Salt on the roads

 

Yet another winter question. I got a hint to put a lot of
oil and grease on all metal parts to help the ride not to
corrode. Now i wonder the following.

Is that true that it helps?
What/how much should i put?
How bad impact does road salt have?
How often should one do the greasing?

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Konrad Viltersten wrote:

I would think that cleaning the bike regularly if you ride on salt
covered roads would be a better solution.  I would think that the oil
and grease would actually help the salt stick to the bike.  It may keep
the salt from actually touching the metal areas, but I think it would
also help keep some of it *in contact* with the areas you are trying to
protect.

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 Salt isn't bad unless it has moisture to work with.

Rinse the boke off when you get home.  It's a better option.

If you have raw (unpainted) aluminum - skip riding near salt unless you
don't give a hoot what your aluminum looks like.

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So to speak. (Water dissolves salt; get it? :-)


Dry salt isn't going to do anything; it's salt in solution where the Na
and Cl separate into ions that does the damage. Petroleum products repel
water, so that helps. As it turns out, there are petroleum products
specifically designed to be smeared onto your motorcycle. They have the
side effect that if you polish it to a thin coat, they leave the surface
nice and shiny. The name of the product is "Car wax". :-)

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 Timberwoof wrote:

The trouble with car wax is that it's difficult to get it into the
crevices and the like where corrosion is most likely to happen.
There's some stuff called "Boeshield" that some of the folks on
advrider.com swear by.  Comes in a spray can.  I haven't been using it
long enough to say for sure how well it works or if it works at all,
but it's certainly convenient.  Woodworkers and machinists use it to
keep the exposed metal surfaces of their tools from rusting as well.
Was originally developed by Boeing for use on marine equipment (while
everybody knows that Boeing builds airplanes, most people don't know
that they started out as a shipyard and were building ships on into
the 1980s) and later licensed for commercial sale.  You can find it at
Sears, Woodcraft, or a Yamaha Waverunner dealer.  They claim it works
as a chain lube as well.

Their recommendation is to reapply ever month or two and after
washing.

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