What did you do to your motorcyle today?

[azr]

Well it was only a matter of time I suppose.......  very good young grasshopper, very good....

[trevor]

Done...chain, sprockets, rear rotor, pads, fork seals and new tires. And final cleaning.
Thanks to Mark for spending his Sunday in my garage giving me a hand.

[Glenn]

Did you put on some Shinko's? It looks a little too clean though!

[trevor]

Did you put on some Shinko's? It looks a little too clean though!

Shinkos it is!! Lol...I'm being thrifty with this one.
Too clean is right....Funny Robe sent me a text saying "oh yeah, mine would be that clean too but I actually ride mine"...

[Wheels]

Doing some final detailing and removing blemishes from the XLCR   June picked up the new windscreen from Sumas yesterday and waiting for a couple little pieces to come through the mail/courier system.   Hoping to have her ready for some February sprints weather providing
Here is a couple quick picks from tonight.

[trevor]

Looking great John, looking forward to seeing it in the flesh.

[milt]

Doing some final detailing and removing blemishes from the XLCR   June picked up the new windscreen from Sumas yesterday and waiting for a couple little pieces to come through the mail/courier system.   Hoping to have her ready for some February sprints weather providing
Here is a couple quick picks from tonight.

Now thats a beautiful classic .Well done.

[1000J]

not too exciting but finally got the carbs installed on the H1 as well as the new clutch release out of Germany, a really nice piece 

[bajaman]

Doing some final detailing and removing blemishes from the XLCR   June picked up the new windscreen from Sumas yesterday and waiting for a couple little pieces to come through the mail/courier system.   Hoping to have her ready for some February sprints weather providing
Here is a couple quick picks from tonight.

WOW nice job John..thing looks like brand new....Any ideas how to bring back the motor color black without repainting?
My new GPZ has good paint..but faded?

If Chris sees this post he may have an idea also..

[bajaman]

not too exciting but finally got the carbs installed on the H1 as well as the new clutch release out of Germany, a really nice piece 

Like always....you are the master!!!

Nice,nice,nice....and it's a kawasaki !!!

Check the post I put up with John's bike...see if you have any ideas with my problem. 

[Billy D]

That looks pretty dam nice ! Wow ....

[Wheels]

Very very nice Chris!

Mike on the faded black I learned a quick trick from Chris and Trevor a couple years ago and it works good is Pledge Metal spray.   Pledge now has more variants than the old Lemon Pledge.  I learned this from Chris whilst watching him doing a 10 minute detailing on his bike at Trevors place one rainy morning in Victoria.   In the old days I would use Armor all and wipe everything down after a few minutes.
Pledge has two bonuses that I see,  not extreme shine, not too slippery and it doesnt seem to attract grit whereas Armor all seems like a magnet to dirt.
 
Depending on the state of fade a little bit of 2000 grit sandpaper mixed with a white paste polish like mothers or Autosol to make it less abrasive on the paint will bring them up a bit. Just put a bit of the polish on the offending part and sand over the polish as if you were wet sanding the part. Dont do this on shiny painted parts unless you want to clearcoat or spend much time waxing and polishing the shine back.  White paste wax is also a great way to remove orange peel on paint jobs and small blemishes but be prepared to use elbow grease waxing back that shine.  Always nice when you can start seeing your own face in the part you are cleaning up.    Try it first on something that is out of eyesight first just to get a feel.

Thats how I make my blacks blacker and I am sure others have their ways also but thats what I do.    Nothing makes that aluminium or chrome stand out more than a black background.

John

[Wheels]

not too exciting but finally got the carbs installed on the H1 as well as the new clutch release out of Germany, a really nice piece 

I just mentioned to June that I wonder what Kawasaki would of had to charge back in the day if they made them that detailed right from the factory?
Quality work indeed.

[bajaman]

Very very nice Chris!

Mike on the faded black I learned a quick trick from Chris and Trevor a couple years ago and it works good is Pledge Metal spray.   Pledge now has more variants than the old Lemon Pledge.  I learned this from Chris whilst watching him doing a 10 minute detailing on his bike at Trevors place one rainy morning in Victoria.   In the old days I would use Armor all and wipe everything down after a few minutes.
Pledge has two bonuses that I see,  not extreme shine, not too slippery and it doesnt seem to attract grit whereas Armor all seems like a magnet to dirt.
 
Depending on the state of fade a little bit of 2000 grit sandpaper mixed with a white paste polish like mothers or Autosol to make it less abrasive on the paint will bring them up a bit. Just put a bit of the polish on the offending part and sand over the polish as if you were wet sanding the part. Dont do this on shiny painted parts unless you want to clearcoat or spend much time waxing and polishing the shine back.  White paste wax is also a great way to remove orange peel on paint jobs and small blemishes but be prepared to use elbow grease waxing back that shine.  Always nice when you can start seeing your own face in the part you are cleaning up.    Try it first on something that is out of eyesight first just to get a feel.

Thats how I make my blacks blacker and I am sure others have their ways also but thats what I do.    Nothing makes that aluminium or chrome stand out more than a black background.

John

Thanks for the info..just one question...I can't find Pledge metal spray...did you mean milt spray?
I have also used lemon pledge on the paint on my bikes.

[Twisted_Twin]

Back when I was flipping cars on the side, Pledge furniture polish was one of my best secrets.

A nice buff with some pledge furniture polish would make a tired paint job look awesome, for about a week.

Some gravel guard in the wheel wells, a nice coat of SEM trim black on the faded trim and a bit of tire dressing on that tired vinyl roof and you've got yourself a pristine barn-find classic car!

A small can of brake fluid in a slipping automatic transmission would make it shift like new. For a while.

A handful of sawdust in the oil will shut up a noisy differential or manual gearbox.

Some black pepper in the leaky radiator and she's good as new.

I'm a better person now, 'cause Karma is a bitch.