Bike cleaning - All Year Biker

[Lonewolf]

If you host a cleaning event (as I did) you get your own bike for half price

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How many bikes do you need?

[cpettifer]

Dunno, I tried hosting a day in Worcester a couple of years back but no-one else signed up so it got cancelled. Now I'm intrigued because someone has set up with All Year Biker near Worcester!! I'll probably give him a ring and arrange to get my bike done.

[nogoslow]

From the all year biker site.

Home Visit up to 20 miles from Base        min 1 x Bike booked
                            30 miles from Base    min 3 x Bikes booked
                            40 miles from Base       min 4 X Bikes booked

For those of us in the midlands the only operator at the moment is in Worcester. I am currently talking to Roy at all year biker about taking on a franchise, operating from Hinckley.

Quick straw poll. Would there be any potential takers in leicestershire (ish) area for the treatment if i did go ahead. 

[patrick]

Dunno, I tried hosting a day in Worcester a couple of years back but no-one else signed up so it got cancelled. Now I'm intrigued because someone has set up with All Year Biker near Worcester!! I'll probably give him a ring and arrange to get my bike done.

When I did mine i got a few guys interested before arranging the day.

[Martin#30]

Had mine done again this very afternoon, and yet another excellent job by Nigel in Newbury. Before and after photos below, excuse the poor phone quality - it was getting dark when I took the 'after' shots so the Blackberry struggled.

As you can see, the service works wonders when you are a sponge dodger like myself. No danger of mixing up the before and after shots with me.

I do think the twice yearly application of ACF50 treatment is working too. When Nigel scrapes the half inch of mud off, there is still a fundamentally decent condition bike underneath.

Martin.

         

         

         

[Lonewolf]

Hmm, they look good, but is it worth £60 a pop for something you could do yourself?

[Rusty]

Crikey ... that was one filthy bike !!! Looking good now though ... don't fancy keeping it that way as we go into the Spring then ?

[Kwikasfuki]

wow, what a transformation. your bike is more filthy than mine (i think). if mine comes out half as good as yours i'll be happy.


how come your model had black wheels? i thought that was '12 models only?

[Lonewolf]

wow, what a transformation. your bike is more filthy than mine (i think). if mine comes out half as good as yours i'll be happy.


how come your model had black wheels? i thought that was '12 models only?

Your bike has black wheels and its on an 08 plate......

[Martin#30]

Hmm, they look good, but is it worth £60 a pop for something you could do yourself?

For me, absolutley, but as you can see from the photos above, I seem to have a genetic inability to clean my bike. The bit I really use him for is the ACF50 coating though, the valet is just an added bonus.

I get mine done a couple of weeks before the salt hits the roads, and then a few weeks after the last of it has left. Works well. The bike has done 23,000 miles and been through two english winters, and it is holding up pretty well even with my lack of TLC.

@Kwikas, I am sure the black wheels are standard on the '10, blue and brown colour schemes I thought?

Martin.

[Kwikasfuki]

Hi Martin, just realised you don't have a hugger? Any issues with the rear shock?

[O.C.]

what a transformation, from before to after the process..

However it wont remove the corrosion that will attack your bike whilst the crud is still on the bike

And I have to agree with Lonewolf, why pay someone £60 for something that you can do yourself   F.O.C 

[Martin#30]

Hi Martin, just realised you don't have a hugger? Any issues with the rear shock?

My shock remote pre-load adjuster siezed, and the shock was replaced under warranty at 15k miles.Perhaps a hugger would have helped, but to be honest, Kawasaki should have fitted ones as standard in that case.

Martin.

[Kwikasfuki]

The other thing I noticed is that your chicken strips are smaller than mine 
I need to get off the motorway and onto the twisties

[Lonewolf]

The other thing I noticed is that your chicken strips are smaller than mine 
I need to get off the motorway and onto the twisties

Everybod's chicken strips are smaller than yours and you have the nerve to call me Miss Daisy!!