Friday, August 19, 2011

Bonneville: Should You Ride Your Bike?

It all depends on you.  If you are the kind of person that wants to keep your bike looking showroom fresh, I would say no.  If you are like me and like keeping your bike clean and fresh, but don't mind your bike showing it's use, then you should consider it.  A bike is really the best tool to have at Bonneville.  The distances you travel to get from place to place is measured in miles, not feet.  Now, your bike will never be the same after Bonneville.  The salt gets everywhere, and you have to work hard to get it all off (and you probably wont).  My bike actually looked showroom fresh before it went, it doesn't now.  A few grains of salt got between the tank bag and the tank, so the tank has several scratches in it now.  Salty hand prints on the headlight nascelle appear to have caused permanent staining.  The exhaust system cooked the salt on it and it will never look the same.  The bike cleaned up well, but it will never have that showroom look again.  If you can handle that, then you may want to consider bringing your bike out.

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