Acf-50

[Badeye]

Hi Guys,

Every time i go to halfords to buy bike essentials lol, they always try to sell me ACF-50 but i always decline, never knew what it was. Well i googulated it and am loving what i'm reading especially as i ride all year round.

What i want to know is what everyone else thinks of it?

If it's any good i'll buy some this weekend.

Ta..

[radicalry00]

It's good stuff. I put it on all the rust-prone areas and bolts etc and works wonders. Definately use it if you ride all year round.

[Radlad]

Plenty of posts on here about it, but yes it's good stuff. Just be mindful of not getting on brakes, pegs, bars and anywhere else where a lack of friction is going to be cause a problem.

[Icanopit]

Have a read of this site http://www.allyearbiker.co.uk on another bike forum 4/5 get together and have a "group" treatment £? at someones house.

[Badeye]

cheers guys, very helpful - this is gonna save my poor bike from the crappy weather.

Ta..

[Badeye]

Thats a good website.

[maxinc]

Have a read of this site http://www.allyearbiker.co.uk on another bike forum 4/5 get together and have a "group" treatment £? at someones house.

Excellent stuff. Thanks for sharing!

[metalangel]

We talked about doing the allyearbiker thing last year, I don't think we had enough interest. I've got my own can of ACF50 at home. It seems okay, I've also got FS365. Neither have stopped corrosion on a rusty part of my garage door mechanism.

[stormingjoe]

Can have an adverse effect on electrics, had hid units and they would short out when sprayed with acf50, it's mildly conductive.


Podgey on a motorbike ;0D

[andrewsmith]

Have a read of this site http://www.allyearbiker.co.uk on another bike forum 4/5 get together and have a "group" treatment £? at someones house.

That is meant to actually be v effective!

Anyways buy a can and spray away (avoid the brakes tho!)

[maxinc]

I'm curious what sort of degreaser and foaming agent they use. It looks pretty easy in the movie.

[Stuuk1]

Having not used the stuff before... Do you literally spray it on everything metallic, apart from what someone said -brakes, bars etc?

Spray it all over the forks? Does it matter if you get it on the plastics?

Also, if I clean the bike, does it need to be re-applied?


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[Stonesie]

It makes a fantastic back-to-black for the plastics so that's not a problem, just don't de-grease the bike or use a jet wash and it will be fine but you can re-apply if you like.

I used it on mine last year and have been told there's no way the bikes seen salt, little do they know it was only confined to the garage if it was icy or hammering it down.. In short, it works.

[Badeye]

Well i went to halfords today and they don't sell ACF-50 however they do sell an alternative which is called GT-85, from what i can see they are pretty much the same thing. So i bought some for £2.85, cleaned and degreased the bike. Then sprayed the **** out of it, only time will tell i guess. I sprayed all the plastics, engine, front forks, rear shock, bar controls. Pretty much everything other than the brakes. Also makes the bike look nice and shiney :)