Corrosion

[davidgibson999]

Here is the spec:

http://www.vikingindustrial.co.uk/pdf/8671hs.pdf

max service temp 160C should be high enough I would have thought?

resistant to most chemicals and UV

That should do the trick alright!

 

[paul08]

I'm not sure I'd put adhesive helicopter tape on the front engine cover as it gets quite hot

On the LC, isn't the front of the "engine" actually the gearbox? And that should not get as hot as the engine proper..

 

[Timolgra]

Front plates aren't there to stop your precious bike getting dirty

 

[DrFarkoff]

On the LC, isn't the front of the "engine" actually the gearbox? And that should not get as hot as the engine proper..

?? Why?? What makes you think this??

The front cover is in the air flow and the combustion takes place about 30 cm away Heads cooled by liquid barrels cooled by air ........


So why would it get as hot as the heads and exhausts?

 

[baja]

?? Why?? What makes you think this??

The front cover is in the air flow and the combustion takes place about 30 cm away Heads cooled by liquid barrels cooled by air ........


So why would it get as hot as the heads and exhausts?

Maybe not as hot but easilly hot enough as the oil in the clutch is the hot oil circulating in gearbox and other parts of engine.
I belive is the aluminium alloy so it gets pretty hot.

 

[DrFarkoff]

Maybe not as hot but easilly hot enough as the oil in the clutch is the hot oil circulating in gearbox and other parts of engine.
I belive is the aluminium alloy so it gets pretty hot.

Who Knows I would have thought It wouldn;t get much over a hundred or the rain will just vaporise off it

Interesting I was researching to see what was actually in there and there's the Clutch in the front and an enclosed brushless alternator at the other end

No more feckin alternator belts Yee Haa!

rear of engine

 

[baja]

Who Knows I would have thought It wouldn;t get much over a hundred or the rain will just vaporise off it

Interesting I was researching to see what was actually in there and there's the Clutch in the front and an enclosed brushless alternator at the other end

No more feckin alternator belts Yee Haa!

Well and no splitting bike in half to get to the clutch...

 

[Mark Hooton]

Just a suggestion

Guys, this is just a suggestion - I`ve got one of these on my LC

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and one of these on my GSA - they seem to work.

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[baja]

I bet they work.

They just seem to be complicly off the design and break the lines.

On that absolutely personal matter and opinion that they look rough and out of place I won't install it.

I am sure they help but they not to my taste

 

[Mark Hooton]

I bet they work.

They just seem to be complicly off the design and break the lines.

On that absolutely personal matter and opinion that they look rough and out of place I won't install it.

I am sure they help but they not to my taste

Everyone to their own tastes of course. Well over a thousand have already been made and sold and demand has well outstripped supply however to be very very fair they won`t appeal to everyone and quite rightly so!

if they wasn`t to my taste I wouldn`t fit the buggers either!

And yes once again to be fair I think it's a trade off between the advantages of covering a vulnerable area balanced against something that doesn't simply look right to some people.

I certainly respect your opinion and I see exactly what you are saying and there's other ways I'm sure of protecting this area.

 

[Wrinkly]

Spent 3 nights at our caravan up in Rosedale North Yorks Moors.
Spent the days honing and bimbling around the moors running the bike in.
It sat outside for 3 nights in the pouring rain.
I've just washed it down and not a sign of any corrosion anywhere their built to last these new WC's

Steve

 

[roundincircles]

Spent 3 nights at our caravan up in Rosedale North Yorks Moors.
Spent the days honing and bimbling around the moors running the bike in.
It sat outside for 3 nights in the pouring rain.
I've just washed it down and not a sign of any corrosion anywhere their built to last these new WC's

Steve

yes, but sheep shit is alkaline so it is like WD40. Get on the salt laden roads in Cheshire and vamoose to the engine case in a couple of hours.

 

[swissrob]

Spent 3 nights at our caravan up in Rosedale North Yorks Moors.
Spent the days honing and bimbling around the moors running the bike in.
It sat outside for 3 nights in the pouring rain.
I've just washed it down and not a sign of any corrosion anywhere their built to last these new WC's

Steve

if it corrodes after a few hours of "exposure" then it really is a piece of shit, you expected it to have signs of corrosion after that.. really ?

 

[Wrinkly]

if it corrodes after a few hours of "exposure" then it really is a piece of shit, you expected it to have signs of corrosion after that.. really ?

You obviously don't get the smiley that was at the end of my post

Steve

 

[Mark GSer]

It works!!!

While waiting patiently for a fender extender to become available and not wanting to batter the front engine cover with stone chips I bought some or this. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261152780...eName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
I fitted a small V shaped piece starting at the bottom edge, covering the two bottom cover mounting holes and following the raised lines of the cover up to just above the BMW letters stamped into the cover.
Not a huge area covered but after a 200 mile jaunt yesterday I can confirm it did a superb job. On inspection, the tape had a couple of chips in it but wasn't punctured and there was no sign of it melting of lifting.
Well pleased

 

[roadrider]

While waiting patiently for a fender extender to become available and not wanting to batter the front engine cover with stone chips I bought some or this. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261152780...eName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
I fitted a small V shaped piece starting at the bottom edge, covering the two bottom cover mounting holes and following the raised lines of the cover up to just above the BMW letters stamped into the cover.
Not a huge area covered but after a 200 mile jaunt yesterday I can confirm it did a superb job. On inspection, the tape had a couple of chips in it but wasn't punctured and there was no sign of it melting of lifting.
Well pleased

I've been using this for some years now and as you mention it does a very good job. It's excellent on the painted panels, you can hardly see it.

A top tip if you use it on dark colours use distilled water to spray on instead of tap water as it doesn't leave residual water marks.

 

[Micky]

+1

I'd never have one on any of my bikes

nor me.

Me neither .... never been a problem