03-31-2014, 01:03 PM
G'day Pteroldactyl
Where to start? The cover I suppose. It is one of those synthetic-type waterproof beasts with a reflective outside etc. It has a couple of vents in it at the front as well as some small holes now as it's a couple of years old. I don't clip it together at the bottom so the air should move through it. I don't cover the bike until it has cooled down as I suspect the cover wold melt onto hot engines and pipes. But thanks for your advice about that. It makes sense and I'd better reconsider. I'm not sure that covering it with an old cotton sheet would provide it with good protection against the elements. What do you think would happen if it got wet?
I don't have a garage; only a car port through which the rain and wind blow enthusiastically when the weather conditions are right—you know what it's like in SE Qld. It can get wet in there, but air movement would quickly dry it out—except, perhaps under the dreaded cover! Since I've had it, it did sit for a week once, uncovered, by the mouth of the Brisbane River. Not enough for the salt to get it I wouldn't think.
It sits under the car port under it's cover. From time to time it's under the cover for a period if I can't use it, but not much as I use it as my main means of transport.
I've not done as many kms as you, but it's been ridden in the rain when I have to and on the odd gravel road. I dunno whether I clean it as well as you. I wash it with a hose and sponges and dry it off with an old-fashioned chamois. I don't use polish other than the odd squirt of Mr Sheen—did you know that was Kevin Rudd's nickname—on the tank and the chrome. I have used a cutting compound on a couple of areas to remove marks. I also use kerosense to wipe chain lube and brake gunk off the wheels and bits and bobs of road marks off the engine. I tend not to use a gurni, although I have one and have used it a couple of times. I read somewhere they're not always good for bikes as they can force water through seals. Like you I am not a shine and show cleaner, but I like the bike to look good.
I'll be interested in what Honda has to say. I'm not optimistic. On the other hand, given the bike has been at least reasonably well looked after since I've had it, I don't think the oil pipe corrosion is acceptable.
Cheers
PS: Hope you're recovering well.
Where to start? The cover I suppose. It is one of those synthetic-type waterproof beasts with a reflective outside etc. It has a couple of vents in it at the front as well as some small holes now as it's a couple of years old. I don't clip it together at the bottom so the air should move through it. I don't cover the bike until it has cooled down as I suspect the cover wold melt onto hot engines and pipes. But thanks for your advice about that. It makes sense and I'd better reconsider. I'm not sure that covering it with an old cotton sheet would provide it with good protection against the elements. What do you think would happen if it got wet?
I don't have a garage; only a car port through which the rain and wind blow enthusiastically when the weather conditions are right—you know what it's like in SE Qld. It can get wet in there, but air movement would quickly dry it out—except, perhaps under the dreaded cover! Since I've had it, it did sit for a week once, uncovered, by the mouth of the Brisbane River. Not enough for the salt to get it I wouldn't think.
It sits under the car port under it's cover. From time to time it's under the cover for a period if I can't use it, but not much as I use it as my main means of transport.
I've not done as many kms as you, but it's been ridden in the rain when I have to and on the odd gravel road. I dunno whether I clean it as well as you. I wash it with a hose and sponges and dry it off with an old-fashioned chamois. I don't use polish other than the odd squirt of Mr Sheen—did you know that was Kevin Rudd's nickname—on the tank and the chrome. I have used a cutting compound on a couple of areas to remove marks. I also use kerosense to wipe chain lube and brake gunk off the wheels and bits and bobs of road marks off the engine. I tend not to use a gurni, although I have one and have used it a couple of times. I read somewhere they're not always good for bikes as they can force water through seals. Like you I am not a shine and show cleaner, but I like the bike to look good.
I'll be interested in what Honda has to say. I'm not optimistic. On the other hand, given the bike has been at least reasonably well looked after since I've had it, I don't think the oil pipe corrosion is acceptable.
Cheers
PS: Hope you're recovering well.