Those of you who live in the Pacific Northwest, particularly along the coast, know that just about anything metal you leave outside will be rusted in very short order. The mild temperatures and moist climate tend to encourage such things.
If the paint on something gets chipped or scratched, you can about guarantee it’s going to be rusting before long. Well, where might you expect to find chipped or scratched paint? On a motorcycle!
We had some decent clear weather recently, so I decided to take the opportunity to try and clean up some of the rust on my motorcycle. Some of it was there due to dropping the bike, or rocks causing chips in the paint, but there was quick a large amount of rust on the rear rack, that seemed to just come with a poor paint job from the aftermarket manufacturer!
So, I went to work with a wire brush on the dremel tool to try and grind away some of the rust in various little spots on the frame of the bike, and took more expansive rust, like on the rack, to a friend’s house, who happens to have a grit blasting chamber.
After blasting and cleaning and a few coats of spray paint, the rack was looking pretty shiny!
Now, I didn’t have time to disassemble the whole bike, clean every last bit of rust on the thing, repaint, and re-assemble, but I did cover a lot of ground, and every bit helps in maintaining it!
