Spit and Polish, Oh and grease!
Spit and Polish, Oh and grease!
I finally got around to stripping out the swinging-arm and linkages to grease all the bearings etc! while I was at it I decided to polish up the exhaust headers and the rear-set footrests, also clean off all the muck that had come off the chain that builds up over the years, and give the chain a good clean while it was off!
The reason I got around to all this was I bought a Maxton spring for the rear shock so I had to remove some of the parts to fit that!
Chris.
The reason I got around to all this was I bought a Maxton spring for the rear shock so I had to remove some of the parts to fit that!
Chris.
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Cheers Dookie,dookie wrote:Love the look of the downpipes m8 how long did they take and what with?
After trial and error I ended up purchasing a set of three polishing wheels (3 different grades of wheels 4" and 3 different grades of compound) that attach to an electric drill, all for £20 from a local tool shop, the hardest part is the two crooked bends as the 4" wheel is to big to reach all of the pipework, so I had to revert back to the wet and dry and autosol for those areas.
I didn't really take much notice of how long it took, at a guess I would say somewhere between 6 to 8 hours just for the actual polishing, obviously that will vary on how bad your pipes are.
The only downside after all that work is after a couple of rides the headers have already changed colour, to a goldie bronze colour, which at first I was quite annoyed about but now I actually quite like it, imo it looks quite expensive. People have said that the quality of the stainless steel is not that good and I would definitely agree with that
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Cheers Sterling,SterlingCG wrote: looks great... have you got any before photos?
I fully meant to do that, but forgot to at the very beginning, but here's a couple part way through the process:-
Cheers Iggy.iggy1966 wrote:Nice one Chris
make a huge difference with th down pipes shiney![]()
Cheers Kev.kevg wrote:You fancy doing my downpipes now.
yours look great.
I'll pass on your kind offer if you don't mind
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Excellent job chris old boy!... if you keep them sprayed with WD 40 ..that should keep em nice n shiny..i would hate to see all your hard work turn to rust
. i was going to ask why you are doing this now given the weather.you should be out n about on it......but i see from your sig.. you got a bloody garage full o bikes [lucky git]...
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downpipes
Well done Chris they look very nice i started doing mine but soon got fed up i think i will chrome plate mine much easier
Alan
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Cheers Marty,Zer0Zer0 wrote:Excellent job chris old boy!... if you keep them sprayed with WD 40 ..that should keep em nice n shiny..i would hate to see all your hard work turn to rust. i was going to ask why you are doing this now given the weather.you should be out n about on it......but i see from your sig.. you got a bloody garage full o bikes [lucky git]...
I thought the same thing, why strip your bike down this time of the year, but to be honest I wouldn't have done in the winter
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Cheers Graham,thumper wrote:you have to much time on yer hands , but what a job , better than new i bets
how do you like the avons????
Yea I know I need to get out more
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As for the Azaro's they suit me fine
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I passed on the message to the gardener (my Mrs) apparently there is no weeds in that flowerbed, even the one in the wall is a plantcupasoop wrote:Never mind the bike....get yir garden weeded
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Cheers Alan,alan wrote:Well done Chris they look very nice i started doing mine but soon got fed up i think i will chrome plate mine much easier![]()
Alan
That's taking the easy way out (perhaps not on your wallet
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Cheers Tonytony.wilde1 wrote:great work there chris.
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Re: downpipes
Surely Titanium nitrided would be betteralan wrote:Well done Chris they look very nice i started doing mine but soon got fed up i think i will chrome plate mine much easier
Then its gold to match the rest of the bling bits on your bike
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Sirch,
Nice job. I know wot you mean about them changing colour though -I did mine last year (using wd40 and a scouring pad) Went back on shiney silver, and a few weeks later were a nice bronze colour to match the blade fork legs.
TBH I'll not be bothering to do them again, just wipe over with some wd40 every once in a while to keep them bronze, rather than rusty brown
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But its not a very good one!
But its not a very good one!