{"id":9951,"date":"2020-09-24T12:25:20","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T18:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/?p=9951"},"modified":"2020-11-05T09:33:12","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T16:33:12","slug":"dont-clean-that-bike-you-may-not-like-what-you-find","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/dont-clean-that-bike-you-may-not-like-what-you-find\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Clean That Bike–You May Not Like What You Find"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Honda<\/a>

This bike may be old, and it may get dirty, but hey, it gets ridden.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

A lot of motorcyclists insist on keeping their bikes spotless. I am not one of those. I figure that I can spend hours cleaning a bike and then go for a ride and get in some rain and by the time I get home it’s filthy again.<\/p>\n

No, I just try to make a point to clean each of my bikes at least once every few years. I’d rather just spend that time riding.<\/p>\n

But it had been a few years so I’ve done some cleaning recently. I had Joel give my Concours a complete tune-up while he had the bike to put on a new front tire. After I got it back I figured what the heck, if I’m doing all that I might as well clean it. So I did. Looks nice.<\/p>\n

That got me going. Next I decided I ought to clean the Honda. I had to admit, it was pretty dang dirty even by my standards. Plus, Joel was going to be working on it because I had had an issue with the fuel line<\/a>. I figured he might appreciate working on a cleaner bike.<\/p>\n

So I dove in. That was when I noticed the right front fork tube was spectacularly dirty, and the left tube was not. Uh oh, this looks like a failed fork seal. Who knows how long it would have been before I noticed this if I hadn’t started cleaning.<\/p>\n

Of course it’s a good thing to notice it. And the timing was good. I just added it to the list of things for Joel to work on. So now it’s the fork seals, the fuel line, and I’m having Joel do a tune-up on this bike, too. Lord knows how long it’s been since it had one.<\/p>\n

Considering how filthy this bike was, I’m sure Joel is glad I cleaned it.<\/p>\n

And I have this consolation: it took a long time for that bike to get that dirty. It won’t be anywhere near that dirty again any time soon. Yahoo! Let’s go ride.<\/p>\n

Biker Quote for Today<\/h3>\n

Reasons not to date a motorcyclist: One bike is fine, but five bikes are better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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