What to do after a ride in the rain

[hindle8907]

Originally Posted by Professor

Have a break, have a Kit Kat.

I've had my SV for six years now and haven't looked much after it. I
lube the chain every 400 miles or so and this is the only time I
wash the bike. I bought a bottle of FS365 six years ago but used it
only once.

Still, the wheels haven't fallen of my bike.

Two rules I have established for myself for keeping motor vehicles
in decent nick:

1) keeping overnight in a garage helps,

2) not crashing helps even more.

yeah but do you have a rusty bike thats the question ?

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by hindle8907

yeah but do you have a rusty bike thats the question ?

Last time I saw the Prof's bike it didnt look that bad to me. But it was a while ago.

TBH what did you buy the bike for, did you buy it to nanny it, polish it and keep it nice, Or did you buy it to ride it and enjoy it that way.

Either are fine, for me its made to ride and enjoy riding it, I'd rather spend my time riding than obsessing about whether its going to go rusty.

If you want to help yourself replace all the bolts with stainless items that dont rust, cover it in ACF-50 and never wash it, but then you'll get dirt stuck to the ACF-50 and it'll look disgusting in a completely different way

Rain / water doesnt do massive harm, its riding through winters that does bikes in. The salt they put on roads is terribly corrosive and thats what causes the worst of the damage.

[hindle8907]

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Last time I saw the Prof's bike it didnt look that bad to me. But it was a while ago.

TBH what did you buy the bike for, did you buy it to nanny it, polish it and keep it nice, Or did you buy it to ride it and enjoy it that way.

Either are fine, for me its made to ride and enjoy riding it, I'd rather spend my time riding than obsessing about whether its going to go rusty.

If you want to help yourself replace all the bolts with stainless items that dont rust, cover it in ACF-50 and never wash it, but then you'll get dirt stuck to the ACF-50 and it'll look disgusting in a completely different way

Rain / water doesnt do massive harm, its riding through winters that does bikes in. The salt they put on roads is terribly corrosive and thats what causes the worst of the damage.

kool well i do just want to ride my bike but i got a 5000 grand loan to get this bike/insurance/gear so im going to be keeping it for a while lol and i will be riding through winter as well. i just rember my last bike went really rusty all the brake pads/disks !! everything . just dont want it to happen to this one cheers

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by hindle8907

I will be riding through winter as well.

ACF-50 is your friend then. Cover everything metal in it, but dont get it on the brake disks.

Remember if you wash the bike with muc off or any other type of bike cleaner you'll need to re-apply the ACF-50 again as the detergent will remove it.

[hindle8907]

kool thanks

[jamesterror]

Spending a bit of time keeping it clean won't hurt just make sure you look after it, but also spend the majority of the time riding

[ophic]

yeah i got a bigass loan for my bike too - back in Jan 2004. It's definitely no longer new but considering i'm very bad at washing it, and it has been winter ridden every year, and kept outside, its not in bad nick.

[timwilky]

Ride? Rain?


Non comprendez

in this weather i wouldn't worry to much just make sure you wash it regualy and well

its in the winter with salt etc thats the problem

also make sure if using a cover to do it up properly as if wind gets inside it becomes a sv kite lol

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

"washing" "waxing" Ain't they bird things?