show off your bike

RedStormV · Post by **RedStormV** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:18 am

That'd be Lee .. dreamin' again !!!!!!!!

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Stormin Ben · Post by **Stormin Ben** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:05 am

RedStormV wrote:As Chris has said, good old elbow grease and a bit of polish.
Wire brush (manual or drill) and wire wool if they're really bad.

Nooo!
Dont whatever you do use wire wool or wire brush -you'll strip off any of the stainless coating thats left

If you've got the patience then the polishing/ autosol method gives the brightest finish (for a while)
I used the green scouring pad and plenty of wd40 (brilliant all purpose muck shifter by the way)
Came up really well and is also lasting well too

Stormin Ben · Post by **Stormin Ben** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:11 am

clayderman wrote:Here's mine, doesn't seem to be that many blue ones about

Like that colour a lot
And thats big praise indeed from someone who owns the best colour VTR

Its got a new bellypan and different tyres on now but other than that its unchanged from this shot
Probably hasnt been cleaned since this was taken either

RedStormV · Post by **RedStormV** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:47 pm

Ben,

If you read the post, I did say if they're really bad - I've seen plenty where the only hope left for them is wire brush / wire wool to start with!

I would have thought it quite obvious to anyone but a complete numpty that surface rust /discolouration is tackled with the least abrasive method initially and preferably on an area that's not on show! and then guaging their effectiveness, continue, or change to more or less abbrasive methods!

Hope that's clear to any numpties reading.

RedStormV · Post by **RedStormV** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:33 pm

Oooooh

Was I a tad bit 'Abrasive'?

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Well tough

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newbie2 · Post by **newbie2** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:06 pm

here is my daughter loving the new bike

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:24 am

Thats an exceedingly well colour matched Powerbronze bellypan.

storminateacup · Post by **storminateacup** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:56 am

Shouldn't that child be wearing protective clothing

Sunglasses at the very least

yanto · Post by **yanto** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:36 pm

come on how scared was you that she would fall off

when i pit my kids on the bike to have a picture its step back click grab

newbie2 · Post by **newbie2** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:26 pm

my girlfriend had just stepped away and was just out of shot while i quickly took it.

newbie2 · Post by **newbie2** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:27 pm

Kitch wrote:Thats an exceedingly well colour matched Powerbronze bellypan.

just been painted by dream machine

storminateacup · Post by **storminateacup** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:41 pm

newbie2 wrote:my girlfriend had just stepped away and was just out of shot while i quickly took it.

I don't care how quick you got her off I still think all that dazzly red paint is bad for her eyes

Make more sense if you painted it BLACK think of it as eye protection

newbie2 · Post by **newbie2** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:03 pm

she was quite happy on there, i got some pics of her facing the camera smiling so i uploaded them onto photobucket and resized them to use as my avator but this site still wouldnt let me use them and photobucket wont let me resize them again !

newbie2 · Post by **newbie2** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:04 pm

photobucket lets you resize it to avator size for this purpose, why doesn't it work ?
it has worked on other owners clubs.
i will try and resize it first but it will probably take me a week or so as im crap on pc's

Simon 2 · Post by **Simon 2** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:17 pm

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