Let's see your CB1100 out on the road!

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GO that is the license expiry date that came with the bike when i bought it, it was a six month period, in NZ we have minimal periods of three months, so i usually take six months on one bike and use the other for the other six and try to roll it out so the summer period is having the most chance of nice weather.
In wintertime it's usually around 15 degrees c, for me not pleasant to ride longer distances so i use the old bike to put put around and generally keep it going without wearing it out.

Wisedrum thanks for the advice, autosol is the medicine of choice and amazingly i do this only once a year and it seems to keep shiny enough for six months in the sun ( as long as you don't look too closely at the little "freckles" )
and also i only do around 12.000 km or so.

I have used Autosol on the exhaust headers of my motorcycles since the mid-60s. I spread the Autosol with an old sock, and then wrap the sock right around the header twice. Pulling the sock around and around and up and down will remove even the most stubborn baked on bugs.

I have found that Ipone and Honda Cleaners and Polishes will also remove dead bugs after the headers have cooled down after a ride. I don't know what they put in Ipone, but I have used it to clean the carbon and grease off the BBQ grease plate.

Last week I clumsily coated both hands with Floquil engine black model steam engine paint. It is a solvent-based paint that is no longer available because of its nasty chemistry. It was date night I did not want to have to explain to the boss how I managed to paint both hands black. I didn't have any paint solvents to remove it, so I grabbed the Ipone and sprayed both hands. To my amazement it removed the paint. Took a couple of washings with hand soap to remove the polish and its funny smell though.