Hi all, I would appreciate any suggestions you may have regarding corrosion on my 2014 California 1400 Touring. My bike has only 1,600 miles and is always garaged. The fork sliders have areas of whitish discoloration, which I assume is corrosion under the clear coat. I'm guessing the only solution is to have them stripped and refinished, which would be a major operation. Also, the engine valve covers have dulled and don't look new. Have any of you dealt with this? Sorry if this has been covered already. Thanks for any guidance. Norm
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California 1400 - Corrosion Issues
The valve covers will polish up nicely with some elbow grease and a proprietary metal polish such as Solvol Autosol or Nevr Dull. The fork lowers on the other hand would require either flatting back the clear coat and polishing (possible in situ) or removing the forks and have the lowers stripped and powder coated as I did. Good opportunity to upgrade to Matris, (check out the store tab).
