A clean bike and fridge

The last time my bike got a wash - a REAL wash - was before the Spring Rally in Angola. There was a layer of dust, bug carcases, mud, and even some tar/rubber stuff stuck to my muffler. So today, I opted to take a few hours and strip the bike of all the leather, nascille, saddlebags, seats, etc and give it a good, deep wash from stem to stern.

Then after the wash, I pulled it back into the garage and gave it some wax for both the paint and the chrome. Not a perfect job, but it took over 3 hours of pleasurable, detailed, mind numbing, tedious effort that has resulted in a much better looking bike - and a better attitude.

What's with the fridge in the title of this entry? I also cleaned out all of the remaining Canadian beer ! ! ! Side effect of the near-90 degree temperatures. ;-)