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« on: January 26, 2020, 02:47:40 PM » |
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I have been riding and not doing deep cleaning every time. So today I knocked off the two bugs I killed yesterday and started wiping the bike down as usual when I noticed the engine was looking dirty. With only 170,000 miles we cant be having a dirty engine now can we. So I wiped it down with some mean green rags, tooth brush, wooden dowel to push a rag and a long long needle nose to reach hard to get places. I thought it looked fantastic so I took a picture. Wow, it looked horrible, a digital camera with flash shows EVERYTHING!!! more cleaning and more pictures until I ended up with this. So a good tip...the camera doesn't lie. It will show you where else to clean. Right side no flash  Right side flash  Left side no flash  Left side flash  |
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Black Pearl's Captain
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« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2020, 03:57:36 PM » |
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The choke cable under the tank looks very dirty.
I went up to Barber last week. That Valk wasn't as clean or as nice looking as yours!
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Chrisj CMA
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« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2020, 04:01:01 PM » |
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The choke cable under the tank looks very dirty.
I went up to Barber last week. That Valk wasn't as clean or as nice looking as yours!
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« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2020, 04:10:11 PM » |
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Lookin' good Jeff... Long Live The Dragon .
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« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2020, 05:18:53 PM » |
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When I pulled the IS down to the frame two years ago and re-assembled her she wasn't that clean. And I put on lots of new stuff that came out of plastic wrap. And cleaned and re-painted as it was re-assembled.
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« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2020, 05:31:05 PM » |
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 I bet she is glad it rains cause she knows she gets a fabulous bath, manicure-pedicure, waxing  and polishing like no other. She still looks new..... 
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« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2020, 08:34:04 AM » |
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Neat trick with the flash no flash, although i doubt mine will ever be that clean even with the 4 or so months of down time we get up here.
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Chrisj CMA
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« Reply #9 on: January 28, 2020, 05:28:39 AM » |
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Neat trick with the flash no flash, although i doubt mine will ever be that clean even with the 4 or so months of down time we get up here.
Ok so you have four months. Even though we ride all year, I have had some four month breaks due to injuries a couple times. If you want a really clean bike this is what I did and you can too. Every few days when you have an hour to spare you go out to the bike and focus on one small area like behind a side cover or the forks and front fender. Don’t get distracted by any other area. Just make that small area like new again. In four months you will have a new bike |
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« Reply #10 on: January 28, 2020, 06:38:34 AM » |
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Missed a spot... just kidding... thought I saw a spot and it turned out that your engine is cleaner than my laptop screen.  |
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