Winter tip for us hard men

Originally Posted by northwind

Not in my experience... I give my bike a thorough clean and spray once a week and hose it down after every wet ride, and there's still a good coating on the bike when I come to my weekly clean, evey time. If you spray and then ride it'll wash off, mind, but if you follow the instructions and let it sit then the film stays on mine for a good time unless I wipe or use tdetergents to get it off.

Thats what i said about WD40.......now at least one of us is fibbing or misinformed!

Originally Posted by northwind

Not in my experience... I give my bike a thorough clean and spray once a week and hose it down after every wet ride, and there's still a good coating on the bike when I come to my weekly clean, evey time. If you spray and then ride it'll wash off, mind, but if you follow the instructions and let it sit then the film stays on mine for a good time unless I wipe or use tdetergents to get it off.

F365 is water solubleits inherent to its marketting. Therefore any that comes in contact with water will be washed off, its designed to do so.

Now I am not saying that it does not work in protecting against salt it does but it needs re-applying every week at the least, more often in my experience.

ACF 50 is designed that it is not water soluble, it takes alot of effort to remove it and so one application is good for the winter. It will not wash off with normal detergents as it takes solvent to remove it. Thus protection for the entire winter.

Horses for courses really.

Originally Posted by northwind

Not in my experience... I give my bike a thorough clean and spray once a week and hose it down after every wet ride, and there's still a good coating on the bike when I come to my weekly clean, evey time. If you spray and then ride it'll wash off, mind, but if you follow the instructions and let it sit then the film stays on mine for a good time unless I wipe or use tdetergents to get it off.

agree, I use fs365, stays on for quite a while

[northwind]

You and me against the world! I used to use WD40 but I just found it didn't last as long as the Scottoiler stuff and seems to burn off easier... if you're cleaning the bike properly once a week, as you probably should be if you're riuding an SV in the winter, then it only needs to last a week anyway

OK so lets see what SCottoil say themselves

Scottoiler FS 365 is a blend of mineral oil, anti-corrosion additives and water. These form a stable micro-solution, which you simply spray on your bike. When it evaporates, it leaves a fine film which clings, especially to those hard-to-reach areas in the engine, suspension and behind faired panels. After a wet run, you can re-apply in moments. FS 365 is water soluble and inherently biodegradable, so it’s good for your bike and good for the environment.

I just wipe TLC over my bike twice (or more ) a week and it's just fine .


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[northwind]

I'm far less concerned with the blurb on their website than with my own experience...

Originally Posted by northwind

I give my bike a thorough clean and spray once a week

So your experience is to re-apply it every week.

The differnece between that and ACF 50 is that you apply it once a year. I've had enough of this topic now I was simply passing on my experience anyway, if thats different to yours fair enough. but after going through god knows how many bottles of F 365 last winter, please consider I do about 3500 miles a week whatever the weather so was re-applying it every day, this year I found ACF 50 which has been applied once.

One can did 4 bikes, GS 2 VFR's Honda Cruiser & Sidecar, and 3 puchbikes and ther's still some left over. Pretty good value for mioney IMHO.

Originally Posted by jonboy

I just wipe TLC over my bike twice (or more ) a week and it's just fine .


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i hear that tastes salty too. . . never tried it tho.

never heard of acf50 - not that that means anything of course. does stuff not stick to it ie salt and crap from road.