road salt...

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So whats the deal with this anyway?

I mean, they make cars that can withstand years and years of road salt and crap off the roads without being washed off every time its used.

So why not bikes?
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[flumpy7]

You cant really compare bike v car because so much more of a bike is exposed openly to the elements i.e. engine, suspension, brakes etc etc

To be fair, bike paintwork usuallydoes alright its all the other bits that corrode.

[mysterious_rider]

It's just stupidity. I've had to oil and clean my brake caliper pistons because they had started to seize. Surely they could build them a bit better.... Or at least cover them up. Etc
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[P.addy]

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Yes paddy, I know mines a chinese POS.

But I'm not asking in relation to mine, just from observations about comments made on the forum about washing off road salt and how it can eat your bike ect ect.

I just find it bazaar that bikes fair far worse than cars.

I mean suspension, brakes, lower engine parts, exhaust pipes, axles and all that are still exposed.

So what's different about bikes that make them need so much more upkeep to prevent road salt eaten machinery?
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[P.addy]

I'll photo my bike soon.

2003 bike VS 2003 car.
2007 bike VS 2007 car.
2007 all weather bike VS 2007 garaged non jap bike.

[flumpy7]

[esullivan]

Cars get eaten by road salt just as badly as bikes, but it's hidden away underneath. My first two cars (when I lived in New England) had gaping holes in the floor and I was frequently taping my trunk (boot) together with duct tape to pass the MOT.
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[bEN_]

the last 2 winters i sprayed the 848 with ACF and after 2 years the only corrosion i could see was the caliper bolts had a tiny bit of rust on them and i only gave it a wash once every 2 weeks or so
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fair enough.

So to plastic covered bikes do better or worse as far as corrosion goes?

I should imagine they are a much bigger bitch to clean/maintain due to the obscure methods manufactures use on some bikes for assembling the plastics.
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[mysterious_rider]

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Thinking i might find an online retailer for ACF-50 that sells bulk.

When i get a new bike save up and buy a fek load of it lol.
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[P.addy]

[bEN_]

It's really good stuff but yes i think bikes with fairings will do far better. i let mine get so shitted up the matt black fairings on the duke just had massive streaks of white down them.

i felt quite guilty as it was probably one of about 5 848's being ridden through winter.
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[flumpy7]

[skatefreak]

One line of thought I am going to adopt as I will be giving two bikes overhauls over the next year (NSR and CBR600) is to paint anything and everything, even if its just to paint metal parts with something substancial to keep corrosion at bay.

Further to that, I am thinking about making some basic guards such as the NSR's expansion chamber guard for example (origional's are as rare as hen teeth!), also for calipers etc.

Will be interested to see how it all turns out!

-Jvr

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well seeing as my bikes are all going to be all weather stored outside bikes I think ACF-50 will be the right thing to do.

Never bothered with this chinese one because well, I never intended to keep it for a full 12 month term.
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[Vincent]

When I started riding bikes, quite a lot of people would cover their bikes with Duck Oil over winter and just wash all the crap of once the better weather appeared. It prevents water getting to the more easily corrodable, (is that a word?), parts. The stuff used was quite thick and looked just like grease.
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[covent.gardens]

I don't wash my CB500, I figure what's the point washing it when I get home at 7pm or so, I'll be out and it'll get covered in salt again by the next morning...

Thing looks a right mess, but that's why I bought a CB500, minimum maintenance, I am not the type to clean and polish it every day.

[nowhere.elysium]

[Torque Wrench]

@U_W
Why not buy a shed?, what is it with ACF-50 all the time!, buying bulk; how much of this shit are you using?.

[_matt]

Both wheels, rear suspension and every bolt has gone rusty since october on my non-garaged jap bike. bloody irritating if you ask me
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[Robby]

Corrosion protection costs money and adds weight.

Weight is the big one to avoid. If you look more carefully at how bikes tend to corrode, you'll see that some intelligence has been applied. The bits that tend to see the worst corrosion are unsprung weight - fork lowers, calipers and caliper bolts, axle nuts, wheels.

A light coating of ACF50 is all you need, the stuff is magic. Clean your bike well, apply ACF50, then don't wash it again until the salt is off the roads - a rinse with a hose won't hurt.

Also, don't get so worked up over a little rust. A little bit of surface rust is nothing to worry about.

If you want to be really paranoid, start waxoyling things like the underside of a car. Just don't complain when it looks like your bike has been dipped in mud that won't come off.

[flumpy7]

Anyhow all this talk about weather....im off for a ride! Beautiful day in sunny poole!