Corrosion Protection/Prevention

[nasty]

Hi all,

Just wondering what you people use for protecting your bikes from corrosion etc during the winter months, no smart arse comments like I leave it garaged until summer please

Couple of guys at work suggested ACF50 and FS365, anyone had any experience with either of these products?

Thanks
Nick
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Both of those are great, WD40 also works.
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[Noxious89123]

+1 for FS365.
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[ajb]

I use Wurth Corrosion Inhibitor, as recommended by my local dealer

https://www.churchstreetmotorcycles.co.uk/content/WURTH.JPG

It's water based and disc safe, just go crazy with it over the bike !

I have ACF-50 too, but never really get to grips with applying it, cloth or spray
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[cicatrez]

As Big_ham said. Both are great. Though FS365 is water based.. so you might need to re-apply after going out for a ride in the moderate-heavy rain.
WD40 or GT85 also work very well.
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[Nebzor]

[Walloper]

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[nasty]

Thanks people

Bloke at work uses the FS365 but said he has to re-apply it every couple of weeks.

I wanted to use something that I could apply once and leave for winter to save taking the fairings off the bike all the time to get all the stuff behind there, which was when he suggested the ACF50 stuff.

Could I use the ACF50 to do all the stuff behind the fairings and then use the FS365 for stuff that can be easily got at?
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[Itchy]

[Noxious89123]

FS365 is water based, but it is still oily! I certainly would not recommend letting it anywhere near tyres, discs or pads!
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[nasty]

Think I might go for a combination of the 2 then, ACF50 for the intial coating for everything hidden behind the fairings and the FS365 for the other exposed stuff that I can get at easily

Thanks people
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[Sir Black Pig]

FWIW I have used the ACF 50 and do not rate it at all, every bit of shit sticks to it and if you go wild with it your bike smells as if its on fire!

I bumped into a bloke at a rally who has a bare steel tank, he uses the halfords version of WD40 and he says its the best he's found!
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[Nebzor]

As a warning...

[ajb]

One I refer to does specify on the label, disc safe.

Either they are lying to you in the email or on their product, or they think you mean another corrosion inhibitor they supply.
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[Nebzor]

I'm not too sure why they'd lie to me in my email so I don't buy the product but hey

I'd still throw a rag over the discs if I were you.
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[ajb]

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Just don't put it on your disks.

Disks don't rust anyway.(Well the do, but the rust burns off the second you apply the brakes).
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[Nebzor]

[Louise]

ACF50 and FS365,

We sell out quite quick on these products and get good feedback on both.

[davidlincs]

[Ant132]

I've now put grease on my spokes to stop the rust, working a treat so far. Used to notice it within a week, been a few weeks now and they're great.
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[Nebzor]

[silky666]

ACF-50 everytime.
But you need to spend time and put with the idiosyncracies.

1) It does not spray very well ... best method is to randomly squirt it over the bike and then use a rag to spread it around ... you will soon find that the rag gets so soaked in acf50 that you dont need to spray any more and can simply cover the bike using the rag.
2) Bike needs to be super clean before hand.
3) It smells lovely
4) Its expensive ... but you only need to apply it 3 times a year or so.
5) It doesnt wash off easily ... normal hand wash will still leave a protective coat (as it bonds with the metal surface or something) ... but of course a jetwash will strip it off.
6) Its expensive.

Its used to protect the alloys on aircraft frames etc.

I swear by it ... and its kept my 03 R6 in mint condition.
Any bike that has been ridden through 4 winters ... rain, sleet, salt etc ... and still looks like this has to be evidence of how good the stuff is.

https://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t69/silky666/Bike%20Stuff/afteracf50.jpg
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[ZRX61]

Corrosion? whats that?