Thanks for your tips here! Yesterday was cleanin' day for my bike - I finally got rid of that stupid warning sticker on the tank (in italian), cleaned and waxed the tank and fenders, polished up the chrome, and got rid of a number of insect cadavers.
My chain was pretty gunked up, so I cleaned it with a good amount of WD-40, then put on some fresh chain-spray. Now all I have to do is figure out how to re-tension the chain, since it has about 2 to 3 inches of "play" and should not have more than about 1" ...
Tomorrow I'm picking up my engine guard, and on Saturday I'm going to have new mirrors mounted on the ends of the handlebars. With the current mirrors, all that I see are my own arms, so I spend alot of time rotating my elbows trying to see if something is right behind me (most caged squids don't know what a safety margin is, and do alot of tailgating).
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