First wash and shine

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Aug 19, 2006 | 07:29 PM
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Nothing else to do today so I decided to polish up the bike for the first time. I have only had it 3 weeks, and rode 2000 miles, which piles up a lot of road dirt.
I just used normal car wash, turtle wax, and turtle wax chrome polish.

I think it turned out OK, here are some good hi-res pics.
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Aug 19, 2006 | 07:30 PM
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and another
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Aug 19, 2006 | 07:30 PM
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Aug 20, 2006 | 08:05 AM
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Looks good...

I wash my bike about two times a week and spend several hours on the week-end polishing chrome and paint....

Charlie D.
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Aug 20, 2006 | 09:18 AM
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I only wash mine when it gets nasty... which is every 2-3 weeks. Even then all the old timers around here give me crap about washing it too much.
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Aug 20, 2006 | 10:04 AM
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Looks good. I like the paint scheme.
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Aug 20, 2006 | 11:08 AM
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ORIGINAL: dbleagle

Looks good...

I wash my bike about two times a week and spend several hours on the week-end polishing chrome and paint....

Charlie D.
No wonder it takes you several hours, you've got tons of chrome on that beast! Looks great.
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Aug 20, 2006 | 11:10 AM
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Looks good. I like the paint scheme.
Thanks, being in Pittsburgh Steeler country, everybody tells me my paint scheme is Steeler colors. Which I do love the Steelers, but thats not why I chose this bike.
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