Against my better judgement, I rode my brand new 2015 RG this last Tuesday. The roads here in Utah were dry, although they had been salted probably....4 days prior. I'm pretty worried about the sat dust that probably accumulated on the bike. It's got a brand new stage 1 and the bike itself is flawless. I only had the chance to put 1100 miles on it after I bought before the weather turned to crap. I've been told that as long as it's dry, I should be fine for a month or so until I can wash it....but being that it's brand new, expensive, and its my pride and joy I'm kind of losing sleep about it. Should I be worried? Should I wash it? Is there some kind of special treatment I should use? Help!

 

Order some Salt Away from a Marine dealer. Mix it up and put in a yard sprayer. Hit the bike with it after you're done riding and spray it off with COLD water. Blow dry with a weed wacker or a portable blower and you're good.

In the meantime I'd rinse the bike with cold water and dry it.

 

Eastwoods road salt neutralizer

http://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-roa...er-gallon.html

 

Just use soap and water and wash the bike completely and rinse rinse rinse, the salt will come off then dry and wax it will be good.

 

I'd sell it. It's in everything now including salt dust sucked into the motor.

 

I can only suspect any of the aforementioned would work fine but you of course if you are that worried you could always ride it through a car wash but I suggest wearing a rain suit.

 

The liquid salt they use in New England won't come off metal. Magnesium chloride is a brutal

 

But if you still want to keep your pride-and-joy, what everyone else said, and don't forget lots of water underneath the bike including fenders and inside the header shields.

And if you have any chrome covers like starter cover, front axle nut, rocker box head bolt, etc, remove and clean good.

 

You may consider using a mobile detailing service, if there's one available in your area. They'll wash and detail clean your bike and wax it as well. May cost you a C note but you'll get some sleep in the meantime.

Here's an example of such a service in my area: http://www.washmenow.ca/

Good Luck!

 

All BS aside, that is the one thing that will "ruin" your bike.

There is not way to get it all off.

You will find in a year or so, many many rusted fasteners, clamps... Your paint will be fine, and the bike will still look great, but when you go to work on it you will start finding corrosion.

I made that same mistake 10 years ago. The only way I found to fix it was to trade it in.

I truly wish you the best.