Moderator Snakebite68 Posted February 21, 2021 Moderator Share Posted February 21, 2021 I ride year round, and with all the weather we've been having lately they've been drowning the roads in salt, and with the lockdown, finding a jetwash open is near impossible! So, obviously the bike is taking a bit of a hammering. It doesn't help that it has a full fairing... After several slightly crap hand washes (I'm getting on and don't have a garage, so getting on my hands and knees in the freezing wet isn't easy or good lol), I've managed to find a jetwash and gave it a good 'low' pressure wash yesterday. I spent an hour messing around with it today, cleaned the chain, hand washed it, re-greased the chain and kickstand workings. Two questions: 1/ What else should I be doing? 2/ How do I polish up the aluminium bits (pegs, kick plates & rear calliper) which have suffered a bit from the salt. I assume they have a surface coating on them witch I don't want to take off unless there's no other option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator drewpy Posted February 21, 2021 Moderator Share Posted February 21, 2021 best to coat the bike (not the brakes) acf50 or i have scott oil 365 it'll keep corrosion away and protect electrics too. If corrosion has got under the all coating, then it needs to come off, no other way. just use peeks or if its really bad, solvo autosol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neversaydie Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 I take the fairings (lowers) off my fazer, slip rubber gloves over the exhaust outlets, rinse with cold water, wash with whatever ive got at the time, chammy off what I can get at, then blow dry with the compressor. Leave it a day or two, then cover over the brakes/wheels, seat off, using a low pressure spray gun (5psi), spray all over with ACF50. Leave a day, then wipe off any excess which has formed. I pivot the tank and get underneath that too, all around and under the swinger, get it right into the engine, and particularly the manifold area, as the clamp bolts are notorious for corroding. When that's done, wipe over the brake discs with brake cleaner, take the calipers off and clean the insides with a little detergent and water, red grease the exposed pistons. A fair bit of work, but you can spot stuff that might need doing while you're at it. Chain is blow dried, then oiled up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcr Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 On 2/22/2021 at 3:52 PM, neversaydie said: take the calipers off and clean the insides with a little detergent and water, red grease the exposed pistons. the thought of grease inside brake calipers scares me. now that im a fair weather rider, i just clean the insides occasionally, no grease or copperslip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Snakebite68 Posted May 10, 2021 Author Moderator Share Posted May 10, 2021 1 hour ago, jcr said: the thought of grease inside brake calipers scares me. now that im a fair weather rider, i just clean the insides occasionally, no grease or copperslip. Well, the red grease SHOULD be there anyway. That's what the pistons should be greased with anyway. The brake callipers aren't a problem for me, I bought a second set, so I can just swap them out when they need maintenance and do them at my leisure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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