[tbiller]

So there I was , riding the Hippo in to my local dealers (Pidcocks in Long Eaton) for the recall to (finally!) replace the fuel connector today and when I stopped for petrol on my way I noticed a pool of oil forming under the bike. There had been no sign of this earlier, nothing apparent at all.

Thankfully I was only a mile from the dealer so I rode on there very carefully and the culprit was found to be a corroded oil-cooler connector bolt. Corrosion was to blame, I'm afraid.

My bike lives outdoors in the back garden under a weatherproof cover when not under me, so extra vigilance is clearly needed in future. I think I'll take the next decent day as an opportunity to strip all the plastics off and get in there with some anti-corrosion treatments. Oh to live somewhere where the roads aren't salted to death.

Having had the recall and the connector work done, complete with half a litre of new oil, I treated myself to a chilly 60 mile ride home. (getting rid of the tyre spikes on the new Michelin Pilot Roads I had fitted a couple of weeks ago ... )

:-D

[ This message was edited by: tbiller on 2007-01-15 14:09 ]

 

[amanger]

Salt on roads? What will you Pommies think of next.We put salt on fisn'n'chips some thing our convict forefathers taught us to eat.
:-D :-D

 

[trotsky]

Hey Biller, I used to live in Northamptinshire so I know exactly what you mean about the chilly weather and the salty roads. I now live in Oregon and the weather is not much better here, but at least I have a garage to stick the Sprint in when it's too cold to ride it.

 

[rash_powder]

You guys ought to try living here. I live in North Dakota right on the border with Minnesota. We use some salt. MN uses so much that in the spring the roads are white for a month. It gets worse the further east you go, too. I once looked at a car that was from Michigan and it looked real good until you opened the hood. I don't think you could have loosened a single bolt in the engine bay. Everything that could rust did, and the aluminum got that fury white stuff that it does.

Here, we just learn to drive on ice. Why can't everyone? ABS has even made it easier.

Whatever, right?

rash