Biker's Cafe Chatroom

Kreeeee · 19 Mar 2017 at 10:00

metamorphpwner said:
Anyone recommend a product for cleaning/polishing the black plastic bits on my bike? gave it a good wash yesterday and waxed it but now I've got white/grey marks on the black plastics. Should I just try something like black wax on them?
also, how do I resize a picture when I upload it? to imgur etc.

Triplewax waterless wash and shine.

IC3 · 19 Mar 2017 at 10:32

Kreeeee said:
Triplewax waterless wash and shine.

That stuff is brill, makes the bike all nice, clean and shiny.

Captain · 19 Mar 2017 at 12:23

metamorphpwner said:
Anyone recommend a product for cleaning/polishing the black plastic bits on my bike? gave it a good wash yesterday and waxed it but now I've got white/grey marks on the black plastics. Should I just try something like black wax on them?
also, how do I resize a picture when I upload it? to imgur etc.

The new forum autosizes pictures, if not, add an l or h before the .jpg.

Captain · 19 Mar 2017 at 12:32

Got myself some trousers, weather is just turning nice too.

Lakeland · 19 Mar 2017 at 17:13

Guy Martin on Channel 4 tonight at 7pm.

Our Guy in China. Looks pretty interesting, a given really!

IC3 · 19 Mar 2017 at 17:52

Clov!s said:
Got myself some trousers, weather is just turning nice too.

Which ones did you go for?

BTW Bought 2nd hand OEM clip ons for 17 quid, tricky to find standard handlebars for the SV. So might, as well give clip ons a go.

I'll probably do a little thread, need to do a few mods to the brackets in order to fit them onto my N.

Captain · 19 Mar 2017 at 18:17

I went for the rst blade leather trousers as they had 25% off.

TallPaul_S · 19 Mar 2017 at 18:45

Anyone used a decent polishing compound to get rid of light surface scratches/swirl marks on their bikes? It's nothing deep so won't use a electric brush, just got a few light scratches and swirl marks which on the black parts of my bike show up badly when it's all waxed up. It seems like the clear lacquer is really soft on my bike

IC3 · 19 Mar 2017 at 20:40

T-Cut, managed to remove all scratches on my bike from my helmet and after the last lowside.

The mirror hit the tank pretty hard and left a black mark across it, all gone.

.one. · 19 Mar 2017 at 21:49

IC3 said:
T-Cut, managed to remove all scratches on my bike from my helmet and after the last lowside.

The mirror hit the tank pretty hard and left a black mark across it, all gone.

I bet it did

IC3 · 20 Mar 2017 at 12:51

.one. said:
I bet it did

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1st day of spring and there's the typical british weather; damp, windy, cloudy and cold.

unKle · 20 Mar 2017 at 13:35

IC3 said:
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1st day of spring and there's the typical british weather; damp, windy, cloudy and cold.

Yep that's it, summer's over now in UK. We've had our quota of sunshine

tom_e · 20 Mar 2017 at 13:37

It's going to be cold enough for ice to reappear around me by the end of the week :rolleyes:

Craig321 · 20 Mar 2017 at 16:45

A new S1000RR is calling me.

tom_e · 20 Mar 2017 at 16:45

Craig321 said:
A new S1000RR is calling me.

Doooo Ittttttttt.

Craig321 · 20 Mar 2017 at 16:50

But I can't get rid of my Speed Triple cos it's too good, so I'd end up with 3 bikes

tom_e · 20 Mar 2017 at 16:51

You make this sound like a problem :confused:

chris4652009 · 20 Mar 2017 at 16:55

IC3 said:
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1st day of spring and there's the typical british weather; damp, windy, cloudy and cold.

I'm looking forward to the warm (or at least less cold) rain of summer though

Craig321 · 20 Mar 2017 at 16:55

tom_e said:
You make this sound like a problem

TallPaul_S · 20 Mar 2017 at 18:33

3 bikes is a good figure, you've got your everyday commuting bike, your naked hooligan bike, then your 'serious' sport bike for when you want to go really fast

For me that garage would consist of:

My Tuono factory '09
A 2003 RSVR (radial caliper gen1)
A KTM 990 adventure.

Now just do it!!