Leaving a bike in the rain

it'll be fine if you clean it often enough.

or just buy a rain cover....

im pretty lucky. garage at home, and a multi-storey car park at work that keeps it out the rain!

[Dave20046]

you shouldn't really leave it outside if you can avoid it, but clean all the rustables and protect them with dry chain lube or something (don't use wd40 it contains low level acids that'll damage it) and buy a cover.

Originally Posted by BigApe

The worst that gets effected are the electrics. If you can be bothered, unplug all the electrical connections and smear electrical grease (vasaline) over all the terminals.

+1 on this. I can't be bothered to go through the whole loom, but as I come to connectors as I do bits of work that exposes them I disconnect them, spray them with WD40 and clean the connectors with a cotton bud, then put grease around the edge so that when it's put back together it's more waterproof.

In terms of the damp causing electrical snags, when I've had this it has been when the bike has had a cover put on it when it's not 100% dry. If it has gotten wet and not had at least an hour's riding in the dry to dry it off/or stood in the dry for 6 hours, I won't cover it.

[mister c]

Mine stays outside all of the time & as everybody has said as long as you can keep it clean it should be ok.
In th winter I washed mine virtually every day to keep the salt off. Suzuki build quality is quite poor.

mine has been sat out side since i have owned it, i park it at work in the open and at home it sparked on my front garden, dont have a garage to store it.

i have not noticed anything major rusting yet. lol

I wonder which dissolves faster - a Suzuki or a sherbert dibdab?

what about
http://www.scottoiler.com/pc/FS_365_...EE_OFFER).html

or

http://www.allyearbiker.co.uk/Bike_P...Treatment.html

12 months for 50 quid seems good value to me

It isnt the rain that attacks the Suzuki, it is the salt. It might be the acid rain though.

Originally Posted by nik_nunez

What are the risks of leaving a bike in the rain whilst i am at work?

belive it or not............ it will get wet

get a bike cover, if you are worried

Give it a good clean an then apply some ACF-50, this will help prevent and protect against corrosion.

There are products similar to ACF-50 on the market and well known in the motorcycle world, but nothing is as good.