Anti-corrosion treatment

[The Stimulator]

As I don’t really enjoy doing a thourough clean on my bike after every trip out, I used All Year Biker in Aberdeen for a deep clean and anti-corrosion treatment annually, but that’s no longer available. Seen this advertised by John Clark’s and was wondering if anyone has used this service for their bikes?

 

[DJ123]

It's only ACF 50 - which you'll need to re-apply not too long after. Especially if out in the wet on salty roads.

Find somewhere which will do a Ceramic coating, which will last longer and give you more protection. Some Car detailing places offer this service - so probably worth asking around.

 

[mspenz]

Do it yourself with ACF-50.
Cover all brake parts ( for obvious reasons ), and spray the hell out of everything..carefully !
Let it settle, get it into corners with a soft brush and use a cloth to wipe every surface over..make sure that there are no puddles left anywhere, so that nothing can get blown onto brakes.
Start the bike, completely warmed up and leave overnight before using, gives the AC a chance to spread and cling.
Do this anytime now, rinse it gently with cold water after every ride ( not a pressure wash ), don't wash the bike with any detergents, just let it get dirty..and it will look like crap !

Beginning of February , clean it all up using XCP or similar..underneath will be still be shiney clean..then start the whole process again..until the end of salty season.

Iv'e been using this method for 4 winters on my KTM690 Enduro ( different bike, but still exposed alloy ), recently removed the engine to do some work, there is zero corrosion..neither on engine or chassis

What you save from using a ' professional ' service, can go towards fuel or tyres....

 

[SimOv]

As I don’t really enjoy doing a thourough clean on my bike after every trip out, I used All Year Biker in Aberdeen for a deep clean and anti-corrosion treatment annually, but that’s no longer available. Seen this advertised by John Clark’s and was wondering if anyone has used this service for their bikes?

I was speaking with Scott recently who ran the All Year Biker franchise in NE Scotland for the last few years. He also did my bikes at least once a year as we seem to live in the roadsalt capital of Scotland. I believe he was also doing this work for John Clark one day a week. Scott said he had tried to pass on the franchise to a new operator, but nobody was interested.

PS...On Monday at 11:00 I saw a Aberdeenshire Council lorry spreading salt on the road when the temperature was 10 degrees. Lowest temperatures had been about +3 the previous night and forecast to be no lower than that for a few days. Apparently they have 'pre-ordered' x,000 tonnes of salt for this winter and have excess existing stock, so it has to go somewhere...on our bikes. Rant over.