If you don't want to go down the compressor route then try one of these, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flairosol-...038890&sr=8-1&keywords=flairosol+spray+bottle It produces a very fine mist, which is what you want when applying ACF-50. It's a good idea to warm it first but I used one last year and it did a decent job, much better than the aerosol or their own spray bottle.
So I’ve ordered one of these misting bottles and the bottle of ACF-50. I’m going to be even more busy than I thought I as going to be.
Ideally, yes, but the real question is whether you do it naked. The bike, that is. Fairings on or off?
If I were to be doing this, I'd definitely take the lower fairings/belly pan off. It's in those tighter, concealed areas where corrosion would take effect without protection. A small inconvenience for added protection.
I was like that at first. Perhaps fearing my own incompetence or the prospect of stripping a screw thread or whatever. After doing it a couple of times - on various bikes - it really is a no brainer. Just about as easy as changing a pair of the old Calvin Kleins, but without finding the intrusive creepy crawlies - well, for me anyway!
I took the fairings off to do the ACF-50 treatment last year. It isn't as straightforward as it should be on the 2017, too many interlocking pieces of plastic and those plastic pop fasteners are a bit of a joke. I was hoping to get away with not taking them off this year. Maybe I'll just remove the belly pan, which isn't too bad. All Year Biker don't bother, of course, but they do use a compressor and spray gun.
I appreciate its all about understanding the procedure, technique, patience and being methodical - confidence without unnecessary force etc etc. The thing that gets me with the fairings on the CBR is that they’re overly complicated and flimsy. Honda would argue making them out of multiple sections helps keep the price down for replacements (a joke in itself) and its all about weight saving (which is lame at best). The fairings of my previous bike were so much more straight forward and suitable self supporting that it didn’t feel like you were trying to nail three sheets of jelly to the wall. I was talking to a guy at the weekend who had copy fairings that look identical to mine but the whole side was in one piece and I thought why not Mr Honda. Rest assured I wont be put off and they’ll be removed for the ACF application its just not something I’ll be looking forward to and relieved once its over. Bit like going to the dentist really
Crap!! Nothing like going to the dentist - unless you have a glamour dental nurse holding the fairings!! (Have I infringed 'political correctness'?)
Fairing removal is a PITA. I'm always scared I will snap one of the tabs and the panels will never sit right again.
Exactly - the conspiracy theorist in me thinks Honda do it on purpose so you do break them and then have to spend more of your hard earned on new
Given what a pain it is to take the fairings off and, more importantly, put them back on again, I don't think I'm going to bother this year. If the bike is properly washed after an ACF-50 treatment it ought to be reapplied and I'm definitely not doing the fairing on off pantomime every time I wash my bike over the Winter. With the help of a fine mist spray I think I can get a decent covering and if I don't cover everything I can't see, well I can't see it so I won't worry too much about it.
once the roads have been salted thats my bike away for the winter, ACF clean etc, I could do with an off roader or similar for winter, I just do not get the same pleasure wondering if I am going to slide off, then all the cleaning when you get home
Likewise mine will be kept away until the spring once those pesky gritters have done their worst. Problem is that unlike many (mentioning no names @nigelrb ) my blade resides in a less than temperature and humidity controlled palace . So the ACF is more for general dampness/condensation protection
Agree about the ACF. A forum member once posted about this subject, and he wraps his bike in a swimming pool liner sealed with alligator clips or similar with a small caravan heater/dehumidifier inside the wrapping. I reproduce his pic:
