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About 6 months after buying my CB the fork brace started rusting. I'm in the Pacific northwest and it is a bit moist here and I'm by the ocean but the bike is kept in a dry shed. Honda replaced the brace and here it is about 9 months later and it's rusting just like the 1st one. I haven't been back to the dealer yet to see if they will do anything about it this time. I've started keeping a coat of WD40 on it hoping it will keep it from getting worse. Anyone else run into this issue?
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LTR, I've had a similar problem. Haven't really come up with a solution.
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Would you post a picture of it when you get a chance? I'm also in the Pacific Northwest and wondering what I should keep coated. thanks
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LTR or me? You can just see some of the stuff on mine below the indicator in the second picture in [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=4450&pid=66951#pid66951]this post.
There's also some under the triple tree.
If you want close ups, I'll see what I can do for you.
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I see what you mean. thanks
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I'm assuming you guys have had other bikes in the past. Has this happened to you before, maybe due to where you're located, or just with this bike?
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My 1st new bike since I moved to this area but have had lost of bikes. Here are some pictures of the rust.
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Way too small. I can't see anything from those.
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That's not a fork brace. That's your factory triple tree.
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I had those problems living right on the gulf. I spray all the those areas with Motul shine and go wipe off and have not had a problem. I know this works because the guy that loves around the block further from the water has the same rust and he does nothing to prevent it I guess you could use WD-40 as I used that 5 years ago and it worked fine.
