STUPID ME..... the rust found me....
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STUPID ME..... the rust found me....
So i got my nightster last summer. And I live in the lovelt midwest. Well i stored my bike for the winter and always used proper cleaners. DUMB me did not realize i should have some "wax" on my spokes and chrome to keep from rusting.
Well i pulled my bike out today and there is rust on my spokes and even some showing on other places.
Needless to say i am VERY unhappy. And its mainly the rear wheel not the front. And I always dried it with a blower.
OWell just venting.
Not to mention I have been waiting a month for my short shots that still havent came in.
Darn warm weather getting me all excited.
SO i was thinking of getting some wheels for my nightster. Like some tribal spike looking things?? I dont really know. Any ideas??
Thanks for reading my useless Yapping
Well i pulled my bike out today and there is rust on my spokes and even some showing on other places.
Needless to say i am VERY unhappy. And its mainly the rear wheel not the front. And I always dried it with a blower.
OWell just venting.
Not to mention I have been waiting a month for my short shots that still havent came in.
Darn warm weather getting me all excited.
SO i was thinking of getting some wheels for my nightster. Like some tribal spike looking things?? I dont really know. Any ideas??
Thanks for reading my useless Yapping
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03-16-2008, 06:08 PM
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RE: STUPID ME..... the rust found me....
My bike was fine when I pulled it out of the basement this year, but when I started it for the first time after it's wash it blew rusty water all over my sprocket. [:@] anyone know how to clean the factory sprocket off a nightster? It's half black with a polished ring in the middle and the bare aluminum is tarnishing. I dont wana mess up the black but i wana spiff up the aluminum.
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03-16-2008, 06:48 PM
RE: STUPID ME..... the rust found me....
Bummer... I dont know about your wheel choice, I have a cast rear wheel but I would rather have a spoke like my front. You can clean that rust off with steel wool prolly...
ORIGINAL: OWTKAST cpt
So i got my nightster last summer. And I live in the lovelt midwest. Well i stored my bike for the winter and always used proper cleaners. DUMB me did not realize i should have some "wax" on my spokes and chrome to keep from rusting.
Well i pulled my bike out today and there is rust on my spokes and even some showing on other places.
Needless to say i am VERY unhappy. And its mainly the rear wheel not the front. And I always dried it with a blower.
OWell just venting.
Not to mention I have been waiting a month for my short shots that still havent came in.
Darn warm weather getting me all excited.
SO i was thinking of getting some wheels for my nightster. Like some tribal spike looking things?? I dont really know. Any ideas??
Thanks for reading my useless Yapping
So i got my nightster last summer. And I live in the lovelt midwest. Well i stored my bike for the winter and always used proper cleaners. DUMB me did not realize i should have some "wax" on my spokes and chrome to keep from rusting.
Well i pulled my bike out today and there is rust on my spokes and even some showing on other places.
Needless to say i am VERY unhappy. And its mainly the rear wheel not the front. And I always dried it with a blower.
OWell just venting.
Not to mention I have been waiting a month for my short shots that still havent came in.
Darn warm weather getting me all excited.
SO i was thinking of getting some wheels for my nightster. Like some tribal spike looking things?? I dont really know. Any ideas??
Thanks for reading my useless Yapping
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RE: STUPID ME..... the rust found me....
ORIGINAL: Bradley Jones
My bike was fine when I pulled it out of the basement this year, but when I started it for the first time after it's wash it blew rusty water all over my sprocket. [:@] anyone know how to clean the factory sprocket off a nightster? It's half black with a polished ring in the middle and the bare aluminum is tarnishing. I dont wana mess up the black but i wana spiff up the aluminum.
My bike was fine when I pulled it out of the basement this year, but when I started it for the first time after it's wash it blew rusty water all over my sprocket. [:@] anyone know how to clean the factory sprocket off a nightster? It's half black with a polished ring in the middle and the bare aluminum is tarnishing. I dont wana mess up the black but i wana spiff up the aluminum.
XL100 bike wash should clean it up nice,maybe some alum. polish on the bare alum.
Brasso would work well too, it's a metal polish and you can get it almost anywhere