Take it apart, media blast it and get it powder coated or just wait till it rots away. Winter rider then that is what you gets!
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So I recently noticed there's a crap ton of ugly rust under my fairings. Rosey Toes never said anything about it (and I'm sure they saw it because they had to) so I'm going to assume it's not going to cause my bike to break in half and murder me. However....
It looks bad and is pissing me off. How do you remove it? Online points to rust sprays, and sand paper. If rust sprays, what are some good ones? And how do I prevent this from happening again? (I do ride in rain).
Take it apart, media blast it and get it powder coated or just wait till it rots away. Winter rider then that is what you gets!
It only takes one ride in salt, as soon as the temperature climbs the salt really becomes active and rusts your bike. You could try spraying a light oil on it, let it sit for a day or two and then use a degreaser and a rag. The oil should help remove the surface rust but if it's really bad it won't do anything.
After looking more carefully, it's rust on the exhaust pipe...that every car has -_-
ARRGGGGHHH it's so ugly.
Have you tried Naval Jelly?
works well but stinks to high heaven...
http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brows....jsp?locale=en
I have read a few posts on the gstwins.com forum where people use stove polish on their pipes. It's not going to cure the rust but a couple of applications a year should keep your pipes nice and black. Exhaust pipes turn brown and rust. Nothing you can do to stop it.
Here's a couple of links: http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=50222 http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php...7889#msg647889
You could probably get by with painting that stuff on with the exhaust still on the bike. All you would need to do is remove the fairings to get at everything. If the rust isn't really heavy you could skip all the prep work that guy from the first link does.
What kind of bike do you have?
Try this to remove rust and protect your chromes, it works wonders :
http://www.restom.net/aluminiums-chr...piques-222.htm
Generally speaking, this company produces all kinds of amazing products to renovate cars and bikes (plastics, polys, chromes, etc...), BUT it's located in France, and i'm not sure shipping is authorized (might be considered hazardous goods).
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