cpl of pics of the bike

[steptoe]

 Gary,, when you ride an rh,, you look at life with a different angle 

and with said angle,, our fuel caps are in the middle 

[Garym]

Hey Pete,

Your filler cap is off centre a little .. How you going to deal with that  

[petejw1966]

well i removed the bent handle bars,
 really liked these, but the slight bend was really annoying
and was hurting my shoulders/neck  after a decent ride
and put the stock bars back on with the fairing



then noticed the mirrors werent equal to the fairing,
after a bit of measuring and frustration and then the realization
of how anal i am with the bike, i remembered i had changed the clutch lever
holder when the switch was broken



swapped them over and now they line up reasonably well.

 

[petejw1966]

thanx for the compliments guys.

i just picked those scourers up from the local auto parts store,
they recently when up in price, about $7 ea,
i havent been using them that long, but im glad i did
makes life a lot easier.

put the handle bars on,
havent ridden with them but there much shorter
than the bent ones i pulled off,
tossing up whether to put the stock fairing back on.

what do u guys reckon
fairing or no fairing

ill stick a cpl more pics up
since we like pics.   

[melbxs]

Dunno where Pete got his scourers, but you can get them in all grades in most floor sanding supply shops and cleaning supplies shops. They have big round ones for on the bottom of those rotary floor scrubbers.

[Cooper]

Very nice looking bike well done alot of hard work but the results speak for themselves Coops

[petejw1966]

im just using the gloss black paint that i used
on the engine, it does come up pretty well
ill see how it wears.
ive got to do the center stand next,
my battery was spilling out acid and it went down the frame and onto
both the stands, hopefully ive fixed it.

[Garym]

Got very similar those scourers over here.... Think I'll have to have a bash at my forks and see what's what.. Not sure about Mothers Polish I 'll have to have a scuttle around for that.....   

[steptoe]

what are you using to get a finish like that at home,,

they came up really neat 

[petejw1966]

ive been doing a little baking

the stock handle bars for the rh





and the side stand and handle bar keepers



heres a pic of those scourers



red is course and the grey is fine

[petejw1966]

hi gary,
if u look in the pics where i have the buffers its the
smalll blue jar between the 2 bottles and white rogue,
its about $20 from memory, but lasts a while.

ill take a pic of the scourers a little later for you,
both the scourers and mothers polish should be available at any
auto spares shop.

[Garym]

Cheers Pete,

I know some have used the finest grade wire wool and then Solvol, I think the buffing wheel is the way I'll  go..  What's Mother's Polish

[petejw1966]

hi gary,
those fork legs were done with a buffer on a grinding wheel
using the brown rogue first followed by the white rogue last,
after initially rubbing the alloy down with the scourers i previously mentioned.
ive only very rarely use those products in the bottle,
once you get that inititial shine its not to hard to keep it clean,
just remove as many pits as posible the buffer will take out the scratches
for a mirror finish.
i also use mothers polish to get into the nooks and cranny that the buffer
cant get into.

the brown and white rogues have lasted me over 5 years
with plenty still left to use.

[steptoe]

hi Gary,,

the manufacturer is California Customs,

the product is called-- the purple polish range

consists of,,,, step 1 ,,, the green, is aluminium de-oxidizer,, and the polish, which is called purple if sold by itself

http://www.californiacustom.com/purple_metal_polish.html

[Garym]

Pete,

Those fork legs look wicked.....      Those two bottles of product, are they available in the UK ?  Or could you post the full details of the manufacturer please.