It's very wet here in England and my poor EN500 will suffer from rust if I do not protect her!
2007-07-28 11:46:04 · 14 answers · asked by Great Eskape 5 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
S100 Finish Restorer to polish them.
S100 Corrosion Protectant to keep 'em looking good.
Brilliant stuff, developed for bikes, by bikers. Recommended by Harley and Ducati.
2007-07-28 19:23:58 · answer #1 · answered by Nightworks 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Motorcycle Spokes
2016-11-12 04:46:35 · answer #2 · answered by cobbins 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all you've got to thouroghly clean and dry your wheels. I've found two products to be good. First is sold by Busters Accessories (www.busters-accessories.co.uk) called "Protect and Ride". Its a white spray on wax that goes hard and lasts all winter, if you do a good job, the salt wont get near your chrome, it looks a bit cack but does the job. The other is called "Corr Shield", not sure where you get it from (I got it off my Dad) but its used to protect the legs of offshore oil platforms. Same as above but is a funky gold colour. Unfortunately in both cases come warmer times its an absolute bugger to get off....lots of elbow grease and turpentine. That said though I've never had a corrosion problem since using it!!
2007-07-28 22:21:23 · answer #3 · answered by Muddy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
alright on my old 1984 honda shadow i had a rust issue. i got new spokes and other. still rust free after 6 years. because i kept a can of wd40 in the storage and everytime i drove id give it a lil squirt and make sure if the bikes wet you just pat dry the chrome areas. if you see rust anyway put a spray on rubber seal there and after a day or two pop it out and spray chrome solvent on it. the rubber spray actually absorbs any water in the spot and then when you chrome spray it theres no liquid under it to continue rust. and if there is no air (rubber is air tight) it cant rust.
2007-07-28 12:01:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clean wheels properly and I mean properly by hand getting into all the small bits!!
Once cleaned spray wheels using scotoiler fs365(rust inhibitor) taking care not to get it on the pads or dics, Do this every wash and they wheels will last for years, another option is to get a bike with alloys.
Cheers
2007-07-28 11:55:35 · answer #5 · answered by gsf1200 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give em a wash and dry after each ride.
Especially if they are chrome plated.
This is especially true in winter when they start to salt the rods.
There would be no harm in giving them a wipe down with a clean rag soaked in WD40.
There is no magic product, you just got to wash your bike regularly.
2007-07-28 11:54:02 · answer #6 · answered by Nick 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a fantastic product from the great people at Scottoiller called FS365. It does a great job of protecting all your bike, is easily applied and is not nasty to the environment.
Check out www.scottoiler.com
2007-07-29 08:54:08 · answer #7 · answered by ShuggieMac 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to polish my wheels and spokes regularly. The polish seals any tiny pits in the chrome from the weather and keeps them from rusting.
When I could afford it, I switched to stainless steel wheels and spokes.
2007-07-28 11:51:08 · answer #8 · answered by Dave V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have rust because of cheap chrome plating.
"Triple-chrome" is a term bantered about quite a lot, but in reality you seldom get it when you're promised it.
What I ALWAYS do is take my stuff in and ask for copper plating. (the first stage of "triple-plating"). Nine times out of ten, they tell me "we don't do copper plating".
This tells me that they had absolutely no intention of giving me "triple-plating" on my parts.
When I finally find a shop that does copper plating, I to go pick up the parts, pay them, and tell them; "Ok, now plate it with nickle and chrome."
It will never rust.
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2007-07-28 13:20:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Spray some WD40 on the spokes and wipe down with a cloth.
2007-07-28 11:54:49 · answer #10 · answered by bornfree 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋