Polished 1100 Swingarm

[rapidray]

Bruce, is that the same chain guard I sold you? If it is it sure did clean up nice! Ray.

[Agemax]

this is my chain guard, aluminium with the GS sidepanel logo etched in..

[Guest]

Bruce, is that the same chain guard I sold you? If it is it sure did clean up nice! Ray.

Yup, that's the one. I still need to clean it up a bit, but it is in nice shape. Thanks, Ray!

[Guest]

That's easy. He doesn't ride 'em. Just spends his days polishing & buffing, buffing & polishing.

You were saying?

[J_C]

oh dear god. it's like splatter painting the mona lisa with crap. what happened?!?

[TheCafeKid]

Well its simple. You can only polish for so long, till you run out of stuff to polish, so he HAD to take it out and get it dirty so he could polish it again :-D

For real though Bruce, WTF?? Looks like you went MotoX with the skunk??

[Escobarclan]

Guys, I hate to inform you, but doing your own polishing can cause all kinds of health problems. Have it done by a professional only!

ahem.....ahem

Ok, ok..........I'm kidding. (I own Escobar Polishing Co.)

I'm truly staggered at the lengths ya'll go through to make your scooters look great. I can't imagine doing all that polishing BY HAND, kudos boys. It makes me really proud to be part of this forum.

On a serious note though, please wear a mask when polishing aluminum. It is a proven fact that aluminum oxide is a direct link to the cause of alzheimer's disease.

I'm putting a 'Polishing Tips" section on my site soon, it'll have all the steps you'll need to go through, equipment, and material sources as well.

Not that some of you boys need it............

www.escobarpolishing.com



Soon to be polished: Forks, calipers, fins, triple tree head bracket, front m/c.

Powder coat the frame, and guages above the pipes.

[8trackmind]

You were saying?

Now THAT looks like a GS. Good on ya Bruce! I was afraid you were one of those driveway bikers.

[Guest]

oh dear god. it's like splatter painting the mona lisa with crap. what happened?!?

For real though Bruce, WTF?? Looks like you went MotoX with the skunk??

This is from last weekend on the Gold Country ride with Tom MLC. We got caught in a torrential downpour up in the mountains on Hwy 49. Its was coming down so hard that mud streams were crossing the road. 100 miles of wet, dirty road heading back to my place.

Now THAT looks like a GS. Good on ya Bruce! I was afraid you were one of those driveway bikers.

Nope, I'm not a parking lot biker, but I do try to avoid the rain for just this reason. No worries... she'll clean up just fine.

[8trackmind]

Nope, I'm not a parking lot biker, but I do try to avoid the rain for just this reason. No worries... she'll clean up just fine.

Nah, leave it like it is for a while...just so i can feel better about my GS.

[Guest]

Nah, leave it like it is for a while...just so i can feel better about my GS.

I almost took the 1150 instead. :shock:

[Tom MLC]

This is from last weekend on the Gold Country ride with Tom MLC. We got caught in a torrential downpour up in the mountains on Hwy 49. Its was coming down so hard that mud streams were crossing the road. 100 miles of wet, dirty road heading back to my place.

It's all my fault. I MADE him come out & play in this.






That's Ken thawing his hands out at a rest stop. Altitude 7000 feet! Everything was cold & wet. Bruce's purdy skunk was skunky. And a pic of my dirty steed in front of the house at journey's end.

I should post all of the pics at the end of the thread over in the meetingplace forum. Just as soon as I get Ken's pics. Definately a memorable trip.

[Guest]

Nah, leave it like it is for a while...just so i can feel better about my GS.

All better! \\/

[J_C]

Mine next please!

[Guest]

Mine next please!

Buy me a plane ticket... I'll come down and we'll get after it! :-D