I just cannot understand it?
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Road Master
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From: Rhode Island
I just cannot understand it?
Today was a rather mild day 50's however the roadways here are encrusted in salt from previous freezing weather. I saw quite a few bikes on the road today & later in the day a shower passed through the area making the roadways wet & salty. Why would anybody ride a $20,000 Harley Davidson in these conditions.
My bike is a 2012 FLHX that I put another $10,000 into, I would not even think of riding it in a salt bath........As long as its not my bike I guess I should not complain.
My bike is a 2012 FLHX that I put another $10,000 into, I would not even think of riding it in a salt bath........As long as its not my bike I guess I should not complain.
Road Warrior
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From: Macon, GA USA
I understand that some buy bikes for different reasons. I bought mine to ride. If I was too worried about mine I would have never road to Alaska. Do not get me wrong even with all the road scares mine have I get complements every day how it looks. Even at 12 years and 90K miles I have had many tell me they thought it was new.
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Today was a rather mild day 50's however the roadways here are encrusted in salt from previous freezing weather. I saw quite a few bikes on the road today & later in the day a shower passed through the area making the roadways wet & salty. Why would anybody ride a $20,000 Harley Davidson in these conditions.
My bike is a 2012 FLHX that I put another $10,000 into, I would not even think of riding it in a salt bath........As long as its not my bike I guess I should not complain.
My bike is a 2012 FLHX that I put another $10,000 into, I would not even think of riding it in a salt bath........As long as its not my bike I guess I should not complain.
Road Master
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I understand that some buy bikes for different reasons. I bought mine to ride. If I was too worried about mine I would have never road to Alaska. Do not get me wrong even with all the road scares mine have I get complements every day how it looks. Even at 12 years and 90K miles I have had many tell me they thought it was new.
Come up here where live and see if you have the same attitude about who is a rider
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Road Warrior
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We had a good rain today and its going to be 60 tomorrow.....the salt is off and the glide will be out. 
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I moved down to NC in 2004. Before that I lived in the Salt Capital of Ohio, Cleveland. That's where the International and Morton salt mines are located. Salt is cheap and plentiful there.
If the roads were dry, I rode regularly. If we had a heat wave, ( 50's in January,) I rode more. I washed them off when I got home. My bikes always looked great given their mileage. Pay special attention to alumiinum wheels, the rest of the bike is pretty much bulletproof if cleaned regularly. .
Even with my Harleys, the bikes serve me, not the other way around....
If the roads were dry, I rode regularly. If we had a heat wave, ( 50's in January,) I rode more. I washed them off when I got home. My bikes always looked great given their mileage. Pay special attention to alumiinum wheels, the rest of the bike is pretty much bulletproof if cleaned regularly. .
Even with my Harleys, the bikes serve me, not the other way around....
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....I'm just south of Boston on the south shore of Mass....anytime it hits 40 degrees or higher during the winter..I try and take mine out for a spin..as long as the roads are cleared....helps the bike...and helps my brain...just hose her off and it's fine..what's thew big deal?...I have zero rust or pitting after 7 years of ownership....