DTX 125 PRODJECT
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So a little later than planned my exhaust just turned up from Portugal http://imgur.com/gallery/lXDtKTq
Looks smart will polish it and get it fitted asap it seems it was sat in the post office for nearly 3 weeks and that it had an attempted delivery but they never left a ticket.... also just managed to get a dtx headlight from fowlers after having to return one as it was so badly packed it was broken when it arrived the second one wasn't packed much better but i can finally start getting it together now
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I also fitted some cheap chinese adjustable levers like an asv replica and there quite good for 15 quid odd to be honest I've had a set on my rs for a while... http://imgur.com/gallery/bJkW6be ...
The hills are alive with the sound of ... braaaap baaaaap 😁
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I also fitted some cheap chinese adjustable levers like an asv replica and there quite good for 15 quid odd to be honest I've had a set on my rs for a while... http://imgur.com/gallery/bJkW6be ...
@stinkwheeler Looking good bud, BTW Royal Mail only holds stuff for 18 days normally, so you got lucky there!!!
SEDUCED BY THE DARK SIDE!!!
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@stinkwheeler Looking good bud, BTW Royal Mail only holds stuff for 18 days normally, so you got lucky there!!!
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I've got the Chinese adjustable levers, not my thing and would gladly swap them for a std pair -
@Bluestoesonnose As cheap as chips;
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@stinkwheeler Looking good bud, BTW Royal Mail only holds stuff for 18 days normally, so you got lucky there!!!
@NINJA yea i was lucky its only because they didn't habe a return adress and it was parcel force it didn't go back i was really lucky and thanks mate it getting there
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Just polished the romeru pipe you can get the stainless up quite nice with a bit of elbow grease and some autosol ..... http://imgur.com/gallery/0HRcGQF
I have now acquired a spare 3mb head and barrel to get bored / or not ..... ported polished blasted and powdercoated pics to follow ....The hills are alive with the sound of ... braaaap baaaaap 😁
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Just polished the romeru pipe you can get the stainless up quite nice with a bit of elbow grease and some autosol ..... http://imgur.com/gallery/0HRcGQF
I have now acquired a spare 3mb head and barrel to get bored / or not ..... ported polished blasted and powdercoated pics to follow .... -
Just polished the romeru pipe you can get the stainless up quite nice with a bit of elbow grease and some autosol ..... http://imgur.com/gallery/0HRcGQF
I have now acquired a spare 3mb head and barrel to get bored / or not ..... ported polished blasted and powdercoated pics to follow ....@stinkwheeler Very shiny indeed, she looks beautiful. To keep her looking like that use this stuff to protect her;
(And you can upload images direct to the thread, just click the camera icon, select photo, click OK and then wait till it's 100% processed before posting).
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@stinkwheeler Go on then, how long you spend doing that!
That's impressive. I've never been able to understand how you polish metals!
@Calum i literally used blue roll and autosol and rubbed in in circles i did spend a good 3 - 4 hours though.... and im still not entirely happy i will do it again another once or twice before i put it on
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@stinkwheeler Very shiny indeed, she looks beautiful. To keep her looking like that use this stuff to protect her;
(And you can upload images direct to the thread, just click the camera icon, select photo, click OK and then wait till it's 100% processed before posting).
@NINJA will try that mate and i know i can do that with the images but it always says there too large and i have to spend 20 mins cropping them down to be small enough to add ....
The hills are alive with the sound of ... braaaap baaaaap 😁
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@NINJA will try that mate and i know i can do that with the images but it always says there too large and i have to spend 20 mins cropping them down to be small enough to add ....
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@stinkwheeler :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: Just reduce the picture size on your camera, I always use 1920 x 1080 res and have NP's uploading any pics.
@NINJA ^ thanks mate thats obviously where im going wrong spot on i did try for ages then gave up will bare that in mind for next time nice 1
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I wouldn't spend too long polishing, mine seems to bake an orange tint and blue at the cylinder end after a good thrashing! Looks awesome, really want an underslung now
@Glynn123 That's the heat affect, which is caused by the metal's properties changing due to the prolonged exposure to the heat being pushed through it. Which is more noticeable on welding seams as the weld causes the molecules in the metal to change slightly, which affect's the metals properties and causes discoloration in the ends of the metal pipes. Only a surface coating like chrome plating will hide those blue and orange tints for-sure, otherwise they will return as you have stated.
@stinkwheeler If you lowered the picture res to 1920 x 1020, you will also be able to store more pics on your camera, as each photo will take up less space on your memory card.
SEDUCED BY THE DARK SIDE!!!
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@Glynn123 That's the heat affect, which is caused by the metal's properties changing due to the prolonged exposure to the heat being pushed through it. Which is more noticeable on welding seams as the weld causes the molecules in the metal to change slightly, which affect's the metals properties and causes discoloration in the ends of the metal pipes. Only a surface coating like chrome plating will hide those blue and orange tints for-sure, otherwise they will return as you have stated.
@stinkwheeler If you lowered the picture res to 1920 x 1020, you will also be able to store more pics on your camera, as each photo will take up less space on your memory card.
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@NINJA yeah I didn't know the clever side to it haha, I just try polish ever couple rides to keep her shiny
