I've been leaving the bike in the apartment parking lot and it's gotten rained on a few times. I'm wondering how bad that is for the bike and what I can do to make it better?
It's my daily commuter, so I need it in good health. Any suggestions?
Buy...uh.....cover?
I was a "streetlight parker" for two years. All I did was making sure everything (including bolt threads I serviced) was well lubed up.
Frame and especially footpegs got a bit rusty, so did the fork tubes in the non-operational area, but that's about it.
I did move her at least once a week over winter, though, and I could tell from the starting behaviour that she did not like it too well. Some contact spray in the critical areas (especially plugs) can't hurt.
Oh, and I live in the so-called temperate zone, so our winter really is a winter (occasional snow.)
is there a storge place with in the block of you stray ? if there was i'd just go out and see how much it would cost to rent one and just park it in there then walk home ... thats why i asked if there was one in a block .. theres porbly not . but you can see
Cover's a good idea, as is keeping an eye on your chain for rust. Mine is all ready rusting, and my bike's just a year old... :icon_rolleyes:
Rain can't hurt the GS, but getting a cover ain't bad either.
Covers are cheap, rust sucks. :cheers:
Yea, I'll need to get another cover (one's been stolen).
I noticed there's a bit of surface rust around the right spark plug. I'm thinking I could take that off with some WD40?
Steering head bearings nearly always suffer with bikes left out in the rain. Unless there is plenty of grease in them water gets in and causes the races to rust. There is no real effective sealing arrangement and the fact they are vertical (almost) easily allows water in. I have bought several bikes that have been stood outside and in almost all cases the bearings have started to show signs of rusting.
i never cover my gs,
i leave the hoe out on the cornner and hope some will pick it up and i get the mone yin a letter in the mail.
but no one wants a gs
Quote from: rangerbrown on October 07, 2006, 09:51:51 AM
i never cover my gs,
i leave the hoe out on the cornner and hope some will pick it up and i get the mone yin a letter in the mail.
but no one wants a gs
What's your address? :icon_twisted:
As far as on the body keeping it from rusting and keeping water off it. The best thing is to keep it nice and waxed. When my bike has some water on it the wax helps it just roll off.