Clip ons

[guest288]

Im a bit confused- I have a set of clip-ons for my xbr and they're either alloy or aluminium? Im halfway through polishing them up and wondering how i protect them from the weather?

[Steve Lake]

difficult one.....they are alloy...(pure aluminium is too soft) .. get them polished up and laquer them...looks good and stays shiny....until the laquer chips...then they progressively get horrible as they tarnish/oxidise in the chips...and it's impossible the polish them up because of the laquer.....so it's just a case of polishing them ocasionally and forget the laquer

[guest288]

Cheers Steve, I thought that might be the case.

Once they're polished and on the bike, obviously they will be harder to keep polished- any recommendations on what gear to use?  Somebody said about ACF50 (?) but i think this is a thin type of oil a bit like WD40.  Will Autosol be any good?

[Steve Lake]

well, yes, i've got some ac50....it seems to work ok.....it is similar to wd40....it should be good, it's bluddy expensive

[guest288]

Sounds like I'm doomed for a life of polishing...