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Crazyman54783
| Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 12:12 pm: |
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thought you guys might want to see. first time posting.
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Malott442
| Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 12:33 pm: |
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what grit are you using? Are you going to bring the grit to over 800 before you polish? |
Skntpig
| Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 03:21 pm: |
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Looks good. I found Sanding Grease from an industrial polishing supplier and it works well. Makes the job go quicker. It kind of lubes the paper almost like wet sanding and you don't get all the dust. Keep 'er goin' |
Brinnutz
| Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 03:48 pm: |
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I'll get mine boxed up and ready for ya! |
Guell
| Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 06:55 pm: |
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im going to be working on mine soon, i have all the tools to do it, just no motivation. |
Chasespeed
| Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 06:57 pm: |
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I normally do a regular sand up to 1000... THEN, wet sand with 1200.... THEN polish... brings a NICE DEEP polish... Chase |
Phelan
| Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 01:02 am: |
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don't forget the 4 lbs. of Mother's . |
Brokeneck
| Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 01:15 am: |
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I'm sure it'll be beautiful -- personally I do mine with windex a couple times a year -- |
Chasespeed
| Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 06:51 am: |
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don't forget the 4 lbs. of Mother's : p. Actually, I dont like the mothers. The stuff I use, I have to pick up at a T/A, travel Center(truck stop). Its a "White Rouge" basically. Works incredibly. The mothers, eh, I not fond of it at all, its starts to haze the polish after a while. Chase |
Numb_nutz
| Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 05:33 pm: |
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I use a product called Purple, The best metal polish i have ever seen. |
Lemonchili_x1
| Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 09:08 pm: |
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Looking nice How difficult is it to get the swingarm out of an X1? |
Chasespeed
| Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 09:38 pm: |
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Sawzall or torch? |
Brokeneck
| Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 - 12:32 am: |
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Numb -- Does that Purple polish dry into a Purple Haze ?? |
Crazyman54783
| Posted on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 11:51 am: |
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Im using 80, 120, 230, 400, 600, 800, 1000, then buffing course, then fine. I didnt think that this would take this long but man it looks good. I have one side done. Ill post some pics again here this week. |
Crazyman54783
| Posted on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 11:59 am: |
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Lemonchili_x1 Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 09:08 pm: -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Looking nice How difficult is it to get the swingarm out of an X1? It wasnt to bad the only thing that sucked was you have to take the oil out of the bike and take your oil filter off because it hits the frame when you drop the engine. Make sure to unhook all your oil lines from the tank or you will have some issues. But other than that it was pretty easy, oh one more thing.. to take the swingarm out there is a torx bit that is huge its like a 60-65t and you have to put some back into it to break them loose. |
Lemonchili_x1
| Posted on Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 03:59 am: |
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Cool, thanks for the tips! I'm itching to get my bike back on the road, so I'm going to leave the swingarm in for the moment, maybe do it after Christmas... |
Easy_rider
| Posted on Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 08:24 pm: |
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im going to be working on mine soon, i have all the tools to do it, just no motivation. +1 I bought a swingarm so I could polish it up without taking the bike out of commission. I knew there was a possibility that I'd get lazy and not finish over the winter. That was two years ago..... |
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