As always, it depends.
If I'm going off somewhere on one of my "fast appreciating old classics" (to coin a salesman's phrase) I probably will put a bit of time / effort in and clean n polish it. If it's one of the two mainstream "adventure" bikes then not much chance. Apart from oiling the chain etc one of them has hardly been cleaned in the last 10yrs.
Somewhere in the middle is the mid 70's 125 Suzuki. According to my insurance company that's now gone beyond classic to fit into their "vintage" category so it should have love and care lavished upon it. But as I use it more for "adventure" (or touring as it used to be called) than most of the others it should be left as it is. In practice I tend to polish it with ACF50 and Waxoil in the hope that when either it or I get pensioned off there will still be a bike under the grime that I can polish.
As for the Gold Wing, I think that goes through the car wash
Last edited by backofbeyond; 25 Jun 2015 at 07:34.
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