So I just got my bike brand new this year. I washed it and had to ride in the rain. When I was getting it ready to store for the winter I looked underneath my bike a noticed that there was some spots that were starting to rust. Now before I make this sound worse than it is the spots are in hard to reach areas on the frame that would almost seem inevitable to prevent from happening anyways. The other parts are just those little metal parts that clamp things together. Is this just something that happens that can not be prevented or have I really screwed myself over.

 

you need to use wax! bikes go through all sorts of stuff... wax everything! also if you keep it under a cover put a few pieces of charcole in a bowl on the seat... this will suck the moisture out of the air under the cover and keep condensation from building up... if you store it in a garage you need something between the concreate and the bike as concreate sweats... we park all our bikes on a carpeted half of our garage

 

Look here

https://www.hdforums.com/m_2211652/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm#

 

WAX

 

What everyone else says--wax.

I use Woody Wax OK OK no joking. It is expensive and made primarily for marine use. I use it on my boat with great results on aluminum and stainless steel.

I have a couple rust spots on my 03 WG, some near welds. Ever since I used this product--no more rusting. My buds have reported great success with this product. good luck

 

I never thought of waxing the aluminum. I will give it a shot next time I polish the bike