My first motorcycle detail: 2004 Bigboy

[Dust2Glory]

Well I finally got to a motorcycle.. I've had tons of people request me to do them, but I didn't want to. Well this guy in particular owns a very well known restaurant in the area, "Cheeves Bros". Very high class, high end kinda deal. So he knows alot of rich people. So anyway I couldn't turn down this kinda money... tomorrow I'm going back for a custom harley, honda goldwing and doing a Dodge truck. Well anyway onto the bike!!!


Exterior:
Rinse
Wash: DG 901, 1 cap ONR, little D2G soap in my GG bucket
Ulti-mitt and a short handle brush
dry WW and air compressor

Paint:
Mix of NR and Souveran paste wax
LSP was Aquawax, Rain Repel, Souveran Spray wax

Chrome and Aluminum:
Boyd Coddington Metal Polish (AIO) via Pocket thingy
Wolfgang Metal Sealant via Pocket thingy

Seat:
RL leather cleaner
Coat of WG DGS
RL leather conditioner

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[ehuth1]

Dude that thing turned out sweet! The aluminum can be a pain, but you look like you found a winning combo on it. I like the patriotic theme in the flames nice touch!

The new camera looks like it's beginning to dial in some great pics too.

[Dust2Glory]

Thanks bro... can't get no love from any other members!!! :-(

[Gary Sword]

Looks excellant. I think I would rather detail a car then a bike. So many hard to get to places on a bike.

[Tonya]

WOW!!!!!!! Great job!
:wave:

[Dust2Glory]

Looks excellant. I think I would rather detail a car then a bike. So many hard to get to places on a bike.

U and me both!!! However, since this is my income... I no longer have a "real" choice in what I do and don't get to detail!!

[Z06-Goose]

Nice job, man. It takes patience to do a bike. I'm glad the weheels were not those thin-spokes :D

[supercharged]

I don't see very many detailed bikes, but this one looks awesome!

[mingraygt]

Nice work! I agree with Gary about cleaning a car instead of a bike.

[AL417]

The bike looks good. If you're going to start detailing more bikes you might want to consider getting a lift. Putting the bike on a lift makes it much easier to detail especially the rims.

[wolfpacker92]

The bike looks good. If you're going to start detailing more bikes you might want to consider getting a lift. Putting the bike on a lift makes it much easier to detail especially the rims.

This is what I've been told as well. At least 1/3 of the guys I work with ride and most have asked me to detail their bikes but like you Dust I've shied away since I don't ride and know next to nothing about bikes. I've been told that without a lift detailing a bike can be murder on the knees and back.

Anyway you did an awesome job on your first bike. You did such great work you would have a tough time convincing folks that it was your first. It amazes me how all of your mixtures yield such impressive results. I think you missed your calling and should have been a product designer for a car care company. Hey keep doing bikes and I'll recommend you to one of my co-workers. He only puts about 15,000 (that's not a typo) miles a year on his Harley. He just finished an 8000 mile road trip around the US so I can assure you his bike would be a lot tougher than that one. If you are up for that kind of challenge let me know as I'm sure he'll be in Texas sometime in the near future.

[P1et]

Stunning work my friend, very very nice!

[klumzypinoy]

The bike's looking good :)

[Chopperguy]

Really nice job! I've got a custom built chopper (sorry, no pics!) with a lot of billet aluminum. Were the wheels you did here chrome or billet? I can't seem to get mine that clear and shiny. They keep coming out kind of blotchy.

[StephenK]

gotta give your respect. i would not want to detail bikes. like mentioned before to many little hard to reach spots to deal. looks great