….. and Another Newbie

Beachcomber · Jan 25, 2007

Hi there everybody, great to join the collective bunch of BMW owners.

I picked my bike up last night. GS1200 Adventure in steal blue

I have been interested in reading about some of the corrosion issues you guys have suffered. Do they really degrade that quickly or is it a few owners who don’t look after the machine so well?

I washed my bike this evening to remove some of the salt, guess I’ll try some of the ACF 50 spray to help reduce the long-term corrosion effects.

Micky · Jan 25, 2007

Welcome Beachcomber :thumb2

Did you collect ya 'bike from the sarth coast? It'll want more than ACF50

All the best, hope you get loadsa miles'n smiles with your new 'bike...

:beerjug:

www.adventure.gs

Steptoe · Jan 25, 2007

Good to see you've washed up here. Were you at the launch of your bike.

Sir James · Jan 25, 2007

Hello mate , welcome to the site :beerjug:

Yes they do tend to carrode easily ,especially the bolt heads , its covered in acf50 after every wash and spray polished with autoglym from new but still has problems

Other than that its fine :thumb2

Have a beer anyway :beer:

alimey4u2 · Jan 25, 2007

Hello & Welcome..... :beerjug:

Interestingly, a noted outboard motor manufacturer, (Mercury) doing salt water testing for their Mariner line. Noted that salt damage occured in the very early hours of exposure. As noted in a previous post, this was accelerated in a hot water solution......

grandtrousers · Jan 26, 2007

Beachcomber said:
Hi there everybody, great to join the collective bunch of BMW owners.

I picked my bike up last night. GS1200 Adventure in steal blue

QUOTE]

Funny - it looked like a 1200RT to me so feck off and join their forum

.......sorry, maybe I should have been a little nit more "gentle"

MikeP · Jan 26, 2007

Beachcomber said:
Hi there everybody, great to join the collective bunch of BMW owners.

I picked my bike up last night. GS1200 Adventure in steal blue

I have been interested in reading about some of the corrosion issues you guys have suffered. Do they really degrade that quickly or is it a few owners who don’t look after the machine so well?

I washed my bike this evening to remove some of the salt, guess I’ll try some of the ACF 50 spray to help reduce the long-term corrosion effects.

Very droll!

Duchess · Jan 26, 2007

Welcome to the forum beachcomber. 'Steal' or no steal I'm sure you'll find plenty to do here to keep you occupied.

Wizard · Jan 26, 2007

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….. and Another Newbie

Beachcomber

Guest

Micky

Never knowingly understood

Steptoe

What a waste.

Sir James

Rear Stab Vest Only ....

alimey4u2

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grandtrousers

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MikeP

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Duchess

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Wizard

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