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Old 23-10-09, 10:47 AM   #11
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BF.....I shall have to have words next time I see you!!

Now go buy yourself a can of paint stripper and get cracking. Polish is the way to go
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Old 23-10-09, 10:49 AM   #12
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BF.....I shall have to have words next time I see you!!

Now go buy yourself a can of paint stripper and get cracking. Polish is the way to go
Polish takes maintenance and looks a bit feminine paint's the way to go



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Old 23-10-09, 10:56 AM   #13
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Polish takes maintenance and looks a bit feminine paint's the way to go



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Well actually if the polishing is done right in the first place, its rather low maintenance

Not sure about the feminine view.....Suzy and Dave look a bit butch from where I'm standing
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Old 23-10-09, 11:24 AM   #14
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it doesn't look right as nothing else is that colour, personally I'd have gone with black - would have looked nice!
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Old 23-10-09, 11:38 AM   #15
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BF.....I shall have to have words next time I see you!!

Now go buy yourself a can of paint stripper and get cracking. Polish is the way to go
Now I am scared

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it doesn't look right as nothing else is that colour, personally I'd have gone with black - would have looked nice!
I have black but I didn't fancy that either.

Will probably leave it till after winter and look at it again in the spring. If it has held out with the salt etc. then I will use it as an undercoat for something more outrageous.
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Old 23-10-09, 12:29 PM   #16
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I'm guessing he means the colour, hammerite should be fine lots of people use hammerite. I've used it on engines and exhausts (high temp stuff) and I know someone that did a whole car in it and the finish was professional (took a lot of cutting & buffing!)
Maybe, maybe not. He's a professional paint sprayer!
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Old 23-10-09, 02:23 PM   #17
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and use a proper paint - not hammerite - and get a realy good finish.

suzuki do an ignis in the same bronze colour as your bike so you could get them matched at halfords (at the very least) or a good paint shop.
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Old 23-10-09, 03:58 PM   #18
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I like it!!
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Old 23-10-09, 04:00 PM   #19
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contemplating making my forks black (to match the frame and swing arm) they seem odd silver.
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Old 23-10-09, 04:03 PM   #20
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Not sure about the feminine view.....Suzy and Dave look a bit butch from where I'm standing
Because you're sat in the house and they're in the shed
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