New bike - ACF50 or Vaseline?

[Tigerrrr.......]

Want to protect a brand new bike from the British weather.

Would you spray it with ACF50 or smear the bolts, etc, with Vaseline?

Cheers.

[dizzyblonde]

ACF50 applied with a brush. That way you don't get it near anything that don't want to be super lubed!

[sauluk]

ACF50. It's in the name really, anti corrosion formula. Don't think you'd be able to get vaseline everywhere plus it seems a bit weird to me

[krhall]

Just keep it clean!

[dizzyblonde]

Don't think you'd be able to get vaseline everywhere plus it seems a bit weird to me

In the olden days, vaseline was the one to keep your bike rust free.;)

[Stu]

Sid squid says mix oil & paraffin & spray it on.
nice & cheap :D

[punyXpress]

Real bikers use ACF50 - Vaseline is 4 dix!

[Nobbylad]

Neither really matter because if you've bought an SV, it WILL rust...end of.

[Stig]

Just cover your brakes and disks and get busy with a can of ACF50 or similar, I use FS365. I use vasaline on all electrical connections. It has the same properties as battery grease. That will stop all your wiring connections getting furred up.

[Tigerrrr.......]

Neither really matter because if you've bought an SV, it WILL rust...end of. No, it's a Honda CBF125.

[Dave20046]

In the olden days, vaseline was the one to keep your bike rust free.;)
or dry chain lube. I've used that before through winter pretty successfully, altough it was on a honda so might not have rusted anyway.

[Dave20046]

Real bikers use ACF50 - Vaseline is 4 dix!
£15 a pop though! :(