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Doomsnite
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PostPosted: 14:59 - 30 Dec 2013    Post subject: Rust! Reply with quote

Would rust like on the exhaust below put you off buying a bike or could it come off easily enough? Obviously would try and avoid it but if the price is right!? Cant really see it elsewhere so would have to view it.. anywhere to look out for?

https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzY2WDEwMjQ=/z/um0AAMXQVERSwBhP/$_80.JPG
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PostPosted: 15:08 - 30 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

rusty zorst.....

not a problem.
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PostPosted: 15:11 - 30 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks like its on the side-plate on the front fender too Question Probably just shitty plating. Wouldn't be too concerned if its just surface rust in those areas and not all over the bike, if its a reasonable price.
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PostPosted: 15:12 - 30 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

yea.. don't buy it if the front plastic fender is rusty, asking for trouble! Wink
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PostPosted: 15:13 - 30 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

If it looks better than a brand new CBF 125, it'll be fine Razz
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PostPosted: 15:13 - 30 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Its up for a monkey so more than reasonable but makes me wonder of theres anything else wrong. Is surface rust easy to remove ?
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PostPosted: 15:17 - 30 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you are really bothered about aesthetics, I don't think they are expensive to replace. Just clean it up. It'll be fine, especially at that money. MOT&TAX?
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PostPosted: 15:22 - 30 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Has both - tax july mot feb. Not bothered about the looks too much just wonder whats lurking underneath to cause problems.
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PostPosted: 15:24 - 30 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

From the limited amount I can see, it looks better than the CBF125 I had at a year old.
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PostPosted: 15:25 - 30 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's alright, I'd offer the seller a bit less, like 50 pounds, and told him, that it would need some job to be done. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 15:26 - 30 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wouldn't bother me, 30 minutes with a wire brush on a drill and some autosol, or don't bother. If the exhaust is rotting, it'll be from the inside out, and you can't see that or determine it from the exterior condition.
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PostPosted: 15:26 - 30 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cheers guys. Probably get snapped up by the time I get to see it now!
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PostPosted: 15:27 - 30 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

doomsnite wrote:

Is surface rust easy to remove ?


Plenty of elbow grease and autosol will remove surface rust but that exhaust looks like the rust has penetrated the plating. Whilst you may remove the rust you will be left with small breaches in the plating which will have a tendency to keep building up rust.
If aesthetics doesn't concern you too much then give it the best cleaning up you can and then rag it over with linseed oil. This will slow down the further degradation of the plating but once chrome starts peeling there is very little you can do to stop it.
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PostPosted: 15:32 - 30 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

At that sort of money, I'd just paint it.
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PostPosted: 15:43 - 30 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

-Matt- wrote:
Looks like its on the side-plate on the front fender too Question .


I think its a reflection of a house.

OP. Thats a 2, on my 1-10 scale of rusty. Buff it up with some autosol like your having an uber wank. And don't worry until its a 7+.
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PostPosted: 15:46 - 30 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

stinkwheel wrote:
At that sort of money, I'd just paint it.


A tin of silver emulsion out of B&Q will do it. Wink

Seriously: It's shit thin chrome finish on steel plate. It will rust even if you clean it off.
It will need autosol or something all the time to keep the 'appearance' bright.
The Chroming process takes time and is labour intensive so to cut corners the OEM uses less chrome and one single dip.

Good chroming involves several dips in various metals and then the chrome layers built up by chroming-grinding-chroming. The just dipped finish is dull and has to be polished/ground to be shiny.
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PostPosted: 15:53 - 30 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Edit: double post.
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PostPosted: 16:16 - 30 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

I used a thing called Ajax powder on rust on my bike and it worked wonders. Just get a cloth, get it wet and apply the tiniest bit of powder onto the cloth... wipe away the rust and boom.
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PostPosted: 16:22 - 30 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yep! it is defo a reflection of a house. You can see the windows.
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PostPosted: 18:29 - 30 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

SliMC wrote:
-Matt- wrote:
Looks like its on the side-plate on the front fender too Question .
I think its a reflection of a house.
I'm now afraid I need glasses, how on earth did you notice that Shocked
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