Harley Davidson Sportster

[DP 08 GXP]

If it has paint and chrome I can detail that too. My cousin brought me over his Harley Davidson Sportster to detail. Process was a strip wash with Chemical Guys Citrus Wash and Gloss. I used various size brushes to clean the rims and engine bay with Megs Super Degreaser. The rims got Poorboys Spray and Rinse. Clayed with Speedy Prep fine grade towel. Polished with PC on a orange 4" pad with Menzerna PF-2500. Engine was polished with Adam's #1 and #2 metal polishes. It was dressed with Megs Plastic and Vinyl Spray. Bags were treated with Adams Leather Conditioner. It was waxed with Pinnacle Souveran paste wax. I think that was it. On with the pics.

Before

After

 

[DP 08 GXP]

 

[Custom Care]

I'd say you got that Sprortster dialed in, great job.

 

[tropicsteve]

i'm always amazed at how dirty my bike gets with just a couple hours of ride time. harley's vivid black paint will scratch and swirl just looking at it. that was a very nice turn around.

 

[Dcox9]

Great job!! How many hours you put in?

 

[DP 08 GXP]

I'd say you got that Sprortster dialed in, great job.

Thanks!

i'm always amazed at how dirty my bike gets with just a couple hours of ride time. harley's vivid black paint will scratch and swirl just looking at it. that was a very nice turn around.

The paint was very very soft so I tried do as little touching after I polished it out. Thanks!

Great job!! How many hours you put in?

Thanks. It was about 4 hours. I could have done a lot more but he was only paying for that amount of work to be done in that time frame.

 

[mjlinane]

Excellent work!

 

[Evan.J]

Nice job on the cycle!

 

[DP 08 GXP]

Excellent work!

Thanks!

Nice job on the cycle!

Thank you!

 

[mrclean81]

Vivid Black SUCKS to work on. Great job on it

 

[DP 08 GXP]

Vivid Black SUCKS to work on. Great job on it

Thanks!

 

[Ronkh]

Wow.

 

[Beemerboy]

I do more bikes than cars these days, extremely time consuming. Nice work!

Question, what process and tools are you using to clean the top of the cylinder heads in the tight places?

I have a process but would be interested in yours?

Spokes? what's your cleaning process there?

 

[Merlin]

GREAT work!

...harley's vivid black paint will scratch and swirl just looking at it.

I Agree!

I heard about it...but then a while back I actually did one. What a PAIN!
Vivid Black has to be the WORST paint color to come off the Harley line!

It drove me crazy!
I took me a many product/pad combos but I finally nailed it.
I got rid of the swirls and micro haze and they stayed gone.

I don't ever want to do another one. It was a beast!
When done I turned it into a clear "hard as a rock" finish.

Thanks for reminding me. (ARGH)
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[Todd@RUPES]

Great job, thanks for sharing!

 

[DP 08 GXP]

I do more bikes than cars these days, extremely time consuming. Nice work!

Question, what process and tools are you using to clean the top of the cylinder heads in the tight places?

I have a process but would be interested in yours?

Spokes? what's your cleaning process there?

Thanks. I used a handful of different style brushes like these

Wheel Woolies Boar’s Hair Detail Brush 1 inch

I used Megs APC+ at 4:1 dilution to get the cylinder heads and right places. It seemed to work pretty well.

For the spokes (major PITA) I used Poorboys spray and rinse to clean and some of the same style brushes. I polished with Adams #1 (blue hex applicator) and #2 (microfiber applicator) to get it shiny.

What kind of tips or tricks do you have for working on bikes?

GREAT work!



I Agree!

I heard about it...but then a while back I actually did one. What a PAIN!
Vivid Black has to be the WORST paint color to come off the Harley line!

It drove me crazy!
I took me a many product/pad combos but I finally nailed it.
I got rid of the swirls and micro haze and they stayed gone.

I don't ever want to do another one. It was a beast!
When done I turned it into a clear "hard as a rock" finish.

Thanks for reminding me. (ARGH)
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Thanks!

Great job, thanks for sharing!

Thanks and no problem

 

[Beemerboy]

Thanks. I used a handful of different style brushes like these

Wheel Woolies Boar’s Hair Detail Brush 1 inch

I used Megs APC+ at 4:1 dilution to get the cylinder heads and right places. It seemed to work pretty well.

For the spokes (major PITA) I used Poorboys spray and rinse to clean and some of the same style brushes. I polished with Adams #1 (blue hex applicator) and #2 (microfiber applicator) to get it shiny.

What kind of tips or tricks do you have for working on bikes?



Thanks!



Thanks and no problem

Lot's of brushes like your using, and I also have a number of artist style paint brushes. Using the ends of those with a micro fiber towel I had push and pull the towel into areas that can't be reached other wise.

One of the best tricks I have learned is to use an air compressor..The shop that I so these at I can hook up air nozzle. Spray cleaners into super right areas, try and reach them with a brush if I can, then blow the area clean.

On the spoke this works like a charm to get them cleaned up quickly

Two bikes that I've done as an example of my work!

 

[tropicsteve]

once the leather starts to wear and fade, it's pretty easy to bring it back using leather dye and finishing with leather sheen. Leathercraft and Leather Craft Supplies - Tandy Leather Factory is a good place to pick some up.