its rubbish

[smartbear]

just to throw some more fuel on the corrosion debate-have anybody elses footrests started to corrode? i thought my bike was faring fairly well in this regard til iv just noticed my rests are turning an orange/scabby colour
its obviously cheap rubbish but i thought these items were common through the whole GS range not just the 1200?

 

[Engineer]

just to throw some more fuel on the corrosion debate-have anybody elses footrests started to corrode? i thought my bike was faring fairly well in this regard til iv just noticed my rests are turning an orange/scabby colour
its obviously cheap rubbish but i thought these items were common through the whole GS range not just the 1200?

Mine aren't corroding after 4years, 7 months and 43,000 miles so 'cheap rubbish' seems a bit harsh to me.

What year is your bike and how often do you thoroughly wash it?

 

[Slowdown]

...throw some more fuel on the corrosion ....

That's a novel approach - does it work?

 

[BeemerBaz]

no sign of corrosion on mine

 

[smartbear]

fizzing GS

mines a 56 reg & the rest of it is great,even the front cover is unmarked.
its seen acf50 in bad weather & regular washing at other times-its just got scabby footrests-spose im lucky its just a small problem compared to other peoples nightmares.

 

[Demongroover]

Just had 2 boxes full of parts powder coated (including the front pegs).
Mother nature will take her toll, just clean it more, and eventually repaint it.

 

[Mutley]

You can't see it if it's covered in mud. Get it dirty, they look better

If it isn't structural then it's character