Two wheels good.

[Jerzy Woking]

Update time.

After several miles along a road that looked like a mud track Strumpet was disgusting & Hornet wasn't much better from general use.

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Seeing those two has made me so grateful I don't have to ride on such shit covered roads.

I used to hose my bike down when arriving at work in the winter, as clean water sprayed over it cleared the salt as well as any chemical sprays.

[Hooli]

Aye, no luxuries like a hose at my work so its just a coating of ACF-50 & see what falls off come springtime.

[Jerzy Woking]

Never had any luck with ACF50. First can shed its nozzle on the first push, and I could not get it back in.

Second can purchased the next winter, and sprayed the ratty GS500 I bought a couple of weeks before. Bike knackered its engine after two and a half commutes totalling just over 300 miles (what did I expect for £50?). bought another shitter for the commute, went to ACF50 coat it, and no propellant left in the 3/4 full can.

Resorted to the hose after that, and now don't even have to do that.

Here is what a £50 GS looked like. Wasted hours cleaning the ungrateful fucker too

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[Hooli]

I've used it for a few years now, it does seem to help. My GSX14 was already ruined before I started to use the stuff, but oddly a good soaking left all winter actually improved some of the surfaces as it appears to get under the corrosion. I do redo it after washing the bike in winter, no matter what the gumpf says about only hot washes removing it. Plus I use warm water so I can still feel my hands afterwards.

[Hooli]

Reminds me of cleaning the Hornet the first time, but that was 1/4" thick gunk of the rear wheel. Took an hour or so with a stiff brush & degreaser to get it off. I thought it had black wheels, turns out they are charcoal grey.

[brandersnatch]

Never had any luck with ACF50. First can shed its nozzle on the first push, and I could not get it back in.

Second can purchased the next winter, and sprayed the ratty GS500 I bought a couple of weeks before. Bike knackered its engine after two and a half commutes totalling just over 300 miles (what did I expect for £50?). bought another shitter for the commute, went to ACF50 coat it, and no propellant left in the 3/4 full can.

Resorted to the hose after that, and now don't even have to do that.

Here is what a £50 GS looked like. Wasted hours cleaning the ungrateful fucker too

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Probably a result it went pop. One of the worse bikes I’ve ever ridden. I ride one from Wimbledon to central London and back and that was enough. Hateful bloody thing. Uncomfortable, slow rattly. Just horrible.
ACF50 has always worked for me. Never had a problem with it. Of course I don’t have to use it now as I don’t get the bike out of the garage if there’s salt on the road

[Jerzy Woking]

I bought two, £50 for the one that blew, and £150 for the other with the intention of swapping all the best bits on it onto the other. Canned that after the first commute. Horrible piece of shite.

Sold the pair for £250 to my mechanic mate who did what I planned, and sold it on.

[AutoshiteBoy]

Right. New Years Resolution is that I want a motorbike licence. Tell me what I need and what I need to know or rather, consider.

[Hooli]

CBT first.
Theory test.
DAS course to do the two parts of the test.

Speak to a local training school as most of it can only be done with an approved instructor.

[DodgeRover]

Right. New Years Resolution is that I want a motorbike licence. Tell me what I need and what I need to know or rather, consider.

Training from Warren I would have thought?