How to clean white residue from painted spokes

[juno_first]

Im selling a Svartpilen 125 & at only 9 months old it has a white crusty residue on the painted spokes, mostly on the rear wheel. When wet they mostly turn black but after drying they turn white. I kept her inside over winter & only got caught in the rain a couple of times.

Is this corrosion or crap from the road & can the spokes be returned to black, thanks guys.

 

[juno_first]

I used a none scratch dish washing pad with monkey juice bike cleaner & after a rinse with water they mostly turned black. Then after drying returned to this white colour which has a rough crusty feel to it.

 

[juno_first]

Yeah, my thoughts too. I was going test 1 spoke with some wire wool. Wondering how much these corroded spokes devalue the bike as otherwise it's in mint condition.

 

[juno_first]

Yeah would take hours sort out the spokes, getting smooth then painting over, though not ready get another bike until 15th. The front has some corrosion & much better.
Put off spokes now , though suppose they just need looking after with AFC50 or something. Makes Honda Transalp less appealing now but that's over budget anyway.