Good man! Safety first! It doesnt rain too much mostly on my tours, but nothing wrong with a quick and easy chain lub or even clean and inspect on tours. Its also easier to get to the air stem and check the rear tire for items like nails. Lots of motels have free rags. Some bikes actually use sight glasses for engine oil.
You are correct about letting the cleaner evaporate. On tours, I have been known to use the wax as a cleaner first if I have to ride through a destruction zone. Chains are a PITA when someone decided to take away the protective enclosed case.
Yoda, let me save you some grief. I put a Center stand on my Triumph. When it was time to put the springs on, I zip tided the center stand up. Went to the dealer for my first service and handed the springs to the Service Manager ... have them slip these on the center stand will you ...
I am pretty good at jury rigging things. My secret with the XT was a long screw driver with a piece of pipe three ft long. I threaded the spring end onto the end of the screw stick and put the end of the screw stick on the spring studd, then slipped the lever (pipe) over the stick and eased the spring end over the studd. Very carryfully.
Just mildly curious. How hard would it have been to throw their spring in the trash and find a single wound spring. ?
Had one of those. An after market fulcrum block solved that issue, until one forgot to put the side stand up making a left had turn. My buddy named it the suicide stand.
My dad had a good friend who lost his son before bike kick stand interlock switches. I wonder what year they came along?