fatshoutybloke Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Last weekend I took the plastics off for the first time since winter and I was amazed by the amount of Essex I've been carrying around for the last few months. When I removed the lowers and separated the bottom of the side fairings this is what fell out. It's not solid lumps, just compacted grit and sand that's obviously come in through the holes in the radiator guard and can't find its way out again (and that's with a fender extender). I do put the hose in through the gaps between lower and side fairings when I wash it to try and blast it out but that obviously doesn't work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohlias Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Wow, I noticed very mild grit when ever I remove the lowers to change the oil, but that's remarkable! To be noted, I don't commute with the bike nor do I ride often in the rain. I am assuming you are riding year round. Do you travel on many gravel roads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhenley17 Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 That's impressive. I get caught in the rain a couple times a month and go through dust/mud daily in my driveway and boarding the ferry and still don't get all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer GatorGreg Posted June 1, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted June 1, 2017 Have you been riding on the Moon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer fink Posted June 1, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted June 1, 2017 Mine was the same with the highland stuff. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Rectaltronics Posted June 1, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted June 1, 2017 I've seen that much and more after riding through gravel, roadways being scraped in anticipation of re-paving, fire roads, etc. And the chin of the 4th gen collected nearly as much debris too, if not just as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer lazyeye Posted June 1, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted June 1, 2017 The roads department likes to do "chip and seal" around here which is gravel plus tar instead of proper asphalt. Every time I unbutton the fairings a lot of loose debris from that and other country road debris comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatshoutybloke Posted June 2, 2017 Author Share Posted June 2, 2017 19 hours ago, Ohlias said: Wow, I noticed very mild grit when ever I remove the lowers to change the oil, but that's remarkable! To be noted, I don't commute with the bike nor do I ride often in the rain. I am assuming you are riding year round. Do you travel on many gravel roads? Yes, year round and on stereotypical English country lanes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Woodie Posted June 2, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted June 2, 2017 2 hours ago, fatshoutybloke said: Yes, year round and on stereotypical English country lanes! Blimey I wish I had roads as nice as that round here, usually they are half as wide with twice as many pot holes ... and covered in 'Tractor Pooh'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Skids Posted June 2, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted June 2, 2017 4 hours ago, fatshoutybloke said: Yes, year round and on stereotypical English country lanes! There will be IAM instructors quivering with excitement over that photo, desperate to quiz their poor floundering students about all the hazards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer fink Posted June 2, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted June 2, 2017 5 hours ago, Skids said: There will be IAM instructors quivering with excitement over that photo, desperate to quiz their poor floundering students about all the hazards. Lol. I thought exactly the same thing when I saw that pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Bent Posted June 2, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted June 2, 2017 Dirt happens, just not as much of it where I live. Kind of on that subject, I've had road rash from a bad bicycle crash and the hospital kept me on an anti-biotic IV for several DAYS. They didn't want me to leave because they said that pavement is one of the dirtiest, most evil bacteria laden places there is. I had to go under general anesthesia FOUR times so they could clean the grit and fine crud out of me. I told them I thought that was a little drastic or something to that effect and they told me that they wanted every single tiny piece of grit that they could see out of the wounds and that infection from road rash was very hard to deal with. I didn't argue with them. Just a little FYI in case anyone goes down in that stuff. ATTGATT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer interceptor69 Posted June 3, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted June 3, 2017 ' tis a beautiful road but those walls are a bit scary.....Sent from my GT-N5110 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duccmann Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Just imagine how fast you can go now that your bikes lighter Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer fink Posted June 3, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted June 3, 2017 7 hours ago, interceptor69 said: ' tis a beautiful road but those walls are a bit scary..... Sent from my GT-N5110 using Tapatalk Michael Dunlop at the TT yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer interceptor69 Posted June 3, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted June 3, 2017 Now that's a close encounter! Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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