This has to be the dumbest ****ing thing I've ever heard on here...

 

I've riddden a mini-bike in the basement when I was a kid.Never tried that with a mosickle...

 

Why? The vinyl and plastic on a car is inside, with UV absorbing glass. On a bike it is exposed to water and sun. There's a difference.
My cars and trucks sit outside in Wisconsin all year and hold up pretty well. The bikes I've seen stored outside look like crap.

 

YES, they are out there around the clock, day after day, in the sun, rain, wind, cold, and heat.

 

If it really bothers you, tell the MoCo about it. You might see some changes there.

 

Can you pm me the name of the dealer so I make sure I never think of buying a bike from them? Thanks

 

Reading this and seeing those pictures has me concerned.

I ride my bike outside, it has 30,000 miles of being outside mostly in the sun. When I ride it to work I leave it outside in the parking lot, and ride during the day mostly, through summer and to customers houses when I am inside working and the bike is sitting outside for a several hours all uncovered.

The plastic on my bike doesn't look like that. I wonder if someone used the wrong cleaner and those are chemical burns.

I think it is sad that a new rushmore bike can't be outside uncovered without sun damage, seems like that would be very cheap plastic. Even vinyl siding for decades has been made with UV blocker into the Plastic/PVC material it is made from. I would think the stuff on the bikes would be made with the same treatment.

I find it even worse that the motorcycles getting made cannot be outside for very long without sun damage.