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Xulli

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this is what happens....
« on: February 28, 2011, 09:50:21 AM »
hey guys,

sorry i havent been around lately, I have been trying to stay busy with work and such. but now as of yesterday i thought i could take this time to say hi everyone. I miss reading the forums and interacting with you guys.

Well yesterday i decided to take my bike on for a ride and one thing ive noticed to the amount of rust that has build up on my bike... FORTUNATELY its only on the parts that i wanna replace like my mirrors and exhaust pipes, and some other parts of the bike. I washed my bike and scrubbed the rust off ( only about 5 percent of rust is still visible). but the mirrors had so much build up that i used an electric grinder to remove them... i have to say its looks a lot better but im still gonna replace them...

now that i have a garage i can park my bike there... I never thought moving to galveston could be so much trouble on my bike and truck.... but its still worth living here  ;D

ya take care :P

Isaac M.

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Isaac M.
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Re: this is what happens....
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2011, 09:54:04 AM »
dead lord!!  this makes me want to go wash my bike right now!!
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Re: this is what happens....
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2011, 09:57:36 AM »
damn, that's nasty.  I'm sorry, but Galveston is not worth that happening to my bike or truck. :stickpoke:  Maybe you should sand blast everything and considering murdering it out (making it all black).  :notworthy:
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Re: this is what happens....
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2011, 11:31:32 AM »
Never Dull  you can by it at wal mart  in the automotive section. I used it in the navy to polish everything.
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Re: this is what happens....
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2011, 12:05:54 PM »
HOLY RUST BUCKET!!  ;D
Be sure you clean your rims good! If you have the cast ones and riding near salt they will start pitting!
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Re: this is what happens....
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2011, 02:03:44 PM »
Quote from: OldGoat on February 28, 2011, 11:31:32 AM
Never Dull  you can by it at wal mart  in the automotive section. I used it in the navy to polish everything.

Never Dull, won't do a darn thing now.  That Rust has hit underneath the chrome already. 
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Re: this is what happens....
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2011, 03:21:47 PM »
Ahhh, But Mother's and a powerball will do wonders on removing the obvious stuff.

And it's good for boat parts, too. On Friday, you couldn't see out the ports on Impetuous, On Sunday, 2 dead cordless drill batteries later, they were nearly new looking.
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Re: this is what happens....
« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2011, 03:48:17 PM »
is not galveston, come on man i live in sanibel island in florida never got rust, you need to clean the bike, the spots in your mirrors are dead bugs rusting thru the cheap oem chrome, keep the bike clean and rust wont be and issue, also you seat looks really really nice to  :rofl: :rofl:

btw i park my bike outside  :boxing:
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Re: this is what happens....
« Reply #8 on: February 28, 2011, 03:51:07 PM »
Quote from: Luckys Lover on February 28, 2011, 03:21:47 PM
Ahhh, But Mother's and a powerball will do wonders on removing the obvious stuff.

And it's good for boat parts, too. On Friday, you couldn't see out the ports on Impetuous, On Sunday, 2 dead cordless drill batteries later, they were nearly new looking.

swing by our dock and show me how it works on my boat  :rofl: :rofl:
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Xulli

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Re: this is what happens....
« Reply #9 on: February 28, 2011, 06:27:08 PM »
i agree with you alejandro... its clean now... not as clean as i wanted.... but ims till working on it
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Isaac M.
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