My Black Friday shopping

[Little Blue]

New Spyder Owner

Enjoy your Ryde Time and Stay Safe.......:thumbup:

 

[Woodswoman]

there will be occasional warmer days in the midst of all this devilish 30 degree crap. Same issues in NW Ohio with weather. My Spyder in shop June-Nov this year awaiting Covid delayed replacement parts from factory and of course when all parts finally received, the tech went out for a 14 day "vacation" due to exposure. Bundling up some, had about 4 good riding days since getting her back on 23 Nov. :f_spider::2thumbs:

Oh, wow, that's gotta sting! Glad you got in a couple of saddle days, @obiwanbill.

Biggest problem with winter riding where I live -- the northern Catskill mountains, ski country -- is road salt.

We've had some light snow events in the last month, and the state DOT has salted the main highways. Well, OK, but I can still ride local roads, right? Umm, no. Unfortunately we had enough last week that the village and town both hosed the local streets with salt and sand. So much for my plan/hope to at least take my new F3 out for a few miles, to get the feel and scratch the itch, and also circulate some StaBil. If I were to do it, my machine would be a muddy, salty mess in short order.

I'm glad at least that it's supposed to be generally good weather tomorrow for delivery, since the machine is coming down from Rutland, Vermont. By Wednesday, we stand a fair chance of having some decent snow.

<sigh> It's hard to be patient. I've been through wintertime bike purchases a number of times in the 20 years since I took up motorcycling. It's always exciting and a drag, all at the same time.

 

[Peter Aawen]

I know that road salt can be an issue over your way (I bought a really cheap car waaayy back in the late 70's while I was working over there for a while; it was cheap cos it'd seen a lot of salted road miles, but it only hadta last until I left.... and it didn't! :sour: ) but have you ever tried Lanotec or Lanolin?? :dontknow:

In a former life, I used to do LOTS of beach, salty, & 'highly corrosive sand' miles (literally millions of them! ) and (besides the afore-mentioned) none of the vehicles I used ever rusted out or even showed signs of rust, cos I used (repeatedly) Lanotec/Lanolin as an underbody/in-body/almost all over vehicle part sealer!! :clap: I'd meticulously clean the underbody first, even pressure sprayed INSIDE the chassis rails (one of the very few places I'll use a pressure sprayer on any vehicle! ), and make absobloodylutely sure there was NOWHERE that salt, sand, or mud could hide.... then liberally spray Heavy Duty Lanolin around the underside of the vehicle; inside the chassis rails & in any little nooks & crannies that could trap sand or mud or other stuff; in the engine bay; on any moving parts that were exposed; and I'd repeat this often (usually after cleaning any salt/corrosive mud or sand etc off after every longish trip - so maybe more often, but at least every 10,000 miles or so?! ) and after that early experience, didn't matter where in the world I'd been driving, I NEVER had another vehicle with any rust issues! Still don't!! hyea:

Me old mate Roothy has been using it probably longer'n anyone I know, and he swears by the stuff! (No affiliation with this product &/or Roothy, apart from some years of friendship as we each went our ways!) Check it out via the link below - easy enough to apply; even easier to re-apply; and cheap enough that you can be pretty liberal with it & repeat applications as & when you feel like it, or even more often if you are that concerned/that way inclined! :2thumbs:

https://roothy.com.au/product/lanol...MInbvLrYrM7QIVOoJLBR2Ozw3_EAAYASABEgIzDPD_BwE

So even if you don't intend ryding on salty roads unless it's unavoidable, this stuff might make you juuust a little more ccomfortable about the occasional foray out there when the roads might be salted! :thumbup:


Ps: it also arguably makes your vehicles a little easier to clean, too! Not sure I'd completely agree with that, but underneath any vehicle, it'll certainly make it easier to get the nasty stuff off! hyea:

 

[Woodswoman]

Progress! The new machine is in MY garage now.

 

[glennm]

Woohooooo!! :yes:

 

[ladygadget]

Welp, I made a deal yesterday on this 2016 F3-S, with a shade less than 4,000 on the odometer.

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It should be delivered in two weeks or so, after the brake position and handle bars are changed out for me. Then the long wait begins until Spring, at which time I can start to determine whether this was a good decision or not. :yikes:

I've covered my tail, however, by keeping my well-beloved Honda CTX700.

I had to sell my CTX700 in order to get my Spyder. No regrets here! Welcome to SpyderWorld Woodswoman!

 

[Woodswoman]

I had to sell my CTX700 in order to get my Spyder. No regrets here! Welcome to SpyderWorld Woodswoman!

Ladygadget! I remember you from the CTX700 owners' forum.

Thank you for the welcome. Hope all is well with you.