Living in northern US most of my life, I know that even though the roads are clear and dry, they still have the residue of the salt or calcium chloride on them and it gets into every little nook and cranny.
I too have take a quick motorcycle ride on a clear winter day, but I pay for it later when trying to clean out all of the salt residue on the bike.
I normally wait until we've had a couple good rains after the last road treatment.
I'm sure you don't care and just said do it, but thought I would throw it out there for others that may want to wait until after a couple good rains to wash the crap off the roads.
Are you not an ACF 50 fan?
Never heard of ACF-50 until just now. It reads that it's used to stop already existing corrosion, but I would imagine that it may prevent as well. But my issue with the road residue is that it's just a real pain in the arse to clean up afterwards. AND it will lead to corrosion if it gets to bare metal of any kind, including engine cases and transmissions.
Kind of hard to clean some of these areas without a hoist and pressure washer. But in the case of the M3W hitting it with a pressure washer from underneath, you may end up with an interior full of water...
