How Does My Sprocket look To You

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Nothing counts until you've ridden the bike through the winter with salted roads!!!
[size=1em]Harsh, but true  [/size]

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I'm honestly not taking the piss, it's just reality, his bike, lovely as it is, just doesn't suffer the abuse that an all weather bike does, and it makes a massive difference.
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I totally agree about riding in crap weather and everything I say about rust or wear and tear always has to have the no rain caveat and to that end I do quite often add an extra note like in my earlier post about the last time I cleaned out the cover I said it was 3 years but also added that was 3k miles for me. I also have added the text line to my signature -no rain.

What is interesting though is that I still have cracked inlet rubbers and a rusting exhaust, centre stand and side stand.
I only ride for fun but it aint fun in the wet.

And the day darrsi stops taking the piss is the day that I leave this forum---- crack on mate
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Downpipes are mild steel, we all know that they are known to rust eventually, so as long as your air filter is sucking in air, or your bike cools down on a damp day then the exhaust is coming in to contact with moisture, albeit internally.
Centre stands are just weak i reckon, i was really lucky to change mine for an almost new one i won on Ebay for 99p + postage after my old one was just rusted and twisted out of shape.
And as for the rubbers, they're 19 years old. Rubber perishes over time, even more so if constantly heated up, so that's just completely expected over that many years, regardless of mileage. 
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I think the main culprit for the rubbers is the sunlight as the inner ones are pretty much ok from hat I can see.

I do sometimes have to go through a little puddle that is in the shade and hasn't quite fully dried up yet. Think I should change my user name to Incy Wincy as I only come out in the sunshine.