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Scooters - 125 to 300 => Downtown 300 => Topic started by: Nireen on March 27, 2017, 08:08:39 AM
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Any suggestions friends. I am starting to get a little surface rust on the wheel plates. What to do now before things get serious??
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Wheel plate?
I r an ignant git.
Do you mean the brake rotor, the actual rim or ?
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Yes the brake part. :)
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Or wheel plate I guess. :P
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Gosh bike is dirty. That is what ya get when you ride in the winter months here in Canada. :P Did not get to clean it up the last run. I usually clean it after a ride when it is warm enough.
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I wouldn't worry about that too much; although washing the salt off is a good idea.
If you're feeling ambitious in the summer you can take it apart, sand it a bit and paint it, or just order a new one.
Rotors wear out before they rust though normally and a little rust like that is far from unheard of.
Doesn't hurt to keep an eye on it though, & I wouldn't leave it sitting soaked in road salt if I could avoid it.
You may want get underneath the plastic and give the bike a once over too. If the frame is getting a bit of rust I would address that, if your exhaust is I'd hit that as well.
I'm not familiar with the foibles of the downtown but it's not uncommon for a vehicle to have a spot where the damp and salt like to sit.
If you're aware of it and check it now and again, maybe clean it and give it a spot of paint no big.
Normally no big, but it can, in extremis, weaken the frame at a weld, or a bare spot potentially.
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Tromper, with the rust on frame or muffler what would you use or do? What about spraying the muffler with that muffler paint?
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Thank YOU very much for your support here :)
I wouldn't worry about that too much; although washing the salt off is a good idea.
If you're feeling ambitious in the summer you can take it apart, sand it a bit and paint it, or just order a new one.
Rotors wear out before they rust though normally and a little rust like that is far from unheard of.
Doesn't hurt to keep an eye on it though, & I wouldn't leave it sitting soaked in road salt if I could avoid it.
You may want get underneath the plastic and give the bike a once over too. If the frame is getting a bit of rust I would address that, if your exhaust is I'd hit that as well.
I'm not familiar with the foibles of the downtown but it's not uncommon for a vehicle to have a spot where the damp and salt like to sit.
If you're aware of it and check it now and again, maybe clean it and give it a spot of paint no big.
Normally no big, but it can, in extremis, weaken the frame at a weld, or a bare spot potentially.
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Salt prevention , turn into a snow bird,. Palm spring comes to mind,
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So I can call you Kat, Great. Remove surface rust from Chrome wilh an SOS pad and plenty of water. Rub lightly and then dry and apply chrome polish. Painted surfaces, use a small "detail" wire brush with soft wire and brush lightly, followed with either spray paint or coat with WD-40. Next question?
Mac
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I would worry more on the pads.. they seem not to be in full contact with the disc.
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:D You inviting me!! :D
So I can call you Kat, Great. Remove surface rust from Chrome wilh an SOS pad and plenty of water. Rub lightly and then dry and apply chrome polish. Painted surfaces, use a small "detail" wire brush with soft wire and brush lightly, followed with either spray paint or coat with WD-40. Next question?
Mac
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How can you tell this?
:D You inviting me!! :D
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:D So is this invitation :D
Salt prevention , turn into a snow bird,. Palm spring comes to mind,
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:D So is this invitation :D
Wish I could go south my-self, 649 I hope ! or cash for life, would do it,.
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:D :D :D
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It's a pain, I know, but every ride I take in the winter where there is nasty stuff on the roads - I give the scooter a rinse and a bit of a wipe with a pump garden sprayer, The green plastic kind from local hardware store.
Then I use the electric leaf blower to dry it off.
Mask off areas where spray paint is to be applied (heat paint on exhaust, etc.) and give things a squirt.
Stig
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If you ever decide to treat the muffler, make sure you get high temp paint.
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If you ever decide to treat the muffler, make sure you get high temp paint.
I've used BBQ paint on the black portions or a couple exhausts. It's a bit soft, but since you'll end up having to redo it for the same reason you'd be doing it in the first place anyway.
One of the fellahs in the burgman forums drops his exhaust once a year, cleans it and repaints it. Really not that tough to do, & then you're done for the year.