Mouldy bike. Another store bike over winter thread.

Discussion in 'Maintenance' started by Muffking, Jan 10, 2014.

  1. Muffking

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    A few days ago i thought the bike was dirty and needed a winter clean after being stood in the garage for 2 months, but when i set to with the cleaning stuff i noticed that it was little growths of mould scattered around the frame and exhaust (basically all the metal bits). They wiped of easily, but they were mainly in the areas that were wet through condensation. Will this cause any damage or corrosion?

    My bike lives in a draughty garage btw.
     
  2. Haggler ®™

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    :eek::eek: I,ve had a cover over mine for a couple of months............best I have a look later!!!!
     
  3. moab78

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    Looked at mine yesterday, also little bits of mould on the tank. Light rusting of the rollers on my eight month old chain too.

    Now washed, rinsed and dried plus a liberal application of GT85 to the chain.
     
  4. Hudson

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    My garage is similar to yours but i use a lot of ACF-50 which in my opinion is the best long term storage liquid for your bike, i also use a cover but have a very small tube heater under the cover on a timer, this provides a decent amount of background heat, i have never had any issues.
     
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