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14 Feb 2012 00:03 #503874 by Julian@MotoCARR
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Silver accents look good.

Question on your rear sets. Have you put your feet up or stood on them yet? Curious about them flexing being that you are using spacers as that's exactly what I was going to do on my 750 lol

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14 Feb 2012 00:06 #503876 by Boostable
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Black, Polished, Chrome.. :S Black, Polished, Chrome... hmmmmm choices, choices..

~Jack

1982 KZ1000 J2 ~ Project (Street Fighter - Project Section)
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14 Feb 2012 00:09 #503878 by Boostable
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Julian,

The way I had them setup before yes. They where pretty solid, you can see that a few pages back. In the current config no, as I do not have the spacers in place yet. Once I do, I will give it the once over and report back, but I suspect they will be just fine.

~Jack

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14 Feb 2012 00:11 #503879 by Boostable
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ramtough_63 wrote: Thats F@%#in gorgeous!


Thanks Ram.. I was thinking of adding some Silver on the covers, what do you think. Might be to much, don't know..

~Jack

1982 KZ1000 J2 ~ Project (Street Fighter - Project Section)
1976 KZ900 - Daily Rider

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14 Feb 2012 00:26 #503887 by ramtough_63
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easy for me to say no it looks slick like it is. but if I were doing it I would keep going til it was too much lol

the silver would tie it together. my girl always says try it you can always go back and paint it again (obviously she likes sanding lol)

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14 Feb 2012 00:29 #503889 by Boostable
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Right now the covers are just media blasted clean, so I gota do something with them.. Maybe polish and clear.. :) Black / silver combo... hmmm

Might have to take your advice and try a few things.

~Jack

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14 Feb 2012 00:33 #503891 by ramtough_63
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Polish em! as pretty as that motor is the polished stuff will stand tall

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14 Feb 2012 11:30 - 14 Feb 2012 11:31 #503946 by 531blackbanshee
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polish!



i mean your engine looks real nice jack.

my heart kinda skipped a beat when i seen the pics :kiss: .

but if you were to polish your covers they would look very nice. :)

leon

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14 Feb 2012 12:13 #503951 by Boostable
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I may have to take you guys advice and polish them up and see how it looks. Will need to get it sat in the frame first so we have a good visual. :)

I will have to do some research on the best way to polish this stuff up.

~Jack

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14 Feb 2012 13:05 #503959 by KZJOE900
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Jack, if you want a mirror shine on them, just do a three stage wet sanding (600, 1000, 1500) and then follow up with a buffing wheel (got my bench buffer from HF for $32) using a soft metal polish compound. The trick after is keeping them like that. I understand a beeswax based wax (not a polish) will keep them protected and won't dull the shine. Don't know where to get that. The closest I found was a a Carnauba/Beeswax combination. Don't know if Carnuba wax is good for aluminum or if it dulls it. Do not use a silicone based wax on aluminum. It will dull it. I am doing my forks like that right now. And I find that if I do a good job on the sanding process, the mirror shine with the buffer comes easy. The engine looks awesome!

Joe

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14 Feb 2012 13:57 #503961 by Boostable
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Thanks Joe.. I figured I would definetly start by sanding them down and smoothing them out. I have a buffing wheel, so I can get that done. I just hope my patience holds in there.. lol

If I could get them to look half as good as this it would be a success..

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14 Feb 2012 14:07 #503962 by Boostable
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All my black components have polish fasteners, so maybe black fasteners on my polished components.. :)

~Jack

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