Nope, not me, never have. If my bike is lucky it will get a quick wipe down (to remove the Sahara dust) before a ride and I will polish bare alloy as regularly as I think it needs it. My cars are better treated, they get a hoover and a wash/wax once a year!
Well I’m getting closer on these Vincent’s ,this are definitely circa 1950
You’re killing me.
For most of my riding life when the bike was main transport I had a routine of buying a new bike, put around 15k miles on it then part-ex for a new one the following year, I wasn't at all interested in the condition it was in so long as it was maintained in road worthy condition and did the job it needed to do. That was true for the many 850 Commando's, a long period of Kawasaki/Honda ownership followed by a 10 year period of H-D ownership. I started to take a little more pride as the bike became more of a big-boys-toy (hence the period of H-D ownership) but even so, I rarely washed them, just a quick wipe over, life is too short to worry about what the next guy thinks of my bike, chances are he probably spent far more money than me on accessorising the bikes (Harley again) so no point in competing with them. Ride them, personalise them a little, maintain them, ride them some more until the novelty wears off then sell 'em, that's been my philosophy. I've never seen the point in trying to keep a bike in 'as new' condition, when it is time to sell then most buyers either want a good used bike at the right price or they opt for a new one in preference for a 2 or 3 year old in 'as new' condition with a 'as new' price tag.
Spray on wipe off cheap window cleaner for headlight lens, mirrors, clocks, shiny plastic, carbon, paintwork and lacquered ally.... 10mins. I need to do this regularly as living in rural Lincs we get a LOT of dust in the air off the fields, everything gets a covering. Autosol etc. and elbow grease for ally that needs a shine.... for as long as it takes or for as long as my fingers can take the strain
Most parts these days are so difficult to get to that you need an arsenal of shaped lolly sticks, toothpicks and other widgets or you need to disassemble/reassemble everything. Look at the 961 valve cover, 70% of it is under the tank and impossible to clean without removal of tank.... nah, clean what I can see and sod the rest, better things to do 
I did make the grave mistake of putting the hose on my 961 soon after buying it to wash off any potential salt (first ride was last February with snow on the sides of the road), big big mistake as the underside of tank and seat got soaked, all the electric connections, the ecu, even the airbox took in water!
Said the guy that picked gnats out of his oil cooler
Spray on wipe off cheap window cleaner for headlight lens, mirrors, clocks, shiny plastic, carbon, paintwork and lacquered ally.... 10mins. I need to do this regularly as living in rural Lincs we get a LOT of dust in the air off the fields, everything gets a covering. Autosol etc. and elbow grease for ally that needs a shine.... for as long as it takes or for as long as my fingers can take the strain
lol they were big buggers, even managed to dent some of the fins heheSaid the guy that picked gnats out of his oil cooler
I've had 2 of these...both 1078RR's...this the model to buy,if you can find one...and quite cheap when standard....a very quick,light and compact bike,handles great(if you can keep the front wheel down) ...this one i had set up by UK MV experts X Bikes, with an MV Corse titanium full exhaust system (extremely rare and expensive..£3864) and a microtec ecu (£1400)...150bhp and 85 ft lb torque at the rear wheel...with the standard gearing it was insane!.. a mate bought it off me who had 170bhp gsxr1000...he wouldn't believe me when i told him what the bike was like...he soon realised ! Most exciting bike i've owned by far !
