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Old Sep 17, 2012 | 06:59 PM
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Default I hate Black Bikes!

But with a little effort and a good DA they can be beautiful. 3 year old bike with a few swirls. Use to use Black box which I thought was nice, but after running out I decided to use Mequires and a porter cable DA. Spent a few hours this afternoon



Picture of the fairing which had the worst of the swirls. Nice reflection other than the ugly mug









 
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Old Sep 17, 2012 | 07:01 PM
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looks great man , nice job !
 
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Old Sep 17, 2012 | 07:03 PM
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Man, your life would be easier if you went to autogeek.com. They have the perfect product for better prices and it will do a million times better job. I live swirl free. If you already have the porter cable then you can pick out some real nice product. I like the 105 and 205 or poboys
 
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Old Sep 17, 2012 | 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Tampakingpin
Man, your life would be easier if you went to autogeek.com. They have the perfect product for better prices and it will do a million times better job. I live swirl free. If you already have the porter cable then you can pick out some real nice product. I like the 105 and 205 or poboys
One of my favorite sites ! Nice to see some other detail guys here.
 
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Old Sep 17, 2012 | 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Tampakingpin
Man, your life would be easier if you went to autogeek.com. They have the perfect product for better prices and it will do a million times better job. I live swirl free. If you already have the porter cable then you can pick out some real nice product. I like the 105 and 205 or poboys
Gee thanks. Guess I did a million times crappy job
 
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Just sold my wife's 99 Heritage (black) and currently have my 2000 Ultra (also black) for sale.

Clean and waxed they're tough!
However, we live on an unpaved road so dust is enevitable.

We now have "red" bikes and the dust doesn't show as much, especially in small amounts.
 
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Old Sep 17, 2012 | 08:12 PM
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and it will do a million times better job.
WTF? My bike didn't look as good as that on the showroom floor! Not sure Ive seen a better "owner detailed" bike.
 
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Old Sep 17, 2012 | 08:20 PM
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Looks great!

Now do mine
 
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Originally Posted by PistonPuller
But with a little effort and a good DA they can be beautiful. 3 year old bike with a few swirls. Use to use Black box which I thought was nice, but after running out I decided to use Mequires and a porter cable DA. Spent a few hours this afternoon



Picture of the fairing which had the worst of the swirls. Nice reflection other than the ugly mug












Pistonpuller....... whats the name/brand of front wheel do you have? How do you like it overall. i couldnt see a single swirl mark anywhere BTW
 
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I have the Hogpro Outlaw 21". I love it. You dont see a lot of them. I also picked up the 21" wrapped fender which really shows the wheel
 
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