What are you doing today? Thread

[Scootertrash]

Please do tell. Bagger?

Full Dress Touring Bike

[tripledog]

Full Dress Touring Bike

Baggers can't be choosers.

[3 Wheel Drive]

Best paint scheme ever for the atc 70. Is that a 1973 model?

Yes it’s a 1973, I finally got a trike older than me...lol. These lil Honda’s remind me of my grandpa, he owned all of them. He had Sasquatch 340s, Heald Super Trikes, 70s - Big Reds etc....

[barnett468]

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Well yesterday and today I spray canned the upper rear cowl on my police bike with white lacquer then clear lacquer from oreilys then detailed the bike a little then took photos for Ebay.


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[Bren_downe]

Nice........does the seaweed change the taste any?

Negative. Just helps keep the weeds down.

[El Camexican]

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Well yesterday and today I spray canned the upper rear cowl on my police bike with white lacquer then clear lacquer from oreilys then detailed the bike a little then took photos for Ebay.


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What did you put on the tires to make them look wet?

[barnett468]

What did you put on the tires to make them look wet?

They don't look "wet", they look "new", lol.

I use Mequiars number 40 and buy it by the gallon from a local automotive paint supply store, however, you can probably find it online as well. Pep Boys and Autozone used to carry it in smaller bottles but I haven't seen it in the ones where I now live. Amazon sells it. I love this stuff as it has saved me a lot of time and made me a lot of money, lol.

There is no silicon in it so it won't affect any parts you might paint like Armor All will as long as you wash them first and it easily washes off with dish washing soap and water. It will considerably darken most faded plastic and rubber parts. I also sometimes use it on dingy looking metal parts to make them look nearly new again. It also dissolves the dirt haze fairly well that seems to stick to parts even after you wash them. If you don't wash it off it will stay on and keep the parts looking new for at least a few weeks. It might even last a few months but I have never had anything long enough to see how long it will keep them looking nice.

One thing to be careful of is that it can lightly stain plastic if it runs which it always does when you spray it on, so it is best to spray a lot of it on a rag or paper towel first then wipe it on. Go back over the area you applied it to with a dry rag or paper towel within a minute or two later and buff it in for just a few seconds.

As you know, there are other products advertised for making tires look shiny like this and many do just that but I have used several of them and they are all gooey and don't easily wash off so if you get it on other parts or your tools etc, it's a bit of work to get it all off, plus many of those have silicon.

Here's some photos from on of my ads for my a 2005 Police Interceptor. I used it on every part in all the photos. These areas looked very old and dingy before but there was no surface rust other than a tiny bit on a bolt or cable etc which I will sometimes mask off and paint with Krylon Bright Silver to make it look nice again.



I painted the bolt in this photo.



I painted the emergency brake cable and body bolt in this photo.



this is the rear behind the rear axle






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[El Camexican]

I might try some on my Chevy plastic, thanks! I always spray the rag, not the tires, spray makes a mess of everything, especially rims.

I asked about the tires because Armor All on street bike tires is a great way to cause a crash, I know this first hand. If that stuff shares any properties with it you might want to remove it before the test riders show up.

[barnett468]

.........but would they tell you when they lose dare arse ...........no

ummm...wrong but that's no surprise and is often what happens when one makes assumptions.

I have no ego to feed or anything to prove to anyone, therefore I couldn't care any less if someone knows when I loose money on something, but just like I have never post how much I make on something, I also never post how much I loose on something on the rare occasions that I do because I see no point in doing either, however, since you seem to be keeping a record and are obviously obsessed with what I do, I will tell you that I have lost money on several vehicles, however, I have never lost more than around 10% of what I had into any of them, and percentage wise I have probably only lost money on maybe 2% or 3% of them, and it's really quite simple....know your product and your market and you will make money, however, you might not make a lot and it might not be be worth all the time and effort, but you will still end up in the plus column to some degree.

My business formula is quite simple although it hasn't made me wealthy like you have implied you are on more than one occasion, and it is...don't screw people, work your ass off, and provide a good product.


NOTE - Notice how I conserved my periods in the first sentence above by only using one of them. Now I have lots of periods left to make lots of other sentences with.



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[barnett468]

I might try some on my Chevy plastic, thanks! I always spray the rag, not the tires, spray makes a mess of everything, especially rims.

I asked about the tires because Armor All on street bike tires is a great way to cause a crash, I know this first hand. If that stuff shares any properties with it you might want to remove it before the test riders show up.

No prob.

Yeah, I too have experienced the wonderful friction reducing properties of armor all on tires but was a bit more fortunate than you...just barely, lol.

Any product you put on tires will reduce their effectiveness, however, this one is far less slippery than armor all and will wear off on the road within a few blocks. I actually use it on rims on occasion as it cleans them and leaves them slightly shinier. Same thing with some chrome parts. I don't truly hate many things, but I hate armor all with a passion as do others I know that ever had to paint a part that ever had it on it.



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[knappyfeet]

Filled it right up.




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[barnett468]

Filled it right up.

It's strange but that bike has a lower center of gravity and is easier to ride at slow speed than the pig of a honda police bike I have. I used to have an 80's anniversary sportster and a 1974 flh amf/harley and liked em both a lot. I used to wear a pig hat when I rode the flh back in the good ol' days before you were required to wear a helmet even if you were just a pedestrian.

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[bkm]

He put Barnet jizz ........you want some ? ......i sure am glad these guy`s like to fiddle fack with old shat .........but would they tell you when they lose dare arse ...........no

I've lost money on 2 trikes and they were both stupid little 70s. I hate those bikes

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[Bren_downe]

Got a chance to check out this cool little Drakart today. Powered by a 900 Rotax, looks like fun.

[knappyfeet]

It's strange but that bike has a lower center of gravity and is easier to ride at slow speed than the pig of a honda police bike I have.

I can feel it even between my GL1200 and the HD.

I'm anxious to get it on the open road and get a good feel for its highway manners.