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Bringing this thing out of the cave where it has been sitting for ummm, a while. Here are pictures of it right after I dragged it out of it's cave. Spiderwebs, spiders, more spiders, and lots of bugs, leaves, and other items of nature. A "friend" of mine who was just storing it in his garage for me bent the rear grab bar and broke/bent something in the front right while riding it drunk on muddy trails at night (note the caked on red mud) which is why it has been sitting. In the second picture, you can see the RF wheel is bent out, not turned. I will be taking the grab bar off for now since it isn't supposed to be facing the sky, and gradually work on fixing the front and changing fluids. When my friend comes back in about a year or so, I will have the repair receipts waiting. First though, it needs a good cleaning.
Gave it a very simple and basic wash at my parent's house, where it is kept. Almost got bitten by 3 at least half-dollar size black widows in the process. I took it up to the coin-op wash and the pressure washer did a better job than the low pressure well water at the house. Sitting in the back of my truck right now with a fresh couple gallons of 91 octane.
Plan tomorrow is to:
1. scrub everything down with either APC or Super Degreaser.
2. see how the body plastic takes to polishing, or wax at the least,
3. polish the headlights and taillight,
4. dress everything that needs it,
5. remove the worn hand grips and clean the handlebars for the replacements, and hopefully have some new ones to put on.
6. lube all parts of the suspension
7. lube the chain
8. change the oil with fresh synthetic
Gave it a very simple and basic wash at my parent's house, where it is kept. Almost got bitten by 3 at least half-dollar size black widows in the process. I took it up to the coin-op wash and the pressure washer did a better job than the low pressure well water at the house. Sitting in the back of my truck right now with a fresh couple gallons of 91 octane.
Plan tomorrow is to:
1. scrub everything down with either APC or Super Degreaser.
2. see how the body plastic takes to polishing, or wax at the least,
3. polish the headlights and taillight,
4. dress everything that needs it,
5. remove the worn hand grips and clean the handlebars for the replacements, and hopefully have some new ones to put on.
6. lube all parts of the suspension
7. lube the chain
8. change the oil with fresh synthetic
). Simply shake well, spray on and buff off. I also used it on the headlights and the taillights. Plastic trim around the headlights and the seat got the aerosol Trim Detailer applied with a Even Coat Applicator and all other trim and hoses just got sprayed down.
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