Rust prevention

[uglyducky]

soooooo, i recently moved from hollywood with a garage to santa monica with a bike cover  (anyone live here wanna go in on a garage  ).  anywho, stuff's starting to rust with this lovely salty air and just wondering if there are any measures you guys take to prevent or avoid this. 

[booger]

Bike covers trap moisture, I think that's the biggest part of your problem. Salt air could also be a problem, but it's probably not that salty unless you live right on the beach, and everybody in Santa Monica would have that same problem, and would know what to do to mitigate it. I used to live in FL and cars rust out there due to the salty air, but only after about 30 years of living on the beach and never being washed. A garage is the solution unfortunately, with daily applications of good ole WD and/or many aftermarket SS, hard ano billet or Ti parts. Any bare steel is going to rust anyhow, makes no difference where the bike is kept. I assume your engine/chassis bolts are rusting. You need some SS.

[uglyducky]

ya, mostly just bolts and what not.  nothing too bad but i try to keep the bike lookin purdy.  i'm about 20 blocks from the ocean so i guess i'm not that close really .. .

[ducatiz]

it works.  use it on everything except your chain and rotors.

[uglyducky]

it works.  use it on everything except your chain and rotors.

gonna track it down and buy some now!  thx. 

[uglyducky]

Bike covers trap moisture, I think that's the biggest part of your problem. Salt air could also be a problem, but it's probably not that salty unless you live right on the beach, and everybody in Santa Monica would have that same problem, and would know what to do to mitigate it. I used to live in FL and cars rust out there due to the salty air, but only after about 30 years of living on the beach and never being washed. A garage is the solution unfortunately, with daily applications of good ole WD and/or many aftermarket SS, hard ano billet or Ti parts. Any bare steel is going to rust anyhow, makes no difference where the bike is kept. I assume your engine/chassis bolts are rusting. You need some SS.

what about a storage shed?  do you think that would do the trick?  thinkin about tryin to locate one for the side of the house.

[ducatiz]

the problem is putting it away warm.  a cooling engine wicks moisture.

if it's in an enclosed area, that moisture hangs in the air.

if you can keep the air moving -- i.e. a small exhaust fan, then you are golden.  doesn't have to move much, just enough to exchange the enclosure every couple of hours.  a buddy of mine rigged a small 75 cfm fan on his shed.  did the trick, kept humidity no higher than ambient.

[booger]

Get the S100, go to the Despot and buy a DIY tool shed kit for the boyk, get the fan ducatiz is talking about, plus SS fasteners for your bike. That should do it. Nothing exceeds like excess.

[uglyducky]

Get the S100, go to the Despot and buy a DIY tool shed kit for the boyk, get the fan ducatiz is talking about, plus SS fasteners for your bike. That should do it. Nothing exceeds like excess.

her rent always gets paid before mine.    hahahahahaha