We have a biker chum who provides a bike cleaning and ACF50 protection service, he frequently comes down and works from our place in Newbury. He's done quite a lot of work for people on various bike forum, Sreet Triple, CB1000 PolishBikers, Fazer Owners' Club etc. so has a good reputation already.
Slick, the owner and operator of ALL YEAR BIKER travels all the way down from Durham to our place in Berkshire and other venues 'dahn sarf' to give you an idea of his commitment. He's been riding for years and currently has a 55,000 mile, yet totally immaculate, Bandit 1200.
Shortly after moving up to the North East I opened Romic Coatings Ltd. From an industrial unit in Shildon we provide wet spray painting and coatings to local steel and fabrication companies.
...it's been suggested a few times that I could use spray equipment to offer some form of anti-corrosion service to other bikers. I really liked the idea of that and looked into the sort of service I could provide. So the 'All Year Biker' idea came about. The aim is to offer as high a standard of protection for motorbikes against corrosion as is available on the market today. Having researched and tested ACF-50 I believe, in combination with the pressure spray equipment we use, that this is the best you can get. The interest generated during the first couple of weeks meant that going mobile was the next logical step.
This stuff was developed to protect US Navy planes against a lifetime of sea spray and salt corrosion so it really will look after the bits of your bike you can't get to.
If you come down to our place when he's here (you'll need to book in with him to be sure of a place), all you have to do is fill your selves with free bacon rolls and tea and chat while he does the work. Or if you want to go for a wander, the town centre is a ten minute walk away and ProBike Yamaha/Suzuki is a five minute walk away.
he has other venues around the country he visits, one near Bristol, Molesworth near Peterborough, also Bolton. Also, if you're 60 miles or less from Darlington, he will come out to you.
Last weekend we had another visit, guys from the CB1000 forum and someone from the local IAM group all chuffed with their shiny bikes and a steady supply of bacon rolls, tea and biscuits. £45 well spent which will save them a few hundred quid in depreciation and keep the bikes alive over the winter.
I got my Fazer done after not cleaning it at all since the last time it was treated at the start of the year and I couldn't believe how well it's come up again, this stuff really DOES work!
There's probably going to be another day here in about four or five weeks and of course there are other venues about the country as well.
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