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Well, glad to hear it Jay!! :-)

..I had this horrible picture of you wiping over that beautiful blue petrol tank with a rag soaked in WD40 to make it shine ..lol

Jules

 

Well, I use the WD40 or similar in the ignition because the WD stands for water displacement. The key slot has the little trap door to keep out dirt ... never been a problem before.

I do not use WD40 on the chain. Not because it melts rubber o-rings (x-rings) ... it absolutely will not in two weeks with an o-ring submerged in the stuff deteriorate it in any way. BUT, it can seep under the o-rings and dilute the grease packed in there. Over time you could get a clackety chain. I say 'can' and 'could' because I know too many people that use the stuff as their only chain cleaner and lube with no problems. But I prefer to use kerosene or similar to clean and I lube with STP oil treatment. No kiddin. Used to use 80weight synthetic but the STP stays put even better. Really quiets the normal chain noise quite a bit.

 

i didn't ride to work this morning, i was deterred by the 21 inches of snow that had fallen over the past 14 hours.....

 

Little trick from living by the mountains for so long...... use a lighter and heat up the end half of your key for a few seconds. It doesn't get it too hot, but it'll open a lock right away.

 

Ya, tried that ... but seeing as I did not havean acetylene torch handy in the parking lot and the wind was gusting like a **** the lighter was useless [:-]

 

Duck under your coat, sir. There should be some sort of cap we could put over the keyslots.

 

17deg on my ride in this morning. *Takes deep breath*.......i LOVE my motorcycle! still beats one of those 4 wheeled...things!

i always say.....any day on a 2 wheels is a good day!

 

Ima pussif it gets below 50 my *** has 4 wheels under it. as for rain riding i used too in Seattle but not here in So.cal to many nuts to watch out for cause they don't know how to slow down.

 

i rode daily in the rain here all summer. and thoroughly enjoyed it actually. but im not up for riding in the snow, or on sanded roads....

 

Great time for Some useless knowledge , Hot water freezes faster then cold water...



I work at a Powersports Dealer and i pull bikes/quads/and utv's in and out every day, we just use a small map gas torch and blast the key quick.