Re engine paint on triple black gs

[Wonkey donkey]

FFS Yes it is probably more common nowadays then a GS it self

By the way, you have started a thread number 17367982 on this very subject

If it bothers you that the OP has asked a duplicate question why not simply ignore the post instead of being a twat about it

 

[Engineer]

That's the trouble with black engines, if they corrode they look worse than silver ones.

 

[EVskiy]

If it bothers you that the OP has asked a duplicate question why not simply ignore the post instead of being a twat about it

Sorry, I wasn't being a twat,I am merely pointing out that it has been asked about it countless amounts of times. Apologies to the OP & you Wonkey donkey or anybody else who has taken an offence to my post, for any harm or offence I may have caused. That is sure wasn't my intention.

 

[Mowag]

You will have no problem with a 16 reg bike as long as the rest of the bike looks like its has been looked after . A new engine under warranty for you ..
i got one two weeks ago same problem !

Let us know how you get on !!

 

[Tyzer]

Missenden flyer uses muc off on his GS and it looks mint ?

 

[EVskiy]

Missenden flyer uses muc off on his GS and it looks mint ?

Thats because the bloke is well OTT with his OCD. Muck-off i was reading has some chemicals that aid the corrosion. I was always told to use PH neutral products or SDOC100. And thats it.

 

[DING-DONG]

Thats because the bloke is well OTT with his OCD. Muck-off i was reading has some chemicals that aid the corrosion. I was always told to use PH neutral products or SDOC100. And thats it.

The art of using muc off is not to let it dry or leave it on too long and only apply to a wet bike and rinse it properly, the TFR content will strip any wax/polish and tarnish alloy and take the gloss off plastics very quickly, TFR is slightly caustic so the more you water it down the less harmful it will be, that said I wouldn't use it on any road bike and I have a drum of 25 litres I use to clean enduro bike.

 

[batman1]

Don't wash your bike with household detergents (washing up liquid) as they contain salts, use car shampoo as an alternative, and as mentioned earlier, muck off is bit harsh too. Try Doc100.

Always spray your motor and other parts with Scottoiler FS 365 after every wash winter and summer, paying particular attention to the engine joints and this will help. Sadly yours is already corroded.

You may be very lucky and get a new motor like some of the other bods on here have.

Good luck!

 

[theop]

Sorry don't know how to add pictures

Yes looks like new engine under warranty...

 

[Wonkey donkey]

Sorry, I wasn't being a twat,I am merely pointing out that it has been asked about it countless amounts of times. Apologies to the OP & you Wonkey donkey or anybody else who has taken an offence to my post, for any harm or offence I may have caused. That is sure wasn't my intention.

No offence mate but imagine everything has been asked on her numerous times and by asking again it ensures any new info comes to light. Apologies for calling you out

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

don't let old nutty see those pictures as he wont have a bad word said about the 3 blacks bike
BTW that will need a new engine that will, join the club there are only 100 of us in it lol

I will be moving along now.

You are a naughty tinker

 

[thumperbob2002]

Yep, quite a normal occurance. I had a GSA 2014 that I got rid of as I`d had it two years and the dreaded corrosion was starting- was quite OCD about cleaning and used FS365 and ACF50.

PXed for a new........TRiple Black GS.

To be honest I will only have the bike for a couple of years anyway, but I still find it hard to believe how truly bad the paint is, but how great BMW have been with the replacement engines.

God knows how these bikes will look like in a few years, there will be literally thousands of rusty BMs everywhere.

 

[Mad Paddy]

I don't use muck off I use shampoo made by auto glym for washing cars and bikes

 

[batman1]

It just shows how good the alloy castings were on the old British bikes, Velo's, Triumphs, Nortons, BSA's AJS's etc.

Gunk them down on a Saturday, and polish them up on the Sunday with Solvol Autosol , the crankcases always came up really clean and the timing cases and chain-cases used to gleam like they were mirrors!

Ah Nostalgia...it ain't what it used to be.

 

[Bendy toy]

British bikes didn't suffer engine corrosion because there was no paint trap the oxidation and their chronic inability to retain oil.

But to be fair bare metal is by far the better option. Treatments like ACF-50 can soak into the surface grain structure and any oxidation can be polished off with a brass wire brush.



Sent somehow.

 

[ghost-rider]

I'm still curious to know or are you avoidin the question, because all jokin aside, I don't care what anybody says, a "wash" alone is just not enuff to keep the corrosion away, don't get me wrong the quality, realistically is appauling, but that said if you just rely on a wash, this is going to happen, theres so many seems for water to creep into or lie around in, if corrosion bothers you, and it does me, IMO you have to be a little bit OCD with the cleaning, ie blow the water out with a compressor or dryer of some sort, ACF50 or the like after, a little but often, when I get my bikes before I do anything, I literally go over the whole bike with an artists brush into all the engine seams,joints, nut heads etc.etc.go completely overboard everywhere I can get into, then apply a fine mist coat of ACF with a HVLP gun, leave it to run and creep over nite, and then wipe round the next day, many a time Ive thought fook me 16k and I have to do this, but the way I see it is, pain in the arse it may be, but head aches like the OP's and few others have, I seem to avoid, just my two pennith worth

 

[Nutty]

I don't use muck off I use shampoo made by auto glym for washing cars and bikes

But do you use ACF50?

 

[duckspeed]

But do you use ACF50?

Does he?
Good question

 

[Mad Paddy]

No I don't
if I'm out riding in wet weather I wash bike down when I get home the same day
Bike is just 12 months old and I have been out in bad weather about 3-4 times only max 1k travelled

 

[EVskiy]

No I don't
if I'm out riding in wet weather I wash bike down when I get home the same day
Bike is just 12 months old and I have been out in bad weather about 3-4 times only max 1k travelled

When you get your new engine, or even before that, get yourself some SDOC100 and ACF50. Treat your bike to ACF50 a little but often to the areas where most heat is transferred from the exhaust and engine. Do not put any on your brakes or exhaust it self as if you do do it you'll end up being a passenger in a plume of smelly smoke

There can't be any excuses not to use it with any bike not just BMW. Unless you want to strip the bike down and get all the metal parts powder coated really thick.




Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk