ACF-50 and wheels?

[MattW]

i had a quote from Devon Rim Co a few years back: £120 per wheel IIRC.

Thanks for the info Cookie

Hmm, so allow a bit of inflation, postage and powder coating / anodising and you'd probably be looking at the best part of £160 / £170 per wheel....

While I found polishing the wheels to be tedious and painful, I'm not sure it was the best part of £400 tedious and painful

Not having an endless pot of money to lavish on my bike (lovely though it is) that £400 would go a fair way towards a set of Verns panniers (probably... - I'm not actually sure how much they cost)

 

[sijohnston]

you do realise that applying ACF to the wheel rims will mean that they will be absolutely filthy in very short order... ACF is an anti corrosion formula - and I'm not aware of the rims on the GS being particularly prone to rust. Nor am I sure that covering them with what is in effect a magnet for muck is any better than simply letting them get filthy over the winter au naturel.

i doused the rest of my 800 with ACF and left the wheels. they've already got enough dirt on them to protect them and a quick rinse of the spokes when i get in will hopefully suffice. will let you know how it goes in april. if i need new wheels, so be it; it's always nice to have another set hanging around for back-up

 

[ian6760]

Matt.
This year was the 1st time I used ACF50 and went OTT. I stripped the bike of it’s wheels, seat, tank, engine tray, covered the grips and levers, and put the callipers in zip tied plastic bags. Then blasted it all over with the ACF50. OTT or not, I’m glad I did because this stuff goes everywhere. The wheels, I removed the discs and did with a brush, which won’t happen next year, I like the sound of LM grease as mentioned by someone else. I was more than careful and still end up with a small puddle in the rims, and oily stripes down my tyres.

Good luck with it.

 

[MattW]

Matt.
This year was the 1st time I used ACF50 and went OTT. I stripped the bike of it’s wheels, seat, tank, engine tray, covered the grips and levers, and put the callipers in zip tied plastic bags. Then blasted it all over with the ACF50. OTT or not, I’m glad I did because this stuff goes everywhere. The wheels, I removed the discs and did with a brush, which won’t happen next year, I like the sound of LM grease as mentioned by someone else. I was more than careful and still end up with a small puddle in the rims, and oily stripes down my tyres.

Good luck with it.

Thanks for the tips Ian.

Having read through the posts in this thread, I've just bought a pot of ACF-50 grease on ebay - I think I'll probably use this on the rims and save the spray other bits of the bike. The rims certainly need something if I intend to keep using it this winter because you can almost watch the un-anodised rims corrode.

 

[ELIMINATOR]

I got carried away and failed to notice the overspray on the discs.

Esily wiped off with tissue though, even after finding out it was on the discsthe................ interestig way.

Seriously though, not as bad as you might think. Even having it leave stripes down the tyres, at least you know that it's been forced through the spoke holes.

I also spray it into any electrical terminal box I can get at.

 

[Dave-Churchill]

I bought some ACF50 today from South London BMW. Washed the bike off, and sprayed the stuff everywhere...... (not on the discs or calipers mind you....!), rims had a good covering, and dribbled onto the tyre walls..... slightly.
Have I gone OTT..? the bike is used everyday for my commute to work, and this'll be the first winter using ACF50.
Reading some comments, I'm now a little concerned about the penetration of the ACF into the spoke holes and such like........ have I gone too far and gonna create problems...?

 

[cookie]

Reading some comments, I'm now a little concerned about the penetration of the ACF into the spoke holes and such like........ have I gone too far and gonna create problems...?

unlss it's slathered all over your tyres and/or discs, i'm sure you'll be fine. if it is, wipe it off. brake cleaner's good too, works on tyres too.

 

[MMC]

Thanks for the tips Ian.

Having read through the posts in this thread, I've just bought a pot of ACF-50 grease on ebay - I think I'll probably use this on the rims and save the spray other bits of the bike.

Exactly what I do - ACF50 grease on the wheels (front one anyway - rear one's powdercoated), forks and telelever - anywhere that gets the full blast from the road.

 

[davegs]

Paranoia?

Where are al;l these dead 1100's wtih nothing left of the wheel but the hubs?, I have seen many opld very high milage 1100's but never heard of
wheels collapsing through corrosion I think people ar getting somwhat carried away with allthis why not just get out there and ride the things.
dave ( i hate christmas ) GS roll on 2010

 

[MattW]

Where are al;l these dead 1100's wtih nothing left of the wheel but the hubs?, I have seen many opld very high milage 1100's but never heard of
wheels collapsing through corrosion I think people ar getting somwhat carried away with allthis why not just get out there and ride the things.
dave ( i hate christmas ) GS roll on 2010

It's just cos I'm a tart
It's my first GS (in fact my first bike for a few years - I don't count the MZ, I used to commute on ) and while it's old ('94), it's been looked after and wears the years pretty well. I just want to keep her looking nice ("while I get out and ride"). If nothing else, when the time comes to change (not that it'll be any time soon), it might make it easier to sell.

And out of every bike I've owned, BM cross spokes are the hardest to clean

 

[Stewart H]

I used the paintbrush method on my rims, I did get a few stripes on the tyres but they wiped off fine.
Stewart

 

[MattW]

Done.
ACF grease (which, it turns out, is a fetching blue colour in the pot) on the rims and forks and ACF-50 all over selected other bits (i.e just about everything except wheels and seat!).

Thanks for the tips

 

[JoeC]

Been using ACF for a number of years on various bikes. Good stuff.
Useless using spray can in winter as can needs to be 'warm' for it to come out properly. You can get a litre bottle and spray applicator which I am told is easier to use.
Yes it does make the bike look dirty pretty quickly but a quick wipe with a rag and it comes up sparkly easily once you are done with it.
Been told that the stuff lasts for a couple of washes of the bike as long as you just give it a rinse down and not a sponge wash. After a sponge wash reapply.

 

[MattW]

Useless using spray can in winter as can needs to be 'warm' for it to come out properly.

I got away with it by standing the can in very hot water while I greased the wheel rims.

 

[Peter Pan]

I've been using ACF for about 3 years now and have regularly sprayed it over everything including disks and calipers. Never had a problem, though I always make a point of applying my brakes a fair distance away from the first road junction to burn off any residue.

Have never really given it too much thought and certainly never felt threatened by any lack of brakes. You guys have got me wondering now ......

Apart from a possible lack of braking, is there any other conseqence of it being applied to disks and calipers?

 

[MattW]

I've been using ACF for about 3 years now and have regularly sprayed it over everything including disks and calipers. Never had a problem, though I always make a point of applying my brakes a fair distance away from the first road junction to burn off any residue.

is there any other conseqence of it being applied to disks and calipers?

Death?

 

[Peter Pan]

Death?

3 years on .......... and still here!

 

[bart2181]

just had a quote off triple s,£80+vat for both wheels powder coated satin black wheels have to be tyreless,bearings taken out.MY WHEEL CLEANING DAYS ARE OVER YIPEEEEEEEEEE

 

[MattW]

just had a quote off triple s,£80+vat for both wheels powder coated satin black wheels have to be tyreless,bearings taken out.MY WHEEL CLEANING DAYS ARE OVER YIPEEEEEEEEEE

Are these spoked wheels and does that cost include breaking them down and rebuilding?

 

[bart2181]

yes mate,i specifically stated spoked wheels when i asked for a quote,i,m presuming they powdercoat the wheels has a whole(without removing spokes)or hub.but they did say i,d have to remove bearings but that i can live with that