Anything Else I Should Do For 2 Year Maintenance? - Page 2

 




Jesus.  You need help. Seriously.
On a 2 year old bike with only 11K miles......!!!!
It's just broken in good.
OK, we understand you are compulsive about your "baby"; a lot of us are to
some degree but YOU are over the top.  WAY over.
Do what you must but please spare us the gory details.

 


The swingarm has a little rust where stones and crap have been kicked up.
Since I planned to detach the swingarm to repaint portions of it, it seemed
natural to check the bearings and so on, throw a little grease on there.

I understand your point of view, but I don't see any reason in the world to
let corrosion on ferrous material proceed.  There is a lot of material
there, but I might as well just coat it and prevent further corrosion.

 



On a two year-old bike that's hardly been ridden? Leave it alone FFS.


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and hassle for no tangible benefit."

 



"FFS" ?

Flat File System? For fuck sake? I dunno..

 



Don't worry, be happy. Replace bulbs when they burn out.

You can buy turn signal and tail/brake light bulbs in an auto parts
store as they fail.

Motorcycle headlight bulbs and instrument light bulbs usually must be
bought from a $tealer$hip or ordered from an online catalog.

$hipping co$ts on a single $10 item can equal the price of the item,
so I add such things as bulbs onto a larger purchase.

An original equipment Yuasa conventional flooded cell lead acid
battery with Sulf-Stop will last you five years if there is no
charging system problem.

Yuasa maintenance-free batteries will last 7 or 8 years. When the
engine cranks slowly when you hit the starter button, pull the battery
out and look at the case.

If the case is bulgy or looks like a starved horse, the maintenance-
free battery is dehydrated and sulfating.


Buy a battery that says Yuasa on it, so you get a Japanese Yuasa
battery.

Yuasa owns some American battery companies now, but, in my experience,
they are not as long-lived as a more expen$ive Yuasa.

The last time I needed a motorcycle battery, I checked the mail order
houses first, and located a Yuasa maintenace-free battery for only
$52.

Not wanting to pay $hipping co$ts, I went over to Sears and checked on
a Die-Hard. Sears wanted $90 for the Die-Hard, so I bought the Yuasa
from the mail order house instead.

Buy a battery which has the same part number or equivalent Yuasa part
number to insure that the terminal arrangement will be the same.

It does no good to buy a battery that doesn't line up with the
existing cables or fit in the battery box...

Batteries are sized by geometric dimensions of length width and
height, in inches and millimeters and electrically by ampere hour
capacity.

A fully charged 10 ampere hour battery will delivery 10 amps for an
hour without the voltage dropping below 12 volts.


Service stations are supposed to accept and recycle those hazardous
waste materials, but it's sometimes illegal to just drop them off when
the station is closed.

Fire departments in some cities accept hazardous waste and have
periodic
campaigns to collect unwanted solvents and paint, etc.