ChopperDave would like to extend a warm welcome the newest member of the ChopperDave Fan Club.  This rough lookin’ customer appears to be readying himself to pick his nose.  While ChopperDave doesn’t normally comment on matters of etiquette, he has suggested that maybe this guy should use that silly lookin’ hat as a handkerchief.   Maybe a new pair of glasses would be in order also.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Proper motorcycle maintenance isn’t a choice, it’s a necessity.  Before embarking on a three-day, 650 mile tour, it is nice to make sure your machine is ready for the road.  This would include all checking all chrome doo-dads that you may want to replace.  While planned stops at HD stealerships are fun and may be a good time to purchase extra goodies and a T-shirt or two, installing almost anything should be handled in your garage where you can easily take a break and have a beer.  When it’s 92.5 degrees in the shade and the rest of your group is thirsty, watching you put some extra chrome on is the last thing they want to do.  ChopperDave note:  If your wife is along, this problem usually seems worse and could cost you in the long run.

 

 

 

 

Moreover, installations of expensive chrome accessories should be handled using the proper tools (which are at home) and NOT with the plowshares for tools you have thrown in your saddlebags as an afterthought.  Allen-head bolts should generally be tightened with...an allen-head wrench, not a torx bit.  The same holds true for 1/2 inch bolts.  1/2 inch wrenches seem to work much better than a pliers that would be better suited for the scrap metal heap.  Enough said?  I think so.   Let’s Ride!