Well I washed the bike today, and I don't know if I shared this or not but I found a great way to dry the bike after washing. Here are a couple of pictures of the bike after the wash and dry. Oh and the bike stand gets the bike up to a foot peg level of 38 inches.

 

Well that's better, no more pictures causing the wide screen problem.

 

Ok the secret of the dry bike, here it is. A few minutes and you have a bike that's ready to ride. Keeps the water off the controls from soaking in.

 

And this last picture is an idea that I came up with to keep the bike stable in sand, dirt gravel and just about any surface. All I did was to take a couple of scrap pieces of OSB and cut a 3 inch hole in one layer and screw them together. The hole keeps the kick stand from slipping off, and it fits great in the case on the back. Using this keeps you from looking back at the bike to see if its still standing.




Well that's it for now, I'll be gone for a few days camping, starting on Friday, that is if the weather holds.

 

Nice stand, sure makes it easy on the back to service the bike.

here is a pic of my side stand puck compliments of some litter bug

 

I see you have a "can-do" attitude

 

LOL good one

 

lol...works better than my Corona bottle!! lol

The leaf blower is a heck of a good idea...

 

Jeez thats a high stand! The side stand puck looks a lot nicer than mine, I just cut a chunk of scrap laminate flooring so that it would just fit in the pouch. I like how you did the recess on it to keep it from sliding away, I had that problem on the metal one I tried first.

 

deej,

I've been using a leaf blower for years. I use an electric one, not a gas powered one.

Found a great process when I had my chrome-laden cruiser - I used Turtle Wax car wash. Always start at the bottom of the bike so you don't cause streaks in the paint! (trust me on this one!) then use only the end of a hose to rinse the bike off. Rinse it off again and then give it a blow job with the leaf blower!

You will not have any streaks, the wax will not be removed and you will have that showroom like look when done.

Even mud comes off that way!