10-13-2015, 11:18 AM
My bike has done the exact same thing. I live in San Diego, about 6 miles from the coast, but my bike is always garaged whenever it's not being ridden. Worse than this (and I've been meaning to start a thread on this topic) is I have areas near the bolt heads on the LH side case that are corroding also. I thought that maybe something corrosive from the road splashed up on it, but the corrosion is limited to specific areas directly in the areas of the bolt heads and do not indicate a splash pattern, so I have ruled this out. My 1998 VFR800 horn bracket did the exact same thing, but it took almost 10 years before the condition got bad. Has anyone else on this forum noticed any corrosion around the bolt heads on the LH side case, near the alternator area?
