Just a heads-up to you Terra/Strada guys. Our Terra lost its reservoir cap on a dual-sport ride. No big deal because the bladder stayed in place and no fluid was lost. So, as a temporary measure, I borrowed the cap from the Strada we have so I could continue riding. But the cap on the Strada was barely finger tight. It's worth a quick check, y'all. Marc @ Motorcyclist
Thanks for the heads up. Never hurts to check these things which can go easily unnoticed. I had the shop I bought my bike from install the OEM handguards for me. I went riding last weekend and noticed that one of the bolts holding the guard onto the bar end had started unwinding. Stupid BMW/Husqvarna use Torx for every bolt on the bike but a 5mm hex screw on the bar end with the guards, so guess who didn't realise this and was only carrying a torx kit Without the tool I couldn't screw it in or out, so I wasn't sure how much I could let it go. As it turned out, there was heaps of unscrewing required before it would be lost, but I rode 50km with my little finger over the bar end holding it in just to be sure until I got to the next town and found a mechanic.
It surely is plastic that reservoir so mild lock-tight solution will not work, right ? I use lock-tight for every screw I do on my bike, be it original factory I unscrewed or aftermarket parts. I hate that !!! I used to carry both torx and hex tools with my F800GS. Got so much annoyed I started to replace Torx screws with hex every time I did something on the bike (windshield, brakes, protection parts). I even got engry enough to consider complete torx-->hex switch (there are complete hex sets for F800Gs available aftermarket).
