Stoopid Question about salt
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Road Warrior
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Stoopid Question about salt
Probably a stupid question but: I see a bunch of guys talking about not riding because of the salt on the roads. There's a lot of salt on the roads here also, but the roads are dry. Does it actually cause problems to ride on dry roads that have salt dust on them? What sort of problems? Always before I just ride if it's not too cold. Never thought about salt if the roads are dry.
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I've always figured salt is salt. Even if the roads are dry, one can see the salt coming of others tires. The salt gets on your bike and is corrosive.
If you wash your bike good after the ride, then probably no harm, no foul. Just my
If you wash your bike good after the ride, then probably no harm, no foul. Just my
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Salts are extremely corrosive. Even if the roads are dry and the dust gets on the metal of your bike, and you have the smallest chip in paint it will attack it and rust. If you must ride on salty roads wash your bike thoroughly when your done
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Road Warrior
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Huh, i knew it was corrosive, just never thought about the dry stuff on the roads causing any problems. Oh well, sure not going to stop riding if the weather is nice because of it and normally when I get home it's getting cold again so don't feel like washing.
Sorry for the stupid question guys!
Sorry for the stupid question guys!
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I work out at sea, and even though the concentration is higher the salt gets into the air and when it touches unprotected metal, you can see rust develop overnight. I think even if you have dry roads, but the salt is like dust, then it can also get into the air and attach to your bike. IMO. Here out west we use sand on our roads.
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Salt dust will find its way into crevices of your bike that you can never hope to reach to clean. Water will only activate it. Best way to really clean it is with an all day ride in the rain. Salt is extremely corrosive to steel and aluminum. You can clean what you see but there's lots you can't.
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So I am hoping to get my fatboy lo from storage sometime this month, I want to ride it home, its about 75 miles, do I have to wait until it rains to wash the salt off the roads? I can deal with gravel, but if the salt is that corrosive, I don't want to hurt it, we still have snow on the ground, roads are clear and dry,supposed to be close to 50 by the end of the month.
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Salt dust will find its way into crevices of your bike that you can never hope to reach to clean. Water will only activate it. Best way to really clean it is with an all day ride in the rain. Salt is extremely corrosive to steel and aluminum. You can clean what you see but there's lots you can't.
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So I am hoping to get my fatboy lo from storage sometime this month, I want to ride it home, its about 75 miles, do I have to wait until it rains to wash the salt off the roads? I can deal with gravel, but if the salt is that corrosive, I don't want to hurt it, we still have snow on the ground, roads are clear and dry,supposed to be close to 50 by the end of the month.
all the salt residue / dust from the roads.........if thats not possible,
maybe you could borrow an enclosed trailer.