Cleaning salt off of motorcycles / electronics

[jorah]

Hello BUB Community,

We at mission motors just ran our bike at BUB.  Having a high voltage battery powered bike, we are sensitive to corrosion and very concerned about the amount of salt that we have collected on and in various places.  Can you folks offer us any conventional wisdom about the best way to remove salt from a motorcycle?  Magic fluids? Just plain water?

The team had a great first time visit this year and we are excited to return again next year!

Best regards,

Jorah Wyer
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Mission Motors

[55chevr]

I use Pam ... works okay ... but there is some corrosion even after wash down ... Joe

[John Noonan]

You can clean it however it will never be the same, better throw away the batteries, the motor and probably the controller, save everything else.




Try salt away and the bike will need to completely be pulled apart and detailed..there is a car wash beind the Smiths at the other end of town..

Good Luck.

John

[55chevr]

John there is lot of truth in what you say ... No matter what you do it is going to corrode.

[k.h.]

Boeshield T-9, before you leave home next year.

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Mission:

I say this with a smile, but I'm afraid it's close to the truth:
Measure the overall height of your bike.  Find a fast-running creek that's a few inches deeper than the top of the bike is high.  Park the bike in the creek for a couple of days.  Air dry.

Okay, so that probably won't work.  There's no easy way to keep things safe and clean other than tediously disassembly, I'm afraid to say.

So -- have you folks left the Salt?  I've spent the past few hours asking around to find you -- and having no luck.  If you're still out here -- let me know.  I'd like photos for the Gallery on this site.

[Wester]

I've been told the car wash below Smith's recycles their water.  Use it as a firs resort.  The best advice is flush, don't blast the ssalt off.  You don't want the brine blasted into hard to get at spots.

[1212FBGS]

ain't nothin better than a complete tear down......
kent

[Freud]

ain't nothin realistic but a compete tear down........


or sell it on eBay.

FREUD

[manta22]

Salt or no salt, a teardown after a racing season is over is good insurance. Cracks, bent or broken bolts, missing fasteners, etc are easier to find if the car or bike is disassembled. It makes cleaning & inspection lots easier.

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

[theazoldcrow]

Even my ole' street ride gets a complete douchin' after Speed Week.   And I just use it as a pit bike, and to the Salt Flat Cafe... Complete disasembly is the only way to go!      Crow.

[k.h.]

CRC Electromotive Quick Cleaner on your electrical parts and connections when you're cleaning up contact points after the teardown.  

[landracing]

Gently Remove the body work, using a some type of lift, then gently roll NEW chassis with NEW batteries and NEW motors installed under the body, then lower the body work back on the bike.... see all done ready to go for next season. Makes cleanup easy...

JonAmo

[Bob Drury]

  The real question here is how to remove the crust from Dr. Freud................

[landsendlynda]

If you remove the crust, there will be nothing left but tiny little crustys!

Lynda