Turkey is definatly a dustbowl, it gets everywhere. Even with the A/C on and cleaning the filter every week the house requires constant dusting, i have been thinking of fitting a windscreen wiper & washer to the Telly to keep it clean.

Not only that but they made the roads with marble in the concrete & blacktop. I live just outside a large city (Adana) and the traffic polishes the roads to a super-slick finish. You combine that with the dust that covers everything and you get burnouts without holding the brakes! Acceleration anywhere near peak torque just makes the back end dance. It is very difficult to get the front up cause the back just slips & forget trying to get a knee down on a roundabout. At first i wondered how the Turkish bikers dealt with it, then I followed one through the city and saw they only get on it when the bike is fully upright. We took one twisty road next to the lake and i was riding up on them in every corner and holding off the throttle on the exits to keep from overtaking! He said I was nutz!

As for the chain...getting proper lube is not easy here we got 1 can to share with 3 bikers! I got to find that shop the Turk took me toagain and get some more.