"calfab Swinger" Poll!! Vote Now

[250rfan]

Am just about to polish my 85 250r calfab +2 swinger to a mirror shine, keeping all the welds as original as possible then applying some new calfab decals, to finish it off.

[Tekawte1]

Post some pics when its done i'd like to see what it looks like!!

[250rfan]

Post some pics when its done i'd like to see what it looks like!!

No problem!, leave it with me, i have some other parts to be anodised at the same company, but when i have everything ready for polishing and anodising, and i get the parts back i'll send you the pics.

[Tekawte1]

Thanks! It will give me an idea as to what i wanna do with it. MUCH APPRECIATED 250!! And lets see some more votes!!!

[Tekawte1]

Ok, after about 4 days i got some votes.. Not as many as i wanted, but enough to get a better idea of what may look the best. So far it looks like some polishing to a full polish is the way to go. Thanks to all who voted and to all who commented. More votes are welcome at any time. Thanks ALL!!

[250rfan]

As requested Tekawte1,

Here's some pics of my +2 CALFAB swinger for the 85 250r, i had a change of plan from my initial thoughts, and decided to try and put it back to the original finish rather than the polished look, so i had the swinger GLASS bead blasted then laquired.


Hope this is of some benefit to you.


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[Dirtcrasher]

It has a nice dull look to it, I like it!!

I'm honestly not sure I'm a fan of polishing. When we get done with a ride, sometimes I'm so beat that I don't want to even wash the 350X. I don't think I could keep up maintaining a polished look so I haven't polished too much.

I like PC myself.

Your swinger looks great, to each his own!!

[250rfan]

It has a nice dull look to it, I like it!!

I'm honestly not sure I'm a fan of polishing. When we get done with a ride, sometimes I'm so beat that I don't want to even wash the 350X. I don't think I could keep up maintaining a polished look so I haven't polished too much.

I like PC myself.

Your swinger looks great, to each his own!!

Thats exactly why i went with the bead/lacq look DIRT,, i spoke to the polishing guy and after throwing some ideas around we decided this was the best option, i cant be bothered keeping on top of the polished aluminium,, i have it allready on another bike,, so i try to p/c, anodise, laquire basically seal aluiminum as much as possible from the elements

If you running a dunner it's cool, but for a bike your going to be using on the dirt, the polished look does require more attention.

Thanks for the compliments on the swinger - they are quite rare for the 85, i was lucky to pick it up on ebay...

[Meat-BoX]

So I went with the Polished, clear coated look. Need some Cal-Fab stickers though. I like to keep a really rare piece original if possible.

[250rfan]

So I went with the Polished, clear coated look. Need some Cal-Fab stickers though. I like to keep a really rare piece original if possible.

I got my decals from Harlanlysne here on the boards.....

[Meat-BoX]

I appreciate it.

[oldsking86]

Where are the pics of yours polished meat-box?

[the tecate kid]

Personally I would have polished it. Thats the beauty of a Cal Fab, that its made out of aluminum. Let everybody know that, instead of thinking its a steel swingarm with some silver paint. Just my opinion.

[Meat-BoX]

Raffa posted his handy work up in the thread.