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| david2000 | | Set |  | | Reg. Date | : | 30/03/2011 | | Posts | : | 6 | | Location | : | Royal Wooton Bassett, wiltshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 19 Aug 2011 - 17:29 Post title : terrible rust problem: Am I alone? | |
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| feduke | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 11/08/2009 | | Posts | : | 2,441 | | Location | : | Daytona Beach, Florida, United States |
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| | Posted : 19 Aug 2011 - 17:34 Post title : Re: terrible rust problem: Am I alone? (Re: david2000) | | | No problem here, and I'm less than 2 miles from the ocean. As I recall you're between Bristol and London and that's not near salt water either. I just can't think of any other reason for it to rust. Where is the rust and do you use a good wax?
| I'm a secondhand vegetarian. Cows eat grass. I eat cows.
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 19 Aug 2011 - 21:04 Post title : Re: terrible rust problem: Am I alone? (Re: david2000) | | | Less than a mile from the sea. Nio problems.
This shed thing that you mentioned - is it by any chance one of those plastisol sheet steel bike sheds ?
A poorly ventilated shed/garage will eat your toys away in no time.
| My first natural instinct is to breathe. My second is to evade tax's.
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| HoopsIRL | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 09/05/2010 | | Posts | : | 161 | | Location | : | Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland |
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| | Posted : 20 Aug 2011 - 01:16 Post title : Re: terrible rust problem: Am I alone? (Re: david2000) | | | I can see the sea from my house....I have no garage/shed/cover....just a throw-over cover, which I won't put on while the bike is warm...so if it rains, it gets wet! Rust I suffer is minimal - passenger footpegs obvious....other areas get alloy corrosion - wheels, engine block....but it has been a bad winter & I did take it out on some snowy days too!
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| zolti | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 23/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,127 | | Location | : | newcastle , United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 20 Aug 2011 - 06:41 Post title : Re: terrible rust problem: Am I alone? (Re: david2000) | | |
wheres the rust occuring?
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| david2000 | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 30/03/2011 | | Posts | : | 6 | | Location | : | Royal Wooton Bassett, wiltshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 20 Aug 2011 - 10:15 Post title : Re: terrible rust problem: Am I alone? (Re: feduke) | | | never near the sea nor salted roads always garaged I us have got the friday afternoon one. I may get a storm next year with no chrome to rust. rgds.
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| david2000 | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 30/03/2011 | | Posts | : | 6 | | Location | : | Royal Wooton Bassett, wiltshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 20 Aug 2011 - 10:17 Post title : Re: terrible rust problem: Am I alone? (Re: zolti) | | | on the chrome bits. been back three times to replace stuff
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| david2000 | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 30/03/2011 | | Posts | : | 6 | | Location | : | Royal Wooton Bassett, wiltshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 20 Aug 2011 - 10:21 Post title : Re: terrible rust problem: Am I alone? (Re: HoopsIRL) | | | thanks. not been near the sea always garaged only used on dry days. might get a storm later
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| teebird | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 25/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 293 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 20 Aug 2011 - 12:46 Post title : Re: terrible rust problem: Am I alone? (Re: david2000) | | | stop peeing on your bike after your trips to the pub.
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| Linkdog | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 10/02/2011 | | Posts | : | 2,947 | | Location | : | Groveland, FL., United States |
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| | Posted : 20 Aug 2011 - 12:48 Post title : Re: terrible rust problem: Am I alone? (Re: david2000) | | | Just the chrome? sounds like a bad run on plated parts. I hope QC is'nt slipping due to increased production, or outsourcing parts
| Never drink from a cow with one udder! 2010 1600 Blue&White ( of course ) Long TORS and HP filter.
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| zolti | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 23/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,127 | | Location | : | newcastle , United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 25 Aug 2011 - 10:56 Post title : Re: terrible rust problem: Am I alone? (Re: Linkdog) | | | i sent a speedo visor back as i bought it as it was rusting in the package!!
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| EnGage | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 14/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,155 | | Location | : | Grand Rapids, MI, United States |
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| | Posted : 26 Aug 2011 - 03:32 Post title : Re: terrible rust problem: Am I alone? (Re: zolti) | |
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| Bobbieboy | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 08/06/2010 | | Posts | : | 52 | | Location | : | United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 08 Oct 2011 - 19:39 Post title : Re: terrible rust problem: Am I alone? (Re: david2000) | | | i had some rust problems on chrome cam plugs at top of engine - replaced. also had alloy wheels get it last winter after forgetting to rinse off bike. - only 4 hr delay..........pitted bad. Triumph sent me a sarcastic note about cleaning them - cheeky sods. took me best part of 3 months to get em back something like. some minor rusting around welding on light bracket - using ACF 50
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 08 Oct 2011 - 19:57 Post title : Re: terrible rust problem: Am I alone? (Re: Bobbieboy) | | | Rear footpeg end cover thingies. Saw dealer today and he is sorting it for me.
| My first natural instinct is to breathe. My second is to evade tax's.
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| wobblykev | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 16/09/2011 | | Posts | : | 12 | | Location | : | Normanton, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 30 Oct 2011 - 11:42 Post title : Re: terrible rust problem: Am I alone? (Re: mat1600) | | | rear foot peg end caps, fork legs (replaced under warrenty) powder coating came off rear pully (replaced under warrenty) rust round ignition switch, various nuts and bolts rusting, chrome peeling off rocker cover and end caps, rust on rear shocks etc etc. The wheels have pitted so bad it takes hours to clean them then they are just as bad with in a week!!!The first day I got the bike I covered everything in ACF50 and after every time I clean it but it still rusts. Its really annoying for a two year old bike!!! I had a Bonnie T100 before the bird, rode it in all weathers and there was not a speck of rust or corrosion after 11000 miles and two years
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| davetac1 | | Thunderbird | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,379 | | Location | : | Haverhill, Ma., United States |
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| | Posted : 30 Oct 2011 - 16:22 Post title : Re: terrible rust problem: Am I alone? (Re: wobblykev) | | | The only rust I've seen so far on my scooter is the upper back edge of the swing arm,right in front of the tire and have already addressed it. Dave!!!
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 30 Oct 2011 - 17:27 Post title : Re: terrible rust problem: Am I alone? (Re: davetac1) | | | Had some on the pillion footpegs. Got a call out of the blue this morning from the dealer - they had ordered and got them in stock for me. Good on them. 
| My first natural instinct is to breathe. My second is to evade tax's.
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| lioneloxford | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 01/04/2011 | | Posts | : | 231 | | Location | : | Oxfordshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 31 Oct 2011 - 16:04 Post title : Re: terrible rust problem: Am I alone? (Re: david2000) | | | Do you store any oxidizing/corroding material that could be "sweating" out of porous containers?
I've just moved two containers of paint stripper into a different shed, away from the bikes, in case they leak fumes.
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| Linkdog | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 10/02/2011 | | Posts | : | 2,947 | | Location | : | Groveland, FL., United States |
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| | Posted : 31 Oct 2011 - 22:16 Post title : Re: terrible rust problem: Am I alone? (Re: lioneloxford) | | | Chlorine is the worst, either liquid or tablets
| Never drink from a cow with one udder! 2010 1600 Blue&White ( of course ) Long TORS and HP filter.
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| lioneloxford | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 01/04/2011 | | Posts | : | 231 | | Location | : | Oxfordshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 01 Nov 2011 - 08:31 Post title : Re: terrible rust problem: Am I alone? (Re: Linkdog) | | |
Linkdog wrote:
Chlorine is the worst, either liquid or tablets |
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Some years back I bought 5 litres of stainless steel soldering flux.
Only used some, put the lid back on, and stood it under the bench at the back against the wall.
Some months later I dropped something that rolled under the bench.
When I got down to look under the bench, I saw a lot of crystals had grown around the lid of the container, and the bench had started to go very rusty, large orange/brown rust growth.
Now I try to remember to keep all this away from tools, machines, and bikes.
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| Linkdog | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 10/02/2011 | | Posts | : | 2,947 | | Location | : | Groveland, FL., United States |
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| | Posted : 01 Nov 2011 - 19:41 Post title : Re: terrible rust problem: Am I alone? (Re: lioneloxford) | | | Dad once "had" a metal shed where he kept such items, did'nt take long for it to have a front door AND a back door.
| Never drink from a cow with one udder! 2010 1600 Blue&White ( of course ) Long TORS and HP filter.
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| thanks4thefish42 | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 11/11/2010 | | Posts | : | 269 | | Location | : | High Springs, FL, United States |
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| | Posted : 12 Nov 2011 - 00:23 Post title : Re: terrible rust problem: Am I alone? (Re: Linkdog) | | | I keep my Bird about 300 yards from the beach under a Dowco Cover-often we get covered in salt mist. I regularly will hose down my bike with fresh water and then dry it off with compressed air. Last year when I first got the bike it started to get some tiny green specks which really pissed me off with a new bike. So I got out the Never Dull, Flitz and Meguires metal polish and went all over the metal which took a few days of elbow grease. I then put some Collonite Insulator Wax over as much as I could and on the wheels. A year later I don't have any green goblins and my friends all blast me for keeping my bike so clean. It still looks new. I think the secret is to low pressure rinse the bike after getting road grime on it and then dry it off. Works for me. Plus the Insulator wax keeps the grit and crud from getting to the metals microscopic nooks and crannies.
| Other rides
Kawasaki Vulcan 900 LT
Suzuki Boulevard S50
BMW R90/6-Luftmeister fairing
Calling upon my years of experience, I froze at the controls. ~Stirling Moss
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| zolti | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 23/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,127 | | Location | : | newcastle , United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 12 Nov 2011 - 06:47 Post title : Re: terrible rust problem: Am I alone? (Re: thanks4thefish42) | | | the advice from mark (triumph warrenty uk) was use wax oil,
i use 365 and ive had no rust and its easy to clean too except for where the brake dust settles
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