Re: [ST] Abuse and neglect

[Colt4530 <colt4530@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You should change the oil and burn out the old gasoline ASAP.  Otherwise 
lube the chain and check the steering head bearing and swingarm bearings 
to see if they have enough non-dried grease and that should be it; 
Other than riding it.

John

pattib@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I've been a Very Bad bike mommy.
> 
> At the end of last year, my job switched from being a ten minute bike
> commute to a ten minute public transit commute to a place where I'd
> have to arrive by 8:30 a.m. to find bike parking.  Since morning are
> just not an option for me, I stopped using the bike daily.
> 
> Well, it was winter.  And cold and rainy, and one thing led to another
> and I let the bike sit for about two months.  Then I took it out and
> rode it a couple of times, and back to the garage I went.
> 
> Then life got massively chaotic-- suddenly, I was buying a new house
> and moving, plus working my butt off.  I didn't have a lot of time to
> ride, so I didn't.  And then I moved and had to move the bike, so I
> charged the battery, rode the bike to the new place, and put it in the
> garage.
> 
> And then it sat some more.  I was still commuting on transit, and most
> of the vehicle trips I was taking involved hauling stuff from Home
> Depot, so the bike wasn't feasible.
> 
> 
> So I finally decided that this was ridiculous, and I really missed
> riding, and so I was going to make time.  I charged the battery again.
> After about half a minute of cranking, the bike started up and seemed 
> to run OK-- I did a couple of laps around the garage as a sanity
> check, but didn't take it onto the streets.
> 
> Nothing feels wrong-- the brakes are grabby, but they were before too.
> (Must fix that.  Grabby brakes are bad.)  It smelled like it was
> burning dust off of something for the first minute or so, but that
> went away quickly.
> 
> So my question is this:  is there anything in particular that I should
> be cleaning, changing, replacing, doing, or watching for after letting 
> the bike sit that long?  Tires, obviously, but they're fine.  Anything 
> else?
> 
> -Patti
> 
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