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PeteL · #1 Post by **PeteL** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 9:55 am

Been commuting over an A road to work for a year now and for the whole year this road has been under large scale constuction/improvement. Dont want to council bash as Im sure it will be much better than proviously, however, it took me 3 hours and ££ of products to remove the millions of tar spots from the bike

I want recompense for my time and £....sorry just having a rant.
Then in a month or so they will start wet gritting the roads with corrosive material that will again take my time and ££ and ultimately contribute to the demise of my lovely bike, reducing resale value.
Cant we do anything about this, apart from buying a winter hack??

FlyingKiwi · #2 Post by **FlyingKiwi** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:42 am

PeteL wrote: reducing resale value.

I'm sorry, we don't allow words like that on this forum

Samray · #3 Post by **Samray** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:08 am

@ Kiwi

A hack does seem to be the favourite/logical/safest answer.

PeteL · #4 Post by **PeteL** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:09 am

what about resale for a newer version at some point??

FlyingKiwi · #5 Post by **FlyingKiwi** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:17 am

PeteL wrote: what about resale for a newer version at some point??

Hmmmm

Well, we'd have to have a forum poll as to whether you'd be allowed to or not

And then Nooj "the Enforcer"

would be despatched with his hacksaw to remove a body part

PeteL · #6 Post by **PeteL** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:22 am

I'm talking 1-2 years perhaps and I promise to abide by the poll results

Nooj · #7 Post by **Nooj** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 12:35 pm

The Missus and me use this guy, a chum of ours: http://www.allyearbiker.co.uk/ We don't bother cleaning our bikes any more, we get this done twice a year and each time the bikes come up looking like new again.

PeteL · #8 Post by **PeteL** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:41 pm

Ive contacted him Nooj and hopefully he will be doing my bike and a friends 2. He was going to email me a proposal type thing but Ive not heard back and been too busy to chase it. Definately planning it though

PeteL · #9 Post by **PeteL** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:42 pm

Ive contacted him Nooj and hopefully he will be doing my bike and a friends 2. He was going to email me a proposal type thing but Ive not heard back and been too busy to chase it. Definately planning it though

Fausto · #10 Post by **Fausto** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 6:34 pm

If you have to ride on crappy roads maybe it's worth trying to extend your mudguards. The front one is woefully short and a hugger may help at the back.

PeteL · #11 Post by **PeteL** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 6:36 pm

Hmmmmmm

is there a dedicated fender extender and hugger for the falco

Fausto · #12 Post by **Fausto** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 6:58 pm

Dunno - I ride a winter hack when the roads are bad...

I'm sure a Google will turn one up if you look but those I have seen aren't a whole load better than nothing. It may pay to improvise something yourself.

tommy · #13 Post by **tommy** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:16 pm

Hmmmmmm is there a dedicated fender extender and hugger for the falco[/code]

Pyramid plastics do fender extender. Think they do huggers too. I've got a hugger on mine, no idea who made it though, was on there when i bought it, so somebody must make 'em

Thumper · #14 Post by **Thumper** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:27 pm

If you look closely PeteL you may be able to see I fitted a mud flap just under the oil cooler to protect my bike from mud crud and tar, it may not look cool but it has served me well my bikes underbelly is in great condition considering its all weather use.

Nooj · #15 Post by **Nooj** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:36 pm

Not a bad idea, I was contemplating something similar a while ago.

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