Where wouldn't you spray ACF50?

[raginmund]

Besides the brakes and discs, I mean.

Or up your nostril.

 

[Tarka]

I wouldn`t spray the fecking stuff anywhere near any of my bikes.

Never mind all over them.

Keep `em clean.....a clean bike is a safe bike.

You`ll see or feel things which may be coming loose,or wearing out, with plenty of advance notice prior to total demise while cleaning your bike.

 

[motobiker]

thats my attitude too.

 

[JJH]

tyers JJH

 

[raginmund]

I wouldn`t spray the fecking stuff anywhere near any of my bikes.

Never mind all over them.

Keep `em clean.....a clean bike is a safe bike.

You`ll see or feel things which may be coming loose,or wearing out, with plenty of advance notice prior to total demise while cleaning your bike.

I've scrubbed and rubbed it today. The bike, I mean.

Pretty pretty.

WD40 on the electricals, but I have a can of ACF50 on the shelf. I've heard it can be corse on some rubber/plastics.

 

[MattW]

I don't spray the bike - I spray some on a rag and wipe over some bit's of the bike after cleaning. I do spray a little inside exposed electrical connectors every year or so when I break part them for a thorough clean.

I smear ACF50 grease onto the rims before the salt starts and wash it off in the spring (raw alloy early 1100 rims are a pain in the arse to keep nice - mine aren't that nice but I want to stop them getting any worse).

 

[Wrigsby1]

Remember the checking bit though as you clean. I recently bought a cheaper K11LT that was very clean with stainless bolt kit etc but someone including one or two bike shops had forgotten some simple and inexpensive fixes to some fairly simple problems.

My GS is a bit corroded and gets a basic wash but always gets a good check over. I think I get many impending probs through "feeling" them early. I spray liberally with WD40 and don't blast with a jet wash.

I worked around bike shops for many years and saw how they sometimes get mint bikes mint. Minter are not alway perfect and rough looking ones are often perfectly well "looked after".

PS try to miss the rubber bits and the brakes but that may be stating the obvious

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

I wouldn`t spray the fecking stuff anywhere near any of my bikes.

Never mind all over them.

Keep `em clean.....a clean bike is a safe bike.

You`ll see or feel things which may be coming loose,or wearing out, with plenty of advance notice prior to total demise while cleaning your bike.

+1

357 miles on it yesterday

Dry, sunny and warm and only a few bits of water run-off on the roads..........so pretty clean

But..............following others................I was amazed at the amount of salt dust being thrown up..................my bike was covered in salt dust when I got home

So despite being out riding for 10 hours...............I washed the bike thoroughly last night, to prevent any of that salt dust knackering my bike

 

[raginmund]

I hose the bike off after every ride, and try to clean it once a week; but I use the bike quite a lot, so it's sometimes not practical. Plus I've had good experience of ACF50 when I used to commute year-round.

I guess I'm asking about any known weak-spots, as this is my first boxer.

 

[Packer]

I cover everything that might corrode in ACF50 except the brakes. I commute all year and may make three or four short jouneys a day. I really can't be bothered with cleaning it after every trip or even every day.

It gets hosed down several time a week and looks like a heap of garbage but it does get checked and inspected. Apart from the fact that the peeling paint looks awful the bike is actually getting lighter so there is an upside to everything

By brushing off the rust from the rear sub frame I'm able to get another milligram or two off the weight the benefit of which I then negate with another packet of crisps.