Gear change smoothness

[Mogster]

have sex with their motorcycles.
From my point of view you are all equally wierd!  ;)

and whats wrong with spending ages in the Garage rubbing ones hands over the silky smooth curves of the object of ones desires... :-*

I can often be found having a threesome with voluptious kawasaki and the sensual sleeky Italian strumpet (my aprilia)  :o

[2kwacks]

Each to their own.
So far as I'm concerned it's a motorcycle, not the crown jewels.
I abuse it and thrash it mercilessly.  ;D
I ride it lots, I don't clean it at all regularly, and it gets serviced according to the manual (oil & filter every 8k miles).

Others like to polish/pamper/worry about resale values/have sex with their motorcycles.
From my point of view you are all equally wierd!  ;)

"have sex with their motorcycles" interesting! how dose that work then ;)
"oil & filter every 8k miles! I prefer to change my oil & filter every 12 months or 3,000 miles which ever come's first. the oil as a tough job of taking care of the clutch, all engine internals, gear box, and act's as a coolant, for the sake of £30.00 for the oil and filter I personally think it's a no brainer.
"I abuse it and thrash it mercilessly! there's 3 loves in my life "but only one get's trash and abused ;D
"I ride it lots! all my 3 loves get ridden well ;)
"I don't clean it at all regularly! anythink I ride must be clean, that includes my bike's ;D

[Rusty]

I love this forum !! ;D ;D ;D ;D

[zedmeister]

Yep go to agree the bikes have got to be sparkling clean, i have not paid my hard earned to see it rust and crumble away, i respect my possesions, its just the way i like to live.

[Kwikasfuki]

Yep go to agree the bikes have got to be sparkling clean, i have not paid my hard earned to see it rust and crumble away, i respect my possesions, its just the way i like to live.

My Suzuki V-Strom crumpled away after a few winters and ironically I cleaned that bike religiously. Just bad build quality on the Suzukis I reckon. I hear where you're coming from, but as long I have enough chemicals on the exterior to prevent damage and spend money on the internals where it really matters, I'm going to ride it more than I clean it. Oh, and occasionally thrash it  ;D

[Martin#30]

A bit of WD40 or 3in1 oil on the various linkages and pivots on the gear change pedal and shaft work wonders for the gear change on mine, though that *might* be related to the comment below ....

... but as long I have enough chemicals on the exterior to prevent damage and spend money on the internals where it really matters, I'm going to ride it more than I clean it.

Amen, expertly applied coatings of ACF50 and a protective layer of mud for me too. I will wash the salt off however.

Martin.

[Rusty]

That makes me want to VOMIT !!!!!!  >:( >:( :( :(

[Kwikasfuki]

That is beautiful  ;D

[Rusty]

YOU want to make me VOMIT !!!!!!!!! ;D

[2kwacks]

seeing that gtr 1400 in the best colour "magnesium grey" ;D like that, well at least I think it's magnesium :-\ will scar me for life.  "however" wish the wife was that dirty ;)

[zedmeister]

I clean the bike before i put it away every time i use it, i will only put it in the garage when it has cooled down. OCD OR WHAT!!!!!!

[2kwacks]

I clean the bike before i put it away every time i use it, i will only put it in the garage when it has cooled down. OCD OR WHAT!!!!!!

OCD OR WHAT!!!!!! I clean my bike's after every ride, "by our much" depends on what the weather as been like. if the weather as been particularly bad and have used the deluxe car shampoo "wash and wax" and the hose pipe. then out come's the "leaf blower" to make sure the bike is bone dry before put away. beat that :P

[2kwacks]

I clean the bike before i put it away every time i use it, i will only put it in the garage when it has cooled down. OCD OR WHAT!!!!!!

zedmeister! must admit I do like a nice atalian 8) but like there "bella senorita's" they tend to have a temper and get very >:( if not loved and treated right, but like your "bella" ducati I see you treat her well. P.S is the touring caravan yours? I had a 23ft lunar lexon se. but sold it 3 years ago, had some excellent time's and met some very nice friend's over the year's, which we still meet now again for a good "scran and bevy" don't think we will get another tourer thou! been there done that. but some of the best times we had where touring up and down the country :)

[zedmeister]

Yep wash n wax in winter, thorough polish in summer, and i must admit i have a compressor so i too blow the excess water off. I cant stand the settled water in the bolt heads it turns them grey after time. The caravan is a wreck we use it for weekends when we go to horse events, a top model like you had would be wrecked in a year, the front of the van you see in the picture is our motorhome i have a 2 bike trailer and we put both bikes on and travel to site then travel everywhere else on the bikes. The bikes are like a magnet on site all sorts of people come up to us and just start chatting like you say good times, wouldnt change it for the world.

[Mogster]

yup i clean mine before putting em away, i must be an italian owner thing, cos the aprilia sulks if she not pampered.  8)