I've done it on all trail bike plastic panels/mudguards etc. including hand guards, chickened out on a fuel tank though ....because it was still half full!
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I've done it on all trail bike plastic panels/mudguards etc. including hand guards, chickened out on a fuel tank though ....because it was still half full!
As Adrian recommended, use peanut butter. Seriously, forget all your silicon and expensive off the shelf magic bullshite polishes. Peanut butter works!up:
These men speak wisely, it's an old valeters method that has been in use for years, it's worth mentioning that the smooth variant is less messy than the with bits product.
Mrs Diaster Area is convinced that you are all in on the joke, trying to get me to smear peanut butter all over my bike. And I think she may have a point!
My task for today is to spray paint the handlebars without removing them first....
My task for today is to spray paint the handlebars without removing them first....
It seems to me that I could mess about taking the handlebars off and then clamp them some where to spray them, or I could spend the time masking everything up and use the fact that there is plenty of access around them.
I've seen another method for faded plastics where people have sanded off the top few layers (the faded stuff) to expose the original colour, then finished it off with the hot air gun to create a smooth and glossy finish. I've seen it done with mixed results but never tried it myself.
and the tank, the clock surrounds, the cables, back of the indicators, handgrips 
*Ah, I now understand where you got your name
* just dont ask me how i know
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Yes, but it lasts for a couple of months.
Everytime I ACF my GSA, all the plastic trims look brand new!
ahebron
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Might as well spay paint the faded bits too then.
Looking forward to photos
Adrian
Sorry to disappoint everyone, but I didn't get a chance to do the handlebars! I did the bits that the passenger foot rests bolt onto. The rear brake reservoir had leaked and the metal had rusted. And I did the bar ends because they're easy to spray!
By the way I did the handlebars a few weeks ago and they look much smarter now. I was dismantling a lot of it anyway to fit OEM heated grips so I thought why not. I ended up doing the bar ends at the same time. It's not that complicated and worth the effort, especially if they look like mine used to.
I've done the handlebars. There were quite a few spots of surface rust which I'm glad to have taken back to shiny metal. It's not up to a professional standard, but it was a lot cheaper.
I might have tried the peanut butter on the back of the instrument panel - just to see if you lot were winding me up. It did work, but not enough to make me want to play Russian roulette with the kids at school who have a peanut allergy.
I might have tried the peanut butter on the back of the instrument panel - just to see if you lot were winding me up. It did work, but not enough to make me want to play Russian roulette with the kids at school who have a peanut allergy.
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