rust in the exhaust pipes
Do you live near the coast?
If you live near the sea, that is very common (maybe a bit faster than usual). I have a mountain bike that was OK during the 12 years I lived in Spain's main land, but got rusty within a couple of months after I moved to an island. I lived 50 m away from the seashore and you cannot imagine how the wet and salted environment affected steel screws...and you have to take into account that heat accelerate oxydation effects, so the exhaust pipes are good candidates to get rusty.
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Jules
Now Kawa KLE500 dirty-knobby tires, noisy Thunder exhaust.
Waiting for the new 2008 Yamaha XTZ660 Ténéré
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