I wash 'em up about once a month during the warmer summer months...not too often during the winter (even South TX version)...

 

Better do it often to keep the salt of the chrome. Bit tough though if you dont have heat in the garage

 

I usually don't wash it very often during the winter months unless I know I will not be riding for a couple of weeks (snow) and I will hose it off to get road salts and such off before it sits to long...

During the summer it gets hosed off more often and more likely to get polished before special events (pgr missions and the like) I hate to polish and prefer to ride

 

I don't need the dealer, I do my own wrenching, and have saved thousands doing it. A dealer that washes and waxes must have already collected big bucks.