Gotta start with sumthin ... !!

[Dragstews]

This went thou a Hurricane ...
Then left sitting for a lonnnnnng time .. !!!

Was a Bad-Boy, got a Kayata Mag on it, S&S heads, big cubies .....

Hummmmmmmmmm

Ya know this is going to be a job to get back to it's glory days ....

[TriNortchopz]

Hurricane:

[Dragstews]

Lol ^^ Yeah ....

Just may be the last dance for this ill fated scooter .. !!

[Dragstews]

Bike number two, just a few feet away from the Black bike didn't fair much better ...

[Guest]

hurricane finds are the new barn finds! Nice score

[hillcat]

Dunno 'bout that. I'll take a barn find covered in birdshit over a hurricane find that's been sitting in saltwater, any day.

EDIT: I guess I'm thinking about flood bikes.

[Tattooo]

What's the sad thing is that it didn't ruin the wheels instead of the motor on the black bike..........

[TriNortchopz]

So Drag, you got those two badly blown bikes now and gonna rebuild them... better then they was?

[Skjoll]

What's the sad thing is that it didn't ruin the wheels instead of the motor on the black bike..........

Hahaha, not a fan of pink nipples?

[Tattooo]

Hahaha, not a fan of pink nipples?

Nope....... LOL Not on a bike.............

[Dragstews]

So Drag, you got those two badly blown bikes now and gonna rebuild them... better then they was?

Their on the way to me ....

Going to tear em down and see how bad the saltwater ate em up...??
Might not be buildable .... but some parts may still be good ...

[Tattooo]

Might not be buildable .... but some parts may still be good ...

Anything is rebuild-able............. You and I have both proved that many times............

[Dragstews]

Anything is rebuild-able............. You and I have both proved that many times............

Both those bikes sit under saltwater for weeks ...
I think the inside will be as bad as the outside looks....



!! ... " Shiver Me Barnacles " ... !!
(Aye, aye Captain, we'll set sail on the morning tide)

[Tattooo]

Both those bikes sit under saltwater for weeks ...
I think the inside will be as bad as the outside looks....

How long ago was that???????

[farmall]

The moral is very simple. STORM SURGE ALWAYS WINS. Don't live in range. One can build a turtleback to put their home on in flood country but storm surge is unstoppable except by geography and what was hit once will be hit again.

Salt water got into every orifice in the frames and forks. All subsequent moisture will form electrolyte unless the cavities are flushed and treated. (A pneumatic spray gun with a needle tip is cheap, and for really tiny holes a football inflator tip clamped in some hose might be the ticket.)

I wisely went USAF instead of Navy but I do read their pubs. Lots of cleaning, water displacing compound and corrosion treatment info lives here:

http://www.navybmr.com/study%20material/NAVAIR%2001-1A-509-2%20(2014).pdf

Please post lots of corrosion porn. I fap to destruction! I expect nearly everything on these is scrap.