Rusty Nomad

[mrbreeze]

I am seeing rust showing up on my 2010 Nomad. I have no idea why. I have owned about 25 motorcycles, never had a rust problem before. The bike is kept relatively clean and it is garaged. I live in Middle Tennessee, not near the ocean. I do not ride in the winter when there is salt on the roads.

I bought the bike last September and it only had 3221 miles on it. I did not notice any rust at that time. The rust is showing up in various places on the frame.

[skullbagger]

maybe a possible leak or overfill of the brake fluid in that resovoir in your pic.
just thinking- I see some corrosion on your crash bar too. on the weld directly under the resovoir

[Top Cat]

It is a 2010 and you bought it last September.
I would bet the previous owner didn't take as good care of it as you do.
He probably covered the rust or removed it long enough to sell it.

[Rasta]

7 year old bike so going to have chipped paint leading to rust. Clean up and repaint rusty spot I would say

[mrbreeze]

there are several rusty spots on the lower part of the frame. Both Sides. Very bad under the saddle bags. I think I am going to take the bags off Saturday and ride it to the dealership where I bought it (it was sold on consignment) and see what they think.

[redjay]

Maybe the bike was flood salvaged ?

[MarkinFairfax]

MrBreeze, is your chrome pitted and rusty too? Mine is. When I took the headlight lens ring off the inside of the headlight was rusted pretty bad. I wire brushed it and rustolumed the inside of it hoping to arrest the corrosion. I have been able to clean up most of the front ends chrome pits and rust using Quick Glo which I saw on Jay Leno's Garage but some of the deep pitting is just going to have to be replaced or powder coated Bengal Silver. The rust on the frame will need to be wire brushed and repainted probably flat black and then use a product call BoShield which can be found at most boating supply stores to try and prevent more rust. I would be careful getting too aggressive in cleaning up those hydraulic brake hose clamps.Your Nomad is 7 yrs. old now maybe you can make a deal with your dealer to remove the rusty clamps and replace them with new ones the are stainless steel?

[Luvernekaw]

Have you ever noticed guys (and girls) out riding on a nice day in the winter? This is often the result. Salt "dust" still on the road, add a little moisture via humidity or condensation and there you have it. My guess would be the previous owner probably had her out in the winter.
Another cause we see is bikes stored with farm chemicals or fertilizer. Some type of reaction happens. More likely the problem with chrome pitting. We see this very often with ATV's. One thing I'm fairly certain about is that it isn't a manufacturing defect.

[mrbreeze]

I was doing some cleaning and polishing the other day, and discovered some pitting in the chrome on the mirrors. You have to look really close to see it, but it's there.

I don't think this is a manufacturing defect either. I blame myself. I am used to riding bikes like V-Stroms. Lots of plastic and aluminum, no chrome at all. Apparently I need to work a lot harder to keep this bike clean. And that is not a good thing, as Mrs. Breeze complains everytime I do anything with the bike. You would think it was my second wife or something. That and the fact that I just don't have a lot of time for bike polishing. I have a 24x24 garage that is so full of crap that I can barely get the bike in it. Does anyone want to by some antique furniture? Help a brother out? ;o)

This is the left passenger floor board bracket. I took it off the other day and wire brushed it and put some rust dissolver on it. It looks a lot better now.