Dragonrider
New member
I recently bought a used hitch from a fellow member - a good deal, and I'm happy.
However, he resides in a part of the country that has (IMO) horrific weather - humidity, gully washers, and fairly close to the ocean.
One of the key parts to the BRP hitch is a long bolt that passes through the rear axel. This one was so badly oxidized that it took a fair bit of work to clean it up enough for me to decide if I could use it or not. Now the hitch can't be over a year old!!! I have a 2001 Valkyrie that doesn't have a single part that looks like this bolt did…. this is NOT a comment about the prior owner, rather a design question.
The point of this minor rant is to question (a) what does the interior of the rear wheel shaft look like, and (b) where else does the Spyder store damaging moisture??
This shouldn't be a problem for me, since I avoid riding in the rain, even wet roads, whenever possible, and high humidity here is 60%, but for those of you who live in humid climates, might want to take some PM time and look.
Just my $0.02
However, he resides in a part of the country that has (IMO) horrific weather - humidity, gully washers, and fairly close to the ocean.
One of the key parts to the BRP hitch is a long bolt that passes through the rear axel. This one was so badly oxidized that it took a fair bit of work to clean it up enough for me to decide if I could use it or not. Now the hitch can't be over a year old!!! I have a 2001 Valkyrie that doesn't have a single part that looks like this bolt did…. this is NOT a comment about the prior owner, rather a design question.
The point of this minor rant is to question (a) what does the interior of the rear wheel shaft look like, and (b) where else does the Spyder store damaging moisture??
This shouldn't be a problem for me, since I avoid riding in the rain, even wet roads, whenever possible, and high humidity here is 60%, but for those of you who live in humid climates, might want to take some PM time and look.
Just my $0.02
