Quote from: system error on April 07, 2011, 03:49:21 PM
She will depreciate slower than the cash that's sitting in your bank account.   

no joke.  if she's still around after tax bills I might consider this one a gonner but I'll have to hide it from the wife.  I'll bet there would be no shortage of garages available.

Mmmmm, WANT ONE!!!!!!!!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130506008241&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT#ht_500wt_1182

Quote from: muskrat on April 07, 2011, 08:57:20 PM
...I'll have to hide it from the wife.  I'll bet there would be no shortage of garages available.

Consider my garage volunteered.  Hell, I might offer to keep it in the house.  (Might get cat hair and baby drool on it, though...)  

Quote from: CajunR on April 08, 2011, 07:00:21 AM
Consider my garage volunteered.  Hell, I might offer to keep it in the house.  (Might get cat hair and baby drool on it, though...)  

uh-huh... yeah... "baby drool" he says. 

sorry Sunshine, you're not a candidate.  You have twins that would use it as a jungle gym and I've seen how "clean" your Motard is.

Quote from: muskrat on April 08, 2011, 10:56:09 AM
...and I've seen how "clean" your Motard is.

I bought it to ride it, not to wipe it with a silk diaper and whisper sweet nothings into its tail pipes! 

Quote from: CajunR on April 08, 2011, 01:28:13 PM
I bought it to ride it, not to wipe it with a silk diaper and whisper sweet nothings into its tail pipes! 

+1 even the great Stuart Rust told
me he's never cleaned a chain

I'm a freakin' fanatic about cleaning and waxing chains.  



As far as the rest of the bike...  

Quote from: TresGatos on April 08, 2011, 07:52:00 PM
+1 even the great Stuart Rust told
me he's never cleaned a chain

werd. Modern chains are sealed. Clean 'em & you make the beast with two backs 'em up. A small amount of WD-40 on a rag just to wipe off surface dirt & grit, & you're good to go

    I haven't found much on my motorcycles that can't be cleaned with WD-40

Quote from: Duc L'Smart on April 09, 2011, 07:53:26 AM
A small amount of WD-40 on a rag just to wipe off surface dirt & grit, & you're good to go

Sure, that's how it starts with me: get a rag and WD just to wipe the surface; then it's a brush to get in the crevices between links; and then....  

Ironically, I think the chain is the cleanest thing on my Hyper.  Every 500 miles: WD-40 and fresh wax.  [moto]

cleaning the chain is a waste of time. 

Quote from: muskrat on April 09, 2011, 09:51:30 AM
cleaning the chain is a waste of time. 

HERETIC!

Every chain cleaning kit needs these...

Growing up with bikes 40+ years ago riding dirtbikes and racing MX I have chain cleaning/maintenance in my DNA. Chains back then weren't that great, as in no o-ring sealed chains. They needed NASA Space Shuttle type care to last at all. So before every ride the bike goes up on the Pit Bull stand, I check the chain and tire pressure, give the chain another good shot of Maxima chain wax because it's already been cleaned and waxed after the last ride I took. Which will happen again after the next ride. I hit the chain while it's still hot from the ride with WD-40 to clean it, wipe it down and give a soaking with the spray wax. Old habits die hard.