My first motorcycle detail: 2004 Bigboy

Dust2Glory

Dust2Glory

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Well I finally got to a motorcycle.. I've had tons of people request me to do them, but I didn't want to. Well this guy in particular owns a very well known restaurant in the area, "Cheeves Bros". Very high class, high end kinda deal. So he knows alot of rich people. So anyway I couldn't turn down this kinda money... tomorrow I'm going back for a custom harley, honda goldwing and doing a Dodge truck. Well anyway onto the bike!!!

Exterior:
Rinse
Wash: DG 901, 1 cap ONR, little D2G soap in my GG bucket
Ulti-mitt and a short handle brush
dry WW and air compressor

Paint:
Mix of NR and Souveran paste wax
LSP was Aquawax, Rain Repel, Souveran Spray wax

Chrome and Aluminum:
Boyd Coddington Metal Polish (AIO) via Pocket thingy
Wolfgang Metal Sealant via Pocket thingy

Seat:
RL leather cleaner
Coat of WG DGS
RL leather conditioner

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Dude that thing turned out sweet! The aluminum can be a pain, but you look like you found a winning combo on it. I like the patriotic theme in the flames nice touch!

The new camera looks like it's beginning to dial in some great pics too.
 
Thanks bro... can't get no love from any other members!!! :-(
 
Looks excellant. I think I would rather detail a car then a bike. So many hard to get to places on a bike.
 
Gary Sword said:
Looks excellant. I think I would rather detail a car then a bike. So many hard to get to places on a bike.
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U and me both!!! However, since this is my income... I no longer have a "real" choice in what I do and don't get to detail!!
 
Nice job, man. It takes patience to do a bike. I'm glad the weheels were not those thin-spokes :D
 
Nice work! I agree with Gary about cleaning a car instead of a bike.
 
The bike looks good. If you're going to start detailing more bikes you might want to consider getting a lift. Putting the bike on a lift makes it much easier to detail especially the rims.
 
AL417 said:
The bike looks good. If you're going to start detailing more bikes you might want to consider getting a lift. Putting the bike on a lift makes it much easier to detail especially the rims.
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This is what I've been told as well. At least 1/3 of the guys I work with ride and most have asked me to detail their bikes but like you Dust I've shied away since I don't ride and know next to nothing about bikes. I've been told that without a lift detailing a bike can be murder on the knees and back.

Anyway you did an awesome job on your first bike. You did such great work you would have a tough time convincing folks that it was your first. It amazes me how all of your mixtures yield such impressive results. I think you missed your calling and should have been a product designer for a car care company. Hey keep doing bikes and I'll recommend you to one of my co-workers. He only puts about 15,000 (that's not a typo) miles a year on his Harley. He just finished an 8000 mile road trip around the US so I can assure you his bike would be a lot tougher than that one. If you are up for that kind of challenge let me know as I'm sure he'll be in Texas sometime in the near future.
 
Stunning work my friend, very very nice!
 
Really nice job! I've got a custom built chopper (sorry, no pics!) with a lot of billet aluminum. Were the wheels you did here chrome or billet? I can't seem to get mine that clear and shiny. They keep coming out kind of blotchy.
 
gotta give your respect. i would not want to detail bikes. like mentioned before to many little hard to reach spots to deal. looks great
 
looks awesome but i don't think i would like to detail bikes like others have said
 
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