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This was for a neighbor that lives around the corner from me. He wanted to see what I could do to fix his new 2012 1200 Sportster Custom. I believe he bought the bike second hand.

I didnt do much of a wash other than a waterless wash with Meguiar's RFEW to remove the dusting and strip the surface.

Process,
Meguiar's RFEW as waterless wash
Clay with Meguiar's blue medium clay
Last Touch detailer as lube
Griots Garage 3 inch D/A with 3 inch plate
FG400 on 3 inch cyan HT pad
Stripped with Eraser
OC2.0
V7 wipedown the frame/engine/wheels
Meguiar's Hot Shine Tire Dressing

I one stepped this bike with the GG3, 3 inch HT, and FG400 by going 10-12 passes. I made 4 passes on 6 six then 3-4 passes at speed 4 and the last few passes dwindling down to speed 1 with no pressure.

Excuse me for I dont have any before shots. The bike was fairly clean.

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Awesome work! Looks really nice,
Did you polish all the metal as well? and if so, How much time does metal polisher for that bike take?
 
Nice work, but you're a brave man putting tire dressing on a bike.


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Why did you choose to work the fg400 so long vs. following up with a finish polish?

Just curious, it looks great. I didn't realize fg400 could finish lsp ready.

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Looks great Mike, a lot less time than a car!
Tire shine on a bike is a no no, gets to slippery, have known 2 people go for that look then dump it in the garage moving it around.
 
sasson said:
Awesome work! Looks really nice,
Did you polish all the metal as well? and if so, How much time does metal polisher for that bike take?
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Thank you! I didnt polish all of the metal as the owner said he was going to change the complete exhaust system. I had about 6 hours or so on the complete bike.

OMRebel said:
Nice work, but you're a brave man putting tire dressing on a bike.


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Thank you for the compliment and thank you for the insight on the tire dressing.

The bike is going to sit in the garage for 2 weeks or so before he rides it. Do you think I should take a mf a reduce it?

sears4976 said:
Why did you choose to work the fg400 so long vs. following up with a finish polish?

Just curious, it looks great. I didn't realize fg400 could finish lsp ready.

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I wanted to see how far I could push FG400 in terms of finishes. Knowing that it is a DAT product I wanted to see how fine it could finish.

Wes Bremec said:
Especially on a cyan pad! Unbelievable
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Thanks Wes. I like to push the envelope with this product within reason to see what it is capable of.

Thoryamaha919 said:
Mike as always looks great!
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Thank you Sir!

cartman57 said:
Looks great Mike, a lot less time than a car!
Tire shine on a bike is a no no, gets to slippery, have known 2 people go for that look then dump it in the garage moving it around.
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For sure it is a lot less time than a car. It was a nice change of pace from a vehicle.

See my above comment about thining it out if you dont mind Steve.

vet said:
Nice!!!
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Thank you!
 
I'd take an APC and REMOVE that tire shine.. The Harley store next door schooled me on this a few weeks ago.
 
As Fishin said.......APC to try and remove as much as possible at least from the tread/sidewall.
 
Fishincricket said:
I'd take an APC and REMOVE that tire shine.. The Harley store next door schooled me on this a few weeks ago.
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cartman57 said:
As Fishin said.......APC to try and remove as much as possible at least from the tread/sidewall.
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Ok Gentlemen. Will get ahold of him and remove what I can from the sidewalls.

Thanks for the insight concerning Motorcycle tires.
 
Hi Mike...

Another excellent compounding session with FG400:
Your 50/50 pictures tells the tale!! :props:

And what a difference adding an OC-Coating made to this bike's color-scheme.
I'm hoping it remains unscathed during your neighbor's upcoming exhaust mods.

Keep up the good work!


:)

Bob
 
Hi Bob,

Thanks for the compliment. I really love the FG400 and what it can do.

The OC2.0 really added some pop to the paint. Hopefully the finish dosent get to beat up while he works on it.
 
It looks great! I concur with the opinions above, remove the dressing from the tires. The golden rule for detailing motorcycles is never dress the seat and never dress the tires.


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Yes! This forum needs more bikes! :) Great job! I love the black with red metallic paint.
 
smack said:
Ok Gentlemen. Will get ahold of him and remove what I can from the sidewalls.

Thanks for the insight concerning Motorcycle tires.
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Good call. I would remove it as well.


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