Winter use and preparation

[nick crisp]

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Where's the best place to get ACF-50? Ta in advance.

Here you go Nick, do it yourself or make sure it's done properly for £60. Chuck in your postcode fella  :thumbup
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Sorry, did you mean to put a link in there Frosties?
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:lol :lol  What a dick.


Try this, it may help Nick  [size=78%]http://www.allyearbiker.co.uk/Booking.html[/size]
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Interesting stuff. When you first posted without the link, I thought, why do I want to pay £60 for someone to use a spray can on my bike!
I begin to see it now tho, and will seriously consider having the full process done (lots going on right now, so may have to start watching the pennies a little more closely soon, so can't do it right away). I think I ought to get those rusty exhaust studs replaced first tho, but if I don't get around to it, or find it's stopping me from getting the ACF treatment done, perhaps I'll go for it anyway and worry about the studs after. My bike comes up pretty good after I wash it myself, would be interesting to compare the difference after these guys have had a go. Have you had them do yours?

[Frosties]

Had my Tiger done 2 yrs ago at the High Wycombe open meet - well worth it and matches the site's before & after pics. Was looking to get both done this year.


Might get a home visit booked with a few mates. Failing that then will go to the Farnborough meet on 19th & 20th October - 2 bikes in 1 day.

[bigbluebear]

Hoping to be using my Fazer8 as much as possible over the winter months, any one got tips or nuggets of wisdom/experience on what to use and how to keep it in as good nick as possible?

cheers

David

Get a winter hack and put your F8 in the garage.....ice, snow, sleet, slush, salt, grit, grease......if you come off a winter hack then no worries.

[nick crisp]

Ice and snow conditions I won't ride in - seems like a pointless risk if you have other options (lessons learned a long time ago!). Cold and rain I can deal with as long as both the bike and myself are protected. But winter does sometimes present some nice days if you're wrapped up, so mine will remain taxed, insured etc throughout.

[andybesy]

I did my pre-winter ACF 50 treatment last weekend.

Started with a really good clean, trying not to get distracted by detailing, just getting all the muck and grease off so I've got a good clean base to apply the ACF-50 to.

Then once clean and dry masked off the brake discs and callipers with newspaper.

Sprayed directly from the can on to the engine block, exhaust headers and can, the electrics up under the tank, the electrics under the seat, the rear suspension and linkages etc.

Used a cloth to spread around as required, by which pint you have an ACF-50 soaked cloth you can use to apply to more sensitive areas near tyres etc.

It goes on like a light oil like WD-40 or similar. If you've ever used on of the PTFE based predecessors it's much the same. Don't be shy with it.

It brings the black plastics and engine block up a treat, all looks nice and shiny after you're done. Things are left a little greasy but not so much as to be a problem.

Left it for a couple of hours because I always worry about fire, but then test rode it and no problems with electrics etc, although rather a lot of smoke!

Naturally the exhaust headers soon burn it off, but I think a proper coating as described above followed by a quick treatment once a month a so during winter is £15 well spent.

Andy

Oh just to add that I've never had any problems so far with it on electrics, felt a little nervous spraying it on the relays and spark plugs etc but it's been fine so far.

[Fuzzy]

I've always used acf50 on connectors and other electrical bits, spark plugs etc - it's a corrosion inhibitor so it's good for that. It's also good as a lube for cables.

Spraying from the aerosol can is a messy business though, it sort of spits and dribbles out - think I'll look into using a spray pump bottle next time.

[chaz]

I use mine all year round, but not in the wet if I can help it, if you get home dry then don't wash the bike even if there's salt on the road, wash it next fine day whan you can go out to dry it off and heat the brakes up, I give the fork legs a spray with WD40 if they're wet, my bikes 7 years old and 32k on the clock and though not perfect it's not bad.

[david095]

Porridge in the morning.

got the hot grips, just need to fit them now, not tried the muffs - will have to try and dig them out. wasn't quite the quote I meant to do, still getting the hang of this but porridge - fair one  :lol

[david095]

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Hoping to be using my Fazer8 as much as possible over the winter months, any one got tips or nuggets of wisdom/experience on what to use and how to keep it in as good nick as possible?

cheers

David

Get a winter hack and put your F8 in the garage.....ice, snow, sleet, slush, salt, grit, grease......if you come off a winter hack then no worries.
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got a four wheeled winter hack for when it gets proper sh*tty, not that much of an all year rounder - got to be a bit of a compromise there at my age?

[david095]

Hi all, thanks for all the feed back chaps, had never heard of ACF 50 and always had old bikes in the past so never really worried about it too much but seems like its the way to go when weather turns 'salty'

Remarks about brake discs def taken on board both with acf 50 and rusting, might invest in a couple of cans of compressed air for the brakes?

cheers

David

[DryRob]

Or borrow a hair dryer?