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Well just about to 200 miles. Went out for a 25 mile loop around Jones Beach and got caught in some soupy fog. It happens often enough here. After finishing the quicky ride, I dried the bike off (I keep it in the garage), do I need to do anything more to avoid getting rust areas? A local guy with a TBA said that he heard using a rag with WD-40 soaked in on certain areas would give protection. He has some rust appearing on bolts for the headlight and other spots and said that after it started he got all kinds of advice though a bit too late.

When I put the TBA to bed, Im thinking the engine was warmed up and moisture sould not be an issue though should I be doing something as I live only a few hundred feet from the ocean and everything here gets pitted by the salt air eventually?

Any advice is appreciated and I know I am being a bit sensitive about the bike... (guys in UK must be thinking shheeessh a little mist....)

WD40 or corrosion X is good to use on the nuts and bolts. Anything thats not chromed.

Thanks Ill be two fisted with the WD-40 in that case...

beach_cruiser,
after I found some rust forming on some of my fasteners, i went to the local car parts place, and Krylon (I think it's crylon) has some silver primer that converts iron oxide (rust) to another kind of oxide, and stops the rust process. When it dries (i got a really small artists brush and manually painted it on), it seals up the rust area and looks good to boot.

oh man this sounds familiar, i to used to live on the ocean front myself and at the time i owned a harley. it got eaten alive by salt air ect. i got the same advice wd-40, but it was too late. drove me nuts. stay on top of it man.

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Anyway, a bottle of clear nail polish is handy for protecting fasteners

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...and that new french manicure you told me about

mert

ooh la la.....

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do I need to do anything more to avoid getting rust areas?

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Move South, and visit the oceans on rare occasions. I would think the WD40, LPS1 and Pledge would be a surfactant that would attract and hold corrosive mists and salty road spray. I may be wrong. I was wrong once back in the 70s.

When i was out west (1977/78, i stopped at the salt flats to check it out, WOW what a place. anyway there was a guy there named Tyrone Malone, running a Kenworth Tractor at 180mph setting a record, when he was finished i wandered over to his area and helped his guy's clean the salt off of his truck. guess what we were useing....W.D.40 nothing but, all areas of the truck were being wiped down with the stuff and sprayed into nooks and cranies. now here is a guy who had probably a million $$ into this truck and we were useing wd 40 to clean it. needles to say i am a fan of the stuff

I love WD40 too. Someone posted a link to the history of WD40 recently. The link informed me that it got its name from the researchers that were developing it for Water Displacement (dissipant, displacer). That's what WD stands for, and the 40 came from their 40th formula that finally did what they wanted it to do. I thought that was neat!

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and that new french manicure you told me about

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Shari,
You said french (spit) and forgot to spit.
I know!!!