don't like to use too much fresh water as we are on a meter. The water butts are pretty much full most of the time so it makes sense to use the rain water.....

I usually give the bike a spray with degreaser on the oily and chain oily parts, then a good soaking down with hot soapy water all over and then go back to the lower oily and proper grimy parts with refreshed HOT water and a good bike or car wash, using up all the grimy water and a grimy rag and sponge, rinse bucket thoroughly and then wash all the panels and body work with again fresh HOT soapy water, finally then rinse with the hose. Hot water helps shift the crap quickly and only a fraction of the work is done through a hose, the rest in two buckets so not too much dent in your meter!

Atomic wrote:..............I have a pressure washer but am reluctant to use it on the bikes............

Pressure washers arent the end of the world, just avoid directly spraying bearing points like wheel hubs, chain, swingarm bearings, etc. ......

badgerKDD wrote:I usually give the bike a spray with degreaser on the oily and chain oily parts, then a good soaking down with hot soapy water all over and then go back to the lower oily and proper grimy parts with refreshed HOT water and a good bike or car wash, using up all the grimy water and a grimy rag and sponge, rinse bucket thoroughly and then wash all the panels and body work with again fresh HOT soapy water, finally then rinse with the hose. Hot water helps shift the crap quickly and only a fraction of the work is done through a hose, the rest in two buckets so not too much dent in your meter!

By hot soapy water, you don't mean washing up liquid do you?

I used to use that stuff years ago but read that it's got a lot of salt in it and isn't any good for washing bikes.

Shouldn't use hot water on salty bikes/cars either apparently as it reacts different with the salt somehow or another. Rather have warm hands though and take my chances