I'm as bad, and when I had a 1200 it was all done by hand with Autosol.
Come 'For Sale' time, first bloke that saw it bought it.....
Come 'For Sale' time, first bloke that saw it bought it.....
It's taken hours of polishing but
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mark2jag
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My arms are now like Popeyes, but I've managed to save my headers after stupidly using Optiglanz on them (note to others: DO NOT use Optiglanz on chrome). I know that as soon as I turn the key they will go blue again, but the OCD in me had to get them back to showroom finish.
Here they are before polishing, but after Optiglanz:
And after about 10 hours of polishing
nice to know you're keeping my bike well polished hehehe
Stunning bikes, both of them.
Mark Hooton
Cymarcbikeparts
To be fair
To be fair, absolutely lovey and shiny - I have a mate who has a KTM with the same sort of approach - he`d rather stay in and polish his bike on a sunday and gets a `mardy on` if it rains.
I suppose it`s all down to what does it for ya - i take my hat off to the person soooooo lucky enough to spend ten hours cleaning.
Well done mate, not what I would do/can afford time-wise but I salute you
To be fair, absolutely lovey and shiny - I have a mate who has a KTM with the same sort of approach - he`d rather stay in and polish his bike on a sunday and gets a `mardy on` if it rains.
I suppose it`s all down to what does it for ya - i take my hat off to the person soooooo lucky enough to spend ten hours cleaning.
Well done mate, not what I would do/can afford time-wise but I salute you
Mark Hooton
Cymarcbikeparts
Stunning mate, can you come and show me how its done, free tea and buns on offer
+1
Come and do my bike for ten hours and I`ll fekking sleep with ya
only joking, I`m straight.
Lighty
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I nearly cleaned mine on Sunday
couldnt be arsed, decided to ride it instead.
Will give it a good un when the salts gone. will be about an hours worth for me.
couldnt be arsed, decided to ride it instead.
Will give it a good un when the salts gone. will be about an hours worth for me.
The big question............what's the mileage?
Bahnstormer did the screen for around £300, the winglets were around £80
I've had my 1200 for 5 years and I don't think the cleaning and polishing would add up to 10 hours in all that time
You"d never have guessed !!
When are you going to get round to fixing that gutter downpipe???
At the weekend, now that I've finished polishing
ExpatinIstanbul
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Front tyre's a bit dirty.
Blimey, I'm *so glad* that I don't give a flying f*ck about the condition of any of my bikes downpipes...
Which is probably why I'll never be buying a 1200 anytime soon
Which is probably why I'll never be buying a 1200 anytime soon
Aaarrgghh, I'm not going to get any sleep now. I'll just pop into the garage and sort it.
Dahoum
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Its about time you cleaned the tyres 
Mutley
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