Swingarm damper(or whatever we call it?) plate

[4s2many]

Greetings!, i’m brandnew here with my girl: ‘01 I/S 64k. Hoping for some experience based discussion on the swingarm and it’s riveted damper? plate. While replacing the alternator i see rust on this plate as well as on some of the battery box pieces. Also i see no battrybox drain line

[RonW]

battery box has no drain. It's plastic and so you can drill it yourself but I don't see a reason for a drain. If you have rust in that area (under the seat) something is massively wrong like the bike was previously stored in a river or it's actually caked on dust instead of rust. Does your battery box still have the oem cover and strap (photo below)? Best wishes.

[4s2many]

Thanks for the help! The Plastic factory Battry box has a drain nipple and is drilled, suppose drain is for condensation/whatnot. Wish i could post pics: file size wont let me. So the only rust is on this riveted cover plate, top one only, the bottom one has zero rust.
My question: Is removing these what appears to be cosmetic plates a thing? Seems like they would trap moisture and exacerbate rust?
So drill those rivets?

[da prez]

Why do you want to remove it. The piece I'm thinking of is plastic.
   da prez

[4s2many]

Can anyone explain how to get a pic off an i phone that’s not megapixel huge.
1000kb per pic too small for this phone.
So much better to show this issue

[Valker]

I email the picture to myself. When I attach it to the email, it askes me what size I want to send. I choose small usually. I save it from my received email then upload.

[Chrisj CMA]

I email the picture to myself. When I attach it to the email, it askes me what size I want to send. I choose small usually. I save it from my received email then upload.

Doing that degrades the image a lot. Use a host site like postimages and you can upload full size pictures directly from your phones photo library and paste them in your post

[4s2many]

Super info ThankYou
Sure wish mine looked that good!
So the real question is still a question!
And about those dang pics: i changed the size to get them down to 100-200kp and they are jpegs.
Message after i try to post: must be in jpeg format.
What ever happen to “plug and play”?
Oh BTW I’m and Apple user: is that the prob?

[..]

Thanks for the help! The Plastic factory Battry box has a drain nipple and is drilled, suppose drain is for condensation/whatnot. Wish i could post pics: file size wont let me. So the only rust is on this riveted cover plate, top one only, the bottom one has zero rust.
My question: Is removing these what appears to be cosmetic plates a thing? Seems like they would trap moisture and exacerbate rust?
So drill those rivets?

https://postimages.org/

Create an account using the SIGN UP box top right.

Create a new gallery by clicking on the box towards the top left

Upload photos. Do a max of up to 8 at a time or it can take too long.

Once uploaded put your cursor on the image you want to put on the VRCC forum

Now move your cursor to the symbol to left of the trash bin symbol
Click on it
Now copy the "Hotlink" for forums.

Now go to the VRCC post you want the photo to appear in and right click and paste.

Once you then post your comment the photo should appear for all to see.

[4s2many]

Very very nice instructions, and thanks much for the time, expertise, and patients it took you.
I must Learn to face up to this reality: It i can’t just copy and paste from my pics: it’s too much for me to do and still have peace in my life. AFTERALL: don’t we all have our Valk’s because they are not a “computer” bike!? 
Hahahahahaha i even tried to use these imojis that didnt work; send me back to Jusasic Park plz
Having much fun with my inabilities i hope ya’ll are too!