Premium Member builderbob Posted November 20, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted November 20, 2015 I have some too, only I didn't have to wash it off. Rental bike. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member peporter Posted November 20, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted November 20, 2015 I'm in the club too ... That calcium doesn't make for a good wet riding surface though. :'( Ouch!! Know exactly what you mean. I didn't get rained on until about 10 miles from the pavement going to Fairbanks. But, the Alaska Highway Dept. generously watered the road down for us, and provided more than a few pucker moments. Tires are the major factor on that road, and I didn't have the right ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member peporter Posted November 20, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted November 20, 2015 I have some too, only I didn't have to wash it off. Rental bike. :-) A DL650? Looks like you had the right tires for the trip. Where are the cabins? I stayed at the dorms at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks and Anchorage. A great deal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member builderbob Posted November 20, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted November 20, 2015 I have some too, only I didn't have to wash it off. Rental bike. :-) A DL650? Looks like you had the right tires for the trip. Where are the cabins? I stayed at the dorms at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks and Anchorage. A great deal! That was on the Denali Highway, near Paxson. I rented a V-Strom from Motoquest in Anchorage and rode it about 1,500 miles around AK. Didn't make it up to Prudhoe Bay though. Great trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member peporter Posted November 20, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted November 20, 2015 A DL650? Looks like you had the right tires for the trip. Where are the cabins? I stayed at the dorms at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks and Anchorage. A great deal! That was on the Denali Highway, near Paxson. I rented a V-Strom from Motoquest in Anchorage and rode it about 1,500 miles around AK. Didn't make it up to Prudhoe Bay though. Great trip.I'd do it again in a heartbeat.....oh wait....that's my wife waving legal papers at me...no more 6 week trips without her I guess....but it was a blast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olddawg Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 S 100 for all the places you can't reach, I've used it for 20yrs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebooter Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Mine is the flat dark grey color. With no chrome or shiney paint t worry about I don't worry about washing it that often unless I got rained on and mud n road skudge all over it. But I wash every so often just t get dust, road grime off of it, etc. But when I do I wash a section at a time starting with the tail end. I just squirt whatever section I'm washing, wash with a rag, rinse off. I wash seat, saddlebags, rear fender n rear lights first. Then I do the rear wheel, chain guard, etc. Then I do tank n upper middle, rinse that off then I do the engine, rinse it off of course Then handle bar set up, mirrors, dash, etc and upper front end, windshield, lights, upper forks, etc. Then I do the front wheel, lower forks, fender, etc. I towel dry the winshield, mirrors, handlebars, etc the take it for a fast ride to blow the rest off. "What do I know of cultured ways, the gilt, the craft and the lie? I who was born in a naked land and bred in the open sky. The subtle tongue, the sophist guile, they fail when the broadswords sing. Rush in and die, dogs — I was a man before I was a king!" -- from t poem "The Road of Kings" by Robt. E. Howard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griskins Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 You have earned the Nobel Prize! If I ever meet the engineer who thought all those nooks and crannies were stylish, I am going to use some of Nobel's invention on the guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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