how often and how do you wash/clean your pride and joy?

[furious_blue_imp]

For the fanatical:

every time you wash and dry the bike by any kind of contact, you wear the finish. I've never been that fanatical, but I do make sure that if manually drying, I NEVER dry anything by using the common circular motion, this etches swirls onto the surface of everything paint, chrome etc.. Instead, I'll blot dry with no side to side motion on the surface.

I've heard that some super car owners even try to use soaps a little as possible when washing... but that's further than I'd go !

'over cleaning' is a word that I've heard said by the really fanatical about those who have damaged their vehicle finish by washing and waxing it 'too much'.