Florida Beachside Rust
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From: Niles Canyon Ca.
goin to give that a try. i live on the texas gulf coast, literally my front porch looks out over the ocean. and between that and the chemical plants i cant keep the bike rust free. one day and the inside of the chrome allen screws have rust in them. my bike sits outside on a covered porch for now, until i get the double doors installed in the spare room, then it lives in the house which should help i hope.
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From: north of Daytona
Do you live RIGHT on the beach? I live on mainland in Ormond (3 miles west of the beach), no corrosion problems. I guess if your bike is outdoors...east of the river....you might have corrosion trouble...but you DID know the ocean brings in salt air?
Don't invest in chrome when you live on the beach. (Rat bikes are cool!)
chuck
Don't invest in chrome when you live on the beach. (Rat bikes are cool!)
chuck
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From: Niles Canyon Ca.
Do you live RIGHT on the beach? I live on mainland in Ormond (3 miles west of the beach), no corrosion problems. I guess if your bike is outdoors...east of the river....you might have corrosion trouble...but you DID know the ocean brings in salt air?
Don't invest in chrome when you live on the beach. (Rat bikes are cool!)
chuck
Don't invest in chrome when you live on the beach. (Rat bikes are cool!)
chuck
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From: Southern California
learned that little lesson after a week on the beach in Corpus Christie during spring break way back when . All the drunk willing college nookie in the world wasn't worth two rusting wheels when I got home . Took a month or more to get the frigging sand outa everything too .
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From: along the shore of Mishigami
One of the posters mentioned the use of Amalguard. Speaking from experience, that stuff is a major PIA to remove. We used MEK to strip it off. There is a real light corrosion preventative spray you can use, it's sprayed on and excess wipe off. I think it's MIL- C- 41306, guys stationed down in Key West swear by it. Go buy a small airport and see what the mechs recommend. After maintaining uncle sam's jets at sea on six different cruises, salt air is a killer to most metals, the worst is magnesium. A rigorious corrosion prevention program is your only answer. Good luck.
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From: right down from the FloraBama
Until 2 months ago I lived with the Gulf of Mexico on three sides.
Nothing special cleaning, just wash, rinse and blow dry.
The trick is you have to control moisture.
Bike parked in an enclosed trailer with a marine dehumidifier.
About 80 bucks, the dehumidifier, not the trailer.
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You can buy them at West Marine or Camping World
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I don't have a problem with rust where I live but I recently rode to the arctic circle and got mud and whatever chemical crap they put on the Haul road all over my bike. The paint and chrome surfaces cleaned up pretty good but the crevices and the black engine in between the fins are stained or the dried dirt won't wipe off. What is good for cleaning the engine surface? I thought about Simple Green but worry that it might make it worse.
I need help.
I need help.
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