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Proper fall care will help spring cycling
A few hours spent preparing
your motorcycle this fall will help
getyourbike on the road sooner
next spring, according to Harley-
Davidson Inc., the only U.S.-based
motorcycle manufacturer.
Winterizing helps prevent rust
and corrosion, and can be done on
your own in just a few hours. A
Motorcyclists can ensure safer, more enjoyable riding in spring by
preparing their motorcycles for winter storage. One recommendation
is to fill oil to the proper level before storing. Another is to adjust chains
and lubricate to prevent rust over the winter.
tune-up and maintenance inspec
tion by an authorized dealership is
always a good way to end or start a
riding season.
However, if a tune-up is not
needed, Harley-Davidson provid
es this checklist to prepare your
cycle for its hibernation:
•First, the preferable method
for preserving your fuei system is
to fill your gas tank, add a fuel
stabilizer and run the engine for a
few minutes to get treated gas
throughout the fuel system.
Warning: Do not store the
motorcycle in your house, or in a
garage where open flames, pilot
lights, sparks or electric motors are
present. Fuel is highly flammable
and combustible in the fuel tank.
•If you must store your motor
cycle in your home or in an area
exposed to open flames, empty the
fuel system by draining the gas
tank and running the engine until it
stops.
Coat the inside of the carburetor
with light oil and spray the inside of
the gas tank with rust preventive.
You can repair tail-lights
With the greater expanse of tail
lights in modern cars, the cost of
replacing the lens seems to have
taken a quantam leap. A tail-light
lens for a three-year-old car may
cost almost the same as a bumper
did three years ago.
If buying new doesn’t suit you,
there is an alternative: going to an
auto parts recycler. (That sounds
much better than junkyard and you
have to admit, those folks have
been recycling every part there is
on a car a lot longer than the
aluminum beer can recyclers have
been around).
It’s considerably easier on your
wallet or purse to pay $15-to-$20
for a lens than $100 at the auto
dealer parts department, and with
care the one you find will be clean,
uncracked and ready to go.
The second alternative is to
repair the lens yourself and that
can be done if the damage is not too
severe. If the lens is only cracked,
then an adhesive sealant (GOOP is
a good product that comes to
This will help prevent corrosion
and possible engine damage.
•Remove the spark plugs and
injectafew squirts of engine oil
intoeach cylinder and crank the
engine five or six revolutions.
Re-install the spark plugs.
•Fill the oil to the proper level
before storing your machine. On
motorcycles with remote oil tanks
remove the oil line leading from the
bottom of the tank to the feed
fitting on the oil pump and plug the
line at the bottom. Don’t forget to
reconnect the line next spring!
•Adjust the chains and lubricate
to prevent rust over the winter.
•Remove the battery and store in
a cool area, above 32 degrees
Fahrenheit, but don’t expose it to
mind) can be the answer.
Ifthecrack doesn’t worry you
because it doesn’t seem to affect
the light output, think again.
If the crack is left alone, rain and
debris can enter the tail-light
assembly, shorten the life of the
bulb and gradually reduce the
interior to a swamp.
If you do use an adhesive
sealant, don’t do it in your garage.
Fresh air is required because of the
danger that there may be some
toxic or poisonous qualities around
until the mixture has hardened.
Try in on a day when you will not
be using the car for at least 12
hours, because the material does
require aboutthat much setting
time. And try to make sure you
aren’t doing the repair job when
the nights get especially cool, like
under 20 Celsius (70 degrees
Fahrenheit) or so.
Sometimes a hair dryer will add
some extra speed to the hardening
process, or the manufacturers
advise that you can set the object
direct sunlight or moisture. Give it
a slow charge about once a month
while it is in storage.
•Check tire inflation: If the
motorcycle will be stored for
several months, securely support
the motorcycle under the frame so
that all weight is off the tires.
Reduce tire pressure about 20 per
cent.
•Wash painted and chrome-
plated surfaces. Apply a light film
of oil to exposed unpainted surfa
ces to prevent rusting.
•NEVER apply oil to brake discs
or brake pads.
By following these tips, your
motorcycle should be in top
condition when riding season rolls
around again.
out in the noonday sun.
The other repair job, especially
where pieces of the lens have been
chipped away, is made with a
material made by Loctite Corp,
called Form-a-lens. It comes in
three colors - white for lenses on
the new halogen bulb headlights,
amber for turn signals on Japanese
and European cars and the stand
ard red for stoplights.
In this case you must remove the
lens from the car and take it to a
well ventilated area where a
blacking film is applied to the
outside of the lens. Some activator
solution is added to the repair
liquid and the accompanying
syringe is used to apply the
solution to the wound.
Both repair materials have
complete instructions and the cost
is a fraction of a new lens. The
alternative that some people seem
to enjoy is used colored tape to
patch up the lens. But, it isn’t
waterproof, it distorts the light and
it looks ugly.
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