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Who has the cleanest motor on the board?

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DrImodium

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Im getting ready to paint the motor on "Gabrielle" and was looking through the archive for other threads from members who have painted their motors. I was surprised to not find a thread dedicated to pictures of them so, here it is. Id like to see the cleanest/nicest Japanese air-cooled engines you've seen.

An example of a CLEAN motor:

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Noooooooooo, what are you doing???????????
This is going to lead to mass depression, and you know suicide is always high this time of year, I am not going to look, I am not going to look, I am not going to look, I am not.........:cry::cry::cry:


Mrs. Steve's 850L has to be right up there at the top.
 
This is at the bike and scooter show in Perth, I rode it there in a thunder storm and then home :).
Sorry about quality, taken on mobile phone

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gettin on the "not me" bandwagon. PO sprayed the engine on my 400 when it was rebuilt. Looks ok but that was about five years ago and it has started to flake in spots (probabbly where he didnt prep properly).
 
It might not be the cleanest but for being untouched in 32 years I'd say it's pretty nice.:lol:
 
I'd honestly have to say either one of Eds, Bruces, or Keiths. I keep my motors fairly clean but those guys take it to another level.
 
If we make a post for the dirtiest, I'm sure mine will be in top numbers along Bert's. Too many road miles, too little cleaning.:D
 
"Dirty Bike" thread?
I'm "All in"!!!
Riding them, does that to them BTW. ;)
Although, quite a few forum members do have some fine looking show pieces.

Daniel
 
trevor said:
It might not be the cleanest but for being untouched in 32 years I'd say it's pretty nice.:lol:
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you are being way too modest. It looks like you rolled it off the show room. it looks cleaner than my kitchen counter.:eek: I could eat off of ur motor.
 
DrImodium said:
Im getting ready to paint the motor on "Gabrielle" and was looking through the archive for other threads from members who have painted their motors. I was surprised to not find a thread dedicated to pictures of them so, here it is. Id like to see the cleanest/nicest Japanese air-cooled engines you've seen.

An example of a CLEAN motor:

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Someone find this bike a MUD PUDDLE!
 
But you wore the kick-starter off by polishing!
You got more pics of the kawi build?
 
Not mine, but I saw this bike on flickr and couldn't believe it...

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Check out the album and the story here

Guy bought a Zephyr from the original owner
who "had it from new and he did just over 3K careful miles, he then moved to Worthing in 1999, gave up the riding but never gave up his love for the bike.
He polished it every Sunday, started it up for 10 minutes every other Sunday and there it stayed till I bought it from him."
 
Here is mine....probably not the cleanest on the board, BUT this bike gets a wash ( coin car wash) only once a year. Probably because I'm fortunate in having an engine that's completely leak free. With over 50,000 km, the engine paint is still factory, and so is the finish on the case covers (not been re-polished).

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Other side...

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The sharp blue GS1000 in post #1 belongs to Paul (doubleblue), another local GS member. His bike is really stunning in person...the pics don't really do the paint justice, IMHO....it has won prizes in local Ontario shows.
 
Ahem ... I think since I sometimes spend more of my weekend fooling with my bike than I do fooling with my girlfriend... if I spent more time to keep it all spiffy clean like some of those shown... I might wake up to find a note from my girlfriend about me loving the bike more than her... Hey, at least I understand the bike.... besides, when it frustrates me, I can lock it in the garage for a week. No flowers needed.
 
wow. those are some clean motors.

what do you all recommend as the best polisher for the cases?


other than man power hahah
 
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