Things You Should Never Use On Or Do To Your Bike.

[vaibhavcoder]

Although I do not have a HD yet but I will keep all these points in mind when I will have one.
Thank folks for sharing all these useful details.
Keep rocking

Noddy

 

[SparX]

So what do you recomend for keeping my tires lookign nice and shiney and keeping me and my scooter verticle?

Water; a soft bristle brush and elbow grease.

 

[WolfMT]

Replace tie downs yearly much cheaper than paint and dent repair

 

[Buzzy]

Those locks you slide over your front brakes (EDIT)! Sooner or later you forget it and if you're lucky (I was) the lock gets broke and not your bike.

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[smorgan]

Don't try to get that last little bit of gas in your tank, it usually goes ON your tank.

And dont try to get the last bit out.. It usually ends up in pushing your bike... Not to mention the wife dont like pushin a Road King..

 

[Old legend]

When riding down the road and you feel the need to yawn...cover your mouth...cough..cough..spit..cough..

 

[Blue Wide Glide]

On my daily commute i use the same gasstation and the same pump. THe pump lets me use a smooth pull on the handle. I can fill up the tank awithout spillage.
On a poor note though it is illegal in the state of Orygun to have the gas station attendant top off your tank. On the pluss side that only aplies to cars. Motocycle riders can pump their own feul

There are no gas station attendants in Indiana, everyone pumps their own.

 

[NEWHD74FAN]

Re: Boot scuffs

My wife got her boot too close to the pipe and left a good sized black mark. I couldn't figure out how to remove it and finally came up with "use a propane soldiering torch on it". Apply the heat until it gets really soft and then just scrape it off. Repeat until satisfied. Works like a charm and does not leave any kind of 'mark'.

Hmm open concentrated flame near your bike...I would think that would be a thing NOT to do...especially if your bike is carbureted...or older model that did not have closed fuel system... :small3d015: JMHO

 

[McQueen1963]

Do not forget to unlock the fork lock.

 

[IRONHEADFRANK]

If your gonna leave the bike sit for any extended periods,get ALL the gas out of the entire system.Mine sits for 2-3 month's sometimes between hometime and I drain my tank and ride around till I use up all the gas in the carb.99% of the time I get it all out but every now and then I gotta tear down the carb and clean every nook and cranny.Also I hear that something in the gas will evaporate leaving (EDIT) gas in the tank.I made the mistake and left the gas in the tank and I was gone for about a month and a half and the inside up to the gas level was completely rusted.

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