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Title: Riding in the rain Post by: He Man on May 20, 2008, 12:06:40 PM I ride in this horrifying downpour and my wheels developed these spots. They wont come of without a brillo pad and 3 minutes of scrubing. I soaked my wheel in simple green for a few hours and it still wont come of. Does anyone have any cleaninig recommendations. My wheel looks disgusting. I tried carb cleaner, simple green, detergent, ajax. nothing.
Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: Smiling End on May 20, 2008, 12:40:45 PM Depending on where on the tire the spots are have you tried any tire black products? Something like Armor All or Black Magic.
Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: zarn02 on May 20, 2008, 12:52:34 PM Depending on where on the tire the spots are have you tried any tire black products? Something like Armor All or Black Magic. i'm pretty sure he means on the rim itself, not on the tire. (and no, i have no useful advice. sorry. :P) Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: CDawg on May 20, 2008, 01:07:37 PM He Man,
Got Pic? Have you tried WD-40? Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: KnightofNi on May 20, 2008, 01:39:34 PM more brake dust will help prevent that ;D
Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: DucHead on May 20, 2008, 02:50:20 PM How 'bout kerosene?
Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: mxwinky on May 20, 2008, 07:04:02 PM S-100 cleaner, available at most bike shops. It's da bomb!
Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: He Man on May 20, 2008, 07:13:17 PM S-100 cleaner, available at most bike shops. It's da bomb! yea i tried WD-40. no go. hell i even tried BRAKE FLUID. nothing. (no the brake fluid did not strip the paint or even rub of any black on the towel.) ill snap some pics tomorrow when i try attacking it with some kerosine. Im still trying to figure out waht it is. My swingarm has road grime that i had to use sandpaper to rub of. I need to get that thing coated. Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: Howie on May 20, 2008, 07:40:35 PM Depending on where on the tire the spots are have you tried any tire black products? Something like Armor All or Black Magic. Armor All or any tire shine product on tires is not a good idea, particulaly on bikes. These products make tires slippery. Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: duc996 on May 20, 2008, 07:43:16 PM Weird...wonder what it is? What color is it?
Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: CDawg on May 21, 2008, 04:56:53 AM Im still trying to figure out waht it is. My swingarm has road grime that i had to use sandpaper to rub of. It is the road tar from the newly paved West Side HWY? Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: Smiling End on May 21, 2008, 08:14:11 AM Armor All or any tire shine product on tires is not a good idea, particularly on bikes. These products make tires slippery. Yeah that makes sense. I figured if it was really close to the rim and in a spot where in no possible way would you be riding on it then it would be worth a try. Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: He Man on May 21, 2008, 03:07:20 PM When you use that armor all stuff on your rim, it gets flung when you ride an onto the edge of your wheel. Ask me how i know. [bang]
so this is my rim now. (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2372/2512602698_5c0f9cabd0_b.jpg) and a close up..... (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2305/2512602174_25ded160f7_b.jpg) The right side is after i tried a brillo pad. WTF IS THIS STUFF>??? :-\ Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: Ducnial on May 21, 2008, 06:56:05 PM Its called "white spotting". Caused by harsh chemicals attacking the powercoat. The rain (moisture) caused them to show up, the damage was already done.
Nothing you can do except powercoat. Try some Nu-Finish type car polish, it might help hide them a little. Stay away from wheel cleaners, many contain very harsh chemicals. Sorry man.. Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: duc996 on May 21, 2008, 09:33:45 PM Ouch....nasty looking,good luck getting rid of it,let us know how it turns out.
Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: He Man on May 21, 2008, 09:36:12 PM i guess this is an excuse to get POLISHED RIMS!!!! WOOO. now how the hell do i polish this without breaking an arm or an leg.
acctually, what color do you guys think this rim is of thise MH http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.southbayriders.com/forums/attachment.php%3Fattachmentid%3D9654%26d%3D1125354690&imgrefurl=http://www.southbayriders.com/forums/showthread.php%3Ft%3D17887&h=669&w=750&sz=293&hl=en&start=29&um=1&tbnid=PV4ilRsePl87iM:&tbnh=126&tbnw=141&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dducati%2Brims%26start%3D21%26ndsp%3D21%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DgHO%26sa%3DN Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: duc996 on May 22, 2008, 12:25:06 AM Looks like silver to me,not glossy though.
Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: He Man on May 22, 2008, 09:33:39 AM you think it would look nice if i had a polished rim? or should i go for a color? No point in going black again.
Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: carlosbarrios on May 23, 2008, 07:40:59 AM And I though my white rims sucked. At least when mine get dirty, everything ALWAYS comes right off... sorry to hear, although polished rims will look awesome! Good luck
Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: He Man on May 27, 2008, 02:47:49 PM MUAHHAAH, washed that shit off. GUNK orange engine cleaner. [thumbsup] but there are several large cracks of paint on my rim. :/
I did it by accient. was spraying my engine, and got bored so i tried to use it on my swingarm to get rido of the goo (and damn did it do a good job) and got over spray on my rim. Ended up working beautifully! Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: Smiling End on May 28, 2008, 04:15:01 PM I just saw a TV commercial for Black Magic Titanium. It's supposed to be wheel cleaner safe for all types/materials of wheels and supposed to clean off other gunk. Anyone have any experience with it?
http://www.blackmagicshine.com/products.aspx/14/titanium (http://www.blackmagicshine.com/products.aspx/14/titanium) Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: prudolph on June 04, 2008, 03:38:38 PM clean it off some how , then wax the rim to make cleaning easier in the future.
Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: 55Spy on June 05, 2008, 06:36:57 AM is the spotting raised or does it have any texture to it?
I don't really have any advice others haven't put out there, try the s100 tho I have had luck with it on gunk that was stubborn. Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: c_rex on June 05, 2008, 10:31:13 AM If it were me I'd replace em with BSTs. Oh wait... I did that. Okay then if it were me I'd send them to Nate to have magic performed (a.k.a. paint). Oh wait... I did that with my BSTs. Well- I certainly wouldn't expect some snake oil sold on tv to fix it. If new wheels or a Frosty Finish isn't in your future then try to strip and polish them yourself before having someone else do the same for big money.
Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: He Man on June 16, 2008, 05:10:53 PM If it were me I'd replace em with BSTs. Oh wait... I did that. Okay then if it were me I'd send them to Nate to have magic performed (a.k.a. paint). Oh wait... I did that with my BSTs. Well- I certainly wouldn't expect some snake oil sold on tv to fix it. If new wheels or a Frosty Finish isn't in your future then try to strip and polish them yourself before having someone else do the same for big money. Would a chemical strip remove all the paint? theres already several large cracks in the paint on the rear wheel. The only thing i have a problem with is, how would it look? I dont want shiny bling bling wheels. Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: corey on June 16, 2008, 05:23:20 PM small note on simple green: extremely harmful to aluminum. be careful with that stuff.
Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: He Man on June 16, 2008, 07:08:14 PM small note on simple green: extremely harmful to aluminum. be careful with that stuff. how? I washed my seat cowl (bare alluminum, oxides in 2 hours after polishing) nothing happeend. Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: MotoPsycho on June 19, 2008, 07:05:43 PM What about if you were to scotch brite the hell out of them to get that sweet satin finish and then powdercoat them clear to preserve the finish and protect it ? Seen it done with hot-rod wheels, liked it.
Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: He Man on June 19, 2008, 07:33:01 PM What about if you were to scotch brite the hell out of them to get that sweet satin finish and then powdercoat them clear to preserve the finish and protect it ? Seen it done with hot-rod wheels, liked it. got a pic? Title: Re: Riding in the rain Post by: MotoPsycho on June 20, 2008, 10:21:34 PM centerline autodrag wheels are made like that, I don't have pic
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