Tfrank59
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« on: January 19, 2016, 05:50:17 AM » |
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I searched previous posts and found a bunch of stuff but I'm kind of lazy – anybody got a trick like putting wax on there or something, especially during the wet months, to keep the wheels from pitting up? Reason being, due to riding my other bike, a trip overseas in December, and other excuses I neglected to clean my Valk's wheels for a few months and when I finally got to it yesterday it took me over an hour to get the crap off of just my front wheel, and I noticed even then there's like some permanent pitting. After I finally got down to bare metal (it's a 98 tourer, there's no clearcoat), i used mothers and buffed them out nice and then decided to put a little turtle wax on there just in case that might prevent some of the same thing occurring. But if you guys know better trick please let me know it--yeah, you're probably just going to say keep them clean  . And I can live with that, but again if there's something I could buy and put on there that might help prevent this I'd appreciate it. Thanks a lot. |
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Keep the rubber side down. USMC '78-'84
'98 Valkyrie, ‘02 VTX 1800, '96 Royal Star, '06 Drifter, '09 Bonneville, '10 KTM 530, '04 XR 650, '76 Bultaco, '81 CR 450, '78 GS 750...
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Skinhead
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« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2016, 06:33:33 AM » |
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Clean them regularly, and keep them clean.
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« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2016, 07:22:25 AM » |
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Powdercoat them
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Gryphon Rider
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« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2016, 07:51:11 AM » |
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Never rider on salt-covered roads. A December 26th ride many years ago is what messed mine up.
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« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2016, 08:02:00 AM » |
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Clean the existing pitting off with progressively finer grits of wet sandpaper (crocus cloth). I started mine at 80 grit and went to 2000 grit over the course of a weekend.
Then...get yourself some Collinite Metal Wax. You can mix it 50/50 with Mother's Carnauba Paste Wax and apply to the wheels, or apply full strength then follow with a coating of Collinite Insulator Wax. Short of powdercoating or BOM (remember that stuff, old timers?) it's by far the best wheel treatment I've found in terms of longevity.
As a previous poster indicated, riding in salt is verboten for raw aluminum wheels. My Valkyries are up in storage long before Ohio thinks about putting the stuff on our roads.
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Tfrank59
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« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2016, 11:22:59 AM » |
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Ok, thanks for those tips. It's very rare that they salt the roads here in w. Wash, but they did it a few weeks back and I was out in it one day on the girl. Should have turned her right around for home once I saw salt. I'll try the stuff you mentioned --thanks again!
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-Tom
Keep the rubber side down. USMC '78-'84
'98 Valkyrie, ‘02 VTX 1800, '96 Royal Star, '06 Drifter, '09 Bonneville, '10 KTM 530, '04 XR 650, '76 Bultaco, '81 CR 450, '78 GS 750...
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« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2016, 12:04:39 PM » |
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Powder coat, the best. .jpg) |
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« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2016, 04:45:48 PM » |
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Move to AZ. No snow, salt, or rain.
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Tfrank59
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« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2016, 02:32:45 PM » |
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Uh, nope, addicted to the Evergreen State |
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-Tom
Keep the rubber side down. USMC '78-'84
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« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2016, 04:58:26 PM » |
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Wash, wipe, wax, repeat.
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