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				don't clean up too bad
				Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 5:35 pm
				by Hogdigerdy Dog
				
			 
			
					
				Re: don't clean up too bad
				Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 5:41 pm
				by Evilchicken0
				Scrubs up nice  
 
 
You need a "Yamaha" badge on the front of the top fairing
 
			
					
				Re: don't clean up too bad
				Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 5:48 pm
				by Hogdigerdy Dog
				it certainly does 
 
 
not sure if you can see from the pics, but the white is discoloured where the original used to be,
it's on the list with a new badge for the scorpion can 

 
			
					
				Re: don't clean up too bad
				Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 7:02 pm
				by Keny73tj
				She looks well mate, do you use anything before winter to get the filth off later?
			 
			
					
				Re: don't clean up too bad
				Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 7:34 pm
				by Hogdigerdy Dog
				plenty of elbow grease 
 
 
but what really made the difference was the coat of turtle wax it had last summer, once i cleaned all the sh*t off, i was surprised how good it came up, then showed it a bit of T-cut and another dose of wax on wax off and she's shiny again
 
			
					
				Re: don't clean up too bad
				Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:23 am
				by elmwood
				Nice clean bike...Very tasty  

 
			
					
				Re: don't clean up too bad
				Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 3:53 pm
				by Kayla850
				Nice! I love the yellow flashes on the fairing.
			 
			
					
				Re: don't clean up too bad
				Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:55 pm
				by Hogdigerdy Dog
				yeah, i wasn't too sure when i first got it, i always thought the yellow looked a bit hondaesque, especially the tail  

  but it's grown on me  
 
 
there are a couple of scrapes and scratches, air intakes, and rims are worst, the  rear break linkage and gear lever + linkage that rusts at the slightest sign of damp, (even after the scotchbright and wd40 treatment) might get a coat of something black soon as they always look sh*t, apart from that for 24yrs old this year it's not bad
i keep threatening to paint it in the black scheme (boris says there faster 

 ) but money and inclination atm don't allow, i'd probably want it red white and yellow again 

 
			
					
				Re: don't clean up too bad
				Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 10:30 pm
				by Evilchicken0
				They all get scratched on the intakes - its where they hit if the bikes dropped 
Take the controls off and use paint stripper on them. Wire brush and clean them in petrol. Use a rust killer and then spray them with 5 wheels silver. Let them dry and them put them in a warm oven for a couple of mins. Or send to powder coat with the wheels  
