The Gnu, my W800 is 1 year old today.

Only just over 5000 miles, I wish it had been more but I have been busy and I don't commute.

Ridden through Winter and plenty of rain last "Summer" too!

Kept looking OK by Mr Sheen, WD40 and an oily rag.

Fred Dibnah was right all along.

Wow, still nice and shiny!
You must like polishing bikes

Andy

Still looks wonderful a year on.

Normsthename wrote:Wow, still nice and shiny!
You must like polishing bikes

Andy

Nah not really I don't have the time these days. Old school bike so I adopted the Fred Dibnah old school method of a wipe with an oily rag. In my case this has been a wipe with a rag soaked in WD40 to get the cack off and a wipe with a clean rag with some 10/40 afterwards.

Paintwork is Mr Sheened when it gets mucky.

capitano wrote:

Normsthename wrote:Wow, still nice and shiny!
You must like polishing bikes

Andy

Nah not really I don't have the time these days. Old school bike so I adopted the Fred Dibnah old school method of a wipe with an oily rag. In my case this has been a wipe with a rag soaked in WD40 to get the cack off and a wipe with a clean rag with some 10/40 afterwards.

Paintwork is Mr Sheened when it gets mucky.

I guess the oily rag creates a thin film to protect the surface, like the much more pricey ACF50 option?

Looks cracking (still) by the way.

Looking great Ged, a credit to you and Fred, Time to buy a flat cap and a cotton boiler suit to go with the image. I always like riding my old bike with a boiler suit on, not many old bikers/mechanics are left.

lovely...a PROPER roadbike..! i wipe mine with oily rag in the winter months...defo helps protect it.... i almost got the w650 before i got into scootering...

if i went back to a normal bike id go for this style....

Looking good!

Looks showroom fresh, better than my 6 month old Burger anyway. I used to use an oily rag on my CD175s I used to commute on, worked a treat.

I Would have one but the footrests need to come back approx 3 "