ducati

xtrememike · 06-26-06, 12:32

well one of my mates asked for a drop of polish for his ducati
so i said to him instead of me giving you some polish i`ll do it for you

washed with megs nxt
clayed the pannels
meg`s #83 with the cyclo
meg`s #7 with the cyclo
then spit shine with instantwax and natty`s blue
carbonfibre was treated to the XXX hardcore wax and came up very well
wheels got some rim wax

rjstaaf · 06-26-06, 12:48

Awesome job Mike

Oh man do I love Ducatis

My dream bike is the new Desmosedici RR, basically a street version of the Ducati MotoGP bike. I have Italian tastes, unfortunately a Honda budget

http://www.ducati.com/

admac · 06-26-06, 02:59

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Originally Posted by rjstaaf

Awesome job Mike

Oh man do I love Ducatis

My dream bike is the new Desmosedici RR, basically a street version of the Ducati MotoGP bike. I have Italian tastes, unfortunately a Honda budget

http://www.ducati.com/

haha. i have an italian budget myself but not a desmoRR budget. but a few years back i was allowed to take the second 999r in the country for a short spin.

still like my aprilia better.

Scottwax · 06-26-06, 06:45

Man, that is some wet looking yellow paint!

Awesome bike too. I have a customer with one but I haven't detailed it yet, although I have detailed his custom chopper-which was pretty cool.

xfire · 06-29-06, 04:30

Sweet bike, nice job. My questions are (because things look a bit ambiguous):

Did you polish the plastics/fairings with the rotary?

Did you claybar the plastics/fairings?

I ask these simply b/c I have to detail a GSXR 750 soon...any suggestions on cleaning a bike would be great.

jsatek · 06-29-06, 04:35

I just went to buy a Ducati last week. My wife canned the idea on me, but instead I am allowed to buy a Smart when they come to the US. Some trade!

SilverLexus · 06-29-06, 05:15

Nice work.

I want one of those...

rjstaaf · 06-29-06, 05:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by xfire

Sweet bike, nice job. My questions are (because things look a bit ambiguous):

Did you polish the plastics/fairings with the rotary?

Did you claybar the plastics/fairings?

I ask these simply b/c I have to detail a GSXR 750 soon...any suggestions on cleaning a bike would be great.

I wouldn't use the rotary on the plastic fairings. Other than that detailing a bike is not that much different than a car, just smaller and tighter spaces. I use my PC with small 4" pads for swirl/defect removal, otherwise I generally do things by hand.

admac · 06-29-06, 05:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by xfire

Sweet bike, nice job. My questions are (because things look a bit ambiguous):

Did you polish the plastics/fairings with the rotary?

Did you claybar the plastics/fairings?

I ask these simply b/c I have to detail a GSXR 750 soon...any suggestions on cleaning a bike would be great.

you can treat it as normal paint. i've gotten out some pretty scratchy paint from various motorcycles of mine and friends. however, i don't know if i'd use a rotary on a motorcycle. there are just too many curves and interior angles. i can't see how you could use a rotary on a motorcycle without burning the paint somewhere. and orbital could be used no problem. also, remember when it comes to polishing bikes, more often than not the decals are on top of the top coat (clear nor no clear). so don't get all buff happy and burn a decal.

xtrememike · 06-29-06, 10:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by xfire

Sweet bike, nice job. My questions are (because things look a bit ambiguous):

Did you polish the plastics/fairings with the rotary?

Did you claybar the plastics/fairings?

I ask these simply b/c I have to detail a GSXR 750 soon...any suggestions on cleaning a bike would be great.

i would never use the rotary on the plastics as you would put to much heat into the plastics and you could easly blister the paint

so i used the cyclo

and yes the paint work was clayed