[NVDucati]

There has been more than a few times when I have needed to do some work on the bikes during a trip. I would buy a bottle of cheap nail polish as a substitute. I'd chose a bright yellow or orange and add a splash of it next to the bolt on the frame, etc. Initially, I intended to replace it as soon as I got home. But on a couple of them I just checked them every few days, then weeks, then eventually just forgot about it. Maybe those nuts or bolts would have never backed off even if I did nothing. Don't know but one bike was a BSA 500 twin that continued to shed other parts for as long as I had it.

[Bilgemaster]

There has been more than a few times when I have needed to do some work on the bikes during a trip. I would buy a bottle of cheap nail polish as a substitute. I'd chose a bright yellow or orange and add a splash of it next to the bolt on the frame, etc. Initially, I intended to replace it as soon as I got home. But on a couple of them I just checked them every few days, then weeks, then eventually just forgot about it. Maybe those nuts or bolts would have never backed off even if I did nothing. Don't know but one bike was a BSA 500 twin that continued to shed other parts for as long as I had it.

That nail polish hack may be familiar to many eyeglass wearers as the fix for those ever-loosening little hinge screws. A little dab right on top of that screw and/or nut'll do ya.
Fun fact: if you connected all of the little plastic tubes from all the cheapo eyeglass repair kits ever sold end to end you could probably run a skinny pipeline to the Moon! So, clean out the back of that cluttered junk drawer, nerds. Do it for science!

[Karl Fenn]

Nail polish does work l got the idea from the camera repair man he used to use it to keep screws in, it is quite easy to get undone you only need a small amount and it's dirt cheap as well.