Fruits of my labour.....

[AcIdBuRnZ]

Hi,

Well, been quite a few hours working on the bike yesterday and today.

Got a few things done:

Oil and filter change
Bleed new brakes (again)
Removed exhaust from collector box and polished and refitted

Took some inspiration from seeing Craig's Fireblade, and decided to have a go myself. Not perfect by any means, but damn site better than before and looks good

Some pictures......

Here's what I started with:

https://www.mark.ssebroadband.co.uk/zzr/IMG_2553.JPG
https://www.mark.ssebroadband.co.uk/zzr/IMG_2554.JPG

After cleaning up with some fine wet and dry and an hour polishing:

https://www.mark.ssebroadband.co.uk/zzr/IMG_2555.JPG
https://www.mark.ssebroadband.co.uk/zzr/IMG_2558.JPG

Not for road what?

https://www.mark.ssebroadband.co.uk/zzr/IMG_2560.JPG

Fitted back to bike:

https://www.mark.ssebroadband.co.uk/zzr/IMG_2565.JPG
https://www.mark.ssebroadband.co.uk/zzr/IMG_2567.JPG
https://www.mark.ssebroadband.co.uk/zzr/IMG_2568.JPG

Give it a try yourself folks.... easier than you would think and the results speak for themselves

Sorry McGee, no naked pics in this thread either!!!

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Mark
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[theshmoo]

whats the polish, how much and where do you get it.
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[Richard1987]

ohhhh shiny
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[True Blue]

You should try polishing that blue stuff off your bolts. Exhaust is looking good.
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[AcIdBuRnZ]

Cheers guys,

Mark - that polish is Autosol - about £4 a tube from Halfrauds/DIY store

Yeah Ritchie, I'm slowly getting rid of the blue bits Calipers are gone, screen trim and screws are gone

Just need to buy a stainless steel fairing screw kit from ebay and it's sorted. Oh - and new bar ends
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[AcIdBuRnZ]

And before anyone says it, yes the lower fairings are missing - those are being cleaned and refitted this weekend (I had to remove them to change the oil filter )
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[Gazdaman]

Nice job! Looks excellent.

Gaz

[DynaMight]

I feel for you with that Exhuast, I used to have the same one, it had VERY dull metal. took ages to polish up but got dull even quicker.
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[riichy]

i wish the wether was that dry over here to clean my bike. this week is the first time its gone without 2 wash's...

BTW it looks very nice
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[phantomtek]

You've done a good job. I think I should get round to doing something about mine.

Craigs23 will be proud.

*Wipes tear from eye*

[TOM M]

Must get on and give mine another big clean. The radiator could do with a jet wash
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[Dazbo666]

Nice job there AcIdBuRnZ

Gotta make an effort and motivate myself to do mine soon - riding thru the winter really takes it out on the pipes etc
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[tommyboi]

you must respect how he can polish his exhaust and at the same time read how the poor woman has only 3 weeks to live while eating tescos value pickled onions

[phantomtek]

I sometimes polish my trumpet while looking at women's stories.

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[craigs23]

Cool, keep up the good work

[anders]

not bad, good polish.

how old is that bike? it looks like the old american ninjas?

is this right or am i mistaken?
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[AcIdBuRnZ]

It's a UK bike.

1993 ZZR600 e1 model
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[anders]

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[phantomtek]

Everything is a Ninja in the U.S. (Unless it's a Harley)

[Annabella]

In my ill, delerious state, when I saw the photo of the exhaust back on the bike I read "Micron" as "Mirror".... which is exactly what it looks like now!

You have far too much free time! Looks fantastic
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