A Blog about Motorcycles. Also at www.OldMotoDude.Com, on the OldMotoDude YouTube channel, and Pinterest. The motorcycles are mostly vintage, but really anything that catches my eye. 99.99% of the content on this blog is original material. Comments are always welcome. Use the search bar... you never know what you might find.
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| Ready for new Stripe Tape |
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| Didn't work |
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| Didn't work |
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| Didn't work. |
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| 3M Stripe Eraser worked great but left a bit of a ridge. |
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| Didn't work |
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| Didn't work |
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| Didn't work |
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| Meguiar's and an inexpensive Harbor Freight 6" Orbital Polisher make an excellent team. After polishing the ridge is very close to gone. I'm afraid that taking it down further could affect pain |
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| Tank graphics from DC Plastics. Thanks to Marshall Overcloth for the recommendation. |
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| I love these little jars for quit and easy oil to fuel mixture calculation. |
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| The crew at Classic Moto Works showed me their Vapor Honing set-up and the results. |
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| Harley Rapido engine after Vapor Honing |
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| Close up of results. Nice satin finish. |
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| Former owner did a slick little wire wrap. |
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| Found this nifty light weight spring kit on sale for $4.99 at Harbor Freight. |
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| Tried several sizes but the short one worked best. |
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| Spring after installation. |
