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Old 23-10-08, 04:31 PM   #21
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Nah ... this is - and it's a trail bike ... NOTE .. DO NOT TRY AND POLISH ANODISED SWING ARMS _ YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED





Look at those dead flies on the front of your tank - no excuse ... tut tut

at least there are apologies for the rusty nuts (top left) in the photos 'notes'
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Old 23-10-08, 04:43 PM   #22
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Look at those dead flies on the front of your tank - no excuse ... tut tut
it's call use, it looks that good even after a track day (well in the middle of actually).
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Old 23-10-08, 05:43 PM   #23
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I think your mother forgot to teach you to wash behind your ears though

























behind my ears was probably one of the cleanest places !
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Old 23-10-08, 06:03 PM   #24
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oh my lord
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Old 24-10-08, 06:39 PM   #25
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Polishing fetish
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Old 24-10-08, 07:02 PM   #26
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didn't come up as well as I'd have liked, but at least it's no longer that dull finish
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Old 24-10-08, 07:55 PM   #27
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Well, as my mother used to say, life's too short to stuff a mushroom.
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Old 25-10-08, 04:39 AM   #28
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Oh dear, we have another Kwak & Cuz.
Dont clean it....Ride it LOL
If you have a spare few hours you can come & clean mine
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Old 25-10-08, 02:53 PM   #29
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Polishing's a great hobby... Because as soon as you polish something, it goes manky, and ends up looking worse than it did before you messed with it, so you have no choice but to continually polish it forever, meaning you'll never run out of things to do
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