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652cafe YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 19 A sunny place for shady people Gender:	White corrosion / marks on fork legs 10/20/15 at 12:45:50 Anyone have any tips on getting rid of this ?? This seems to have appeared almost "overnight". It's only on the leading face of the forks, not around the sides or rear, chalky yet resistant. Tried Mothers Mag and Aluminum polish...no result.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: White corrosion / marks on fork legs Reply #1 - 10/20/15 at 13:19:13 you have mag worms.
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norm92de Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1180 El Paso TX Gender:	Re: White corrosion / marks on fork legs Reply #2 - 10/20/15 at 15:37:44 Go to the local mosque they will be able to read it
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652cafe YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 19 A sunny place for shady people Gender:	Re: White corrosion / marks on fork legs Reply #3 - 10/20/15 at 15:40:00 Sounds like a disease ! I'm thinking I need to get some Scotchbrite polishing disks and remove the clear ?
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: White corrosion / marks on fork legs Reply #4 - 10/20/15 at 16:09:34 Aircraft stripper to remove the clear coat
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Gary_in_NJ Serious Thumper Offline LS650 Cafe Racer Posts: 2633 Amongst the Twisty Roads	Re: White corrosion / marks on fork legs Reply #5 - 10/20/15 at 18:46:07 Cracked clear coat. The only fix is to remove the clear coat, a big job (to get right) and then must be maintained with regular polishing. If you can live with the damaged clear, you'll be much happier.
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Re: White corrosion / marks on fork legs
Reply #6 - 10/20/15 at 19:05:26

Thanks Gary...I wish I could say I would be happy to leave this alone but it bugs the hell out of me. I would not mind having to polish the bare aluminum every few weeks if it means I have shiny clean forks ! I have never seen this before on any bike I have owned, no matter how long...and I have only had this bike 7 months and it was REALLY clean when I got it. I'm guessing it had just been cleared as part of the build, but was not done well enough to resist the elements for any period of time.

I'm just looking for the best way to get to bare metal now...

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: White corrosion / marks on fork legs Reply #7 - 10/20/15 at 19:28:01 Use the aircraft stripper to remove the clear coat. It'll save you a whole lot of effort and leave the finish as it. then you can either match it or do what you want. and if you want it permanent, clear powder coat.
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Art Webb Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3007 columbus, Texas Gender:	Re: White corrosion / marks on fork legs Reply #8 - 10/20/15 at 20:39:15 Fork gaiters Then you won't see the clear coat, so it won't bug you
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: White corrosion / marks on fork legs Reply #9 - 10/20/15 at 20:53:23 You might try some 1,000 grit and water. Torn into strips, work it like shining a shoe. Then shoot clear on it. You might get away with that. Wait till that spider web look hits the engine.. That took a buncha time.
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jcstokes Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com is very useful Posts: 2119 Mauku New Zealand Gender:	Re: White corrosion / marks on fork legs Reply #10 - 10/20/15 at 22:39:49 652, if you think that's bad, you should see mine. Watch some of the el cheapo chrome on the mirror arms, if they're still stock.
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Re: White corrosion / marks on fork legs
Reply #11 - 10/21/15 at 00:38:57

It's a type of fresh water crevice corrosion. It's known as vermiform corrosion. Versy is right, aircraft stripper, polish, and then clear pc is the answer, if you're inclined to do something about it. I've got some of this going on too, but it's part of the personality of the bike. I say leave it unless you're going to do the entire thing, fork legs, engine cases, pulley cover, etc...otherwise you'll spend a ton of time and frustration chasing these worm tracks as they spread over the life of the bike.

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Re: White corrosion / marks on fork legs
Reply #12 - 10/21/15 at 03:21:43

It does seem like the clear coat on the Savage is not very durable. Once the white streaks grow....the white is replaced with a spotty black corrosion that goes deep into the aluminum.

I stripped my engine cases and wheel of the clearcoat, and buffed them to a bright shine. (Aircraft stripper, sanding with 400/600,1,000 and buff). If your bike doesn't sit outside and get wet or damp often, the aluminum holds up fine and only needs to be polished a couple times a year. It does waterspot - so when you wash the bike you need to rinse well, use a leaf blower and get all the water off you can, towel dry, then go for a ride to blow everything off.

I have not done my fork legs yet.....maybe this winter.

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652cafe YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 19 A sunny place for shady people Gender:	Re: White corrosion / marks on fork legs Reply #13 - 10/21/15 at 05:39:01 Thanks for all the tips Guys. So far it is just on the forks, not the motor. The bike really is in beautiful shape, so it's worth the effort to me to keep it clean. Looks like I'll be taking it down to bare aluminum with some chemicals, water, grit and elbow grease !
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Re: White corrosion / marks on fork legs
Reply #14 - 10/22/15 at 00:02:47

652cafe wrote on 10/21/15 at 05:39:01:

Thanks for all the tips Guys. So far it is just on the forks, not the motor. The bike really is in beautiful shape, so it's worth the effort to me to keep it clean. Looks like I'll be taking it down to bare aluminum with some chemicals, water, grit and elbow grease !

I think that would make a great YouTube video series. hint hint.

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