This is a 2006 Kawasaki 1600 Vulcan that belongs to a friend of mine from church. Since he's had it, the only thing he has done to is wash it. Despite the fact that he rides it everywhere, it wasn't in too bad of shape. Process was as follows: Wash-ONR+APC Clay-Blue Magic, Blue Magic lube Wheels- Sprayed with S100 and scrubbed with Mini EZ Detail brush and generic soap. Tires-Sprayed with OPC and scrubbed with stiff bristle brush. Chrome-Optimum Metal Polish. Rubber-Treated with AG Rubber and Vinyl care Correction: Makita 9227 with 3" backing plate Erasure orange, white and black pads Flex 3401-6.5 inch green and black pads Polishes-Menzerna Power Finish and Menzerna 85rd Protection: Optimum Opti-Seal LSP: Pink wax I first tested a small area on tank using the Makita, 4" Orange Erasure pad and Menzerna Power Finish. This combo created more work for me so I stepped it down to a white Erasure pad and Menzerna 85rd. After going over the Power Finish test spot with the combo and doing an IPA wipe down, I discovered that this was my winning combo. It did a great job of cleaning up the marring that the Power Finish left behind. I used this combo on all the green paint areas and used my Flex with a green pad and Power Finish on the saddle bags. The bags had some paint transfer and scratches that were easily taken care of with this combo, and also finished down nicely. The paint on the bags was harder than the rest of the bike. I followed it up with 85rd on a black pad. After all painted surfaces were polished, they were washed again with ONR+APC to get rid of any oils. Protection and LSP was then applied. The windshield was taken down and dismantled. All rubber gaskets were coated with AG Rubber and Vinyl care and sealed in a bag. Plastic cleaned with Plexus. All rubber on bike received AG Rubber and Vinyl care and all chrome was polished with Optimum Metal Polish. Chrome was sealed with Opti-Seal. Before: [/IMG] After: Thanks for looking!! Sorry about the randomness of some of the pictures. I'm too tired to really sift through them and this is the only free time I'll have until sometime next week.
good job! Just a tip for next time when you take pictures, try not to have any part of the car/motorcycle cut out. Just looks better imo.
Great job Marco. I see that you finally took the plunge and got yourself a Makita. Hope everything is well with you.
Thanks for kind comments and suggestions. This detail was a lot of fun. Things are good bro, just trying to put with this crazy S. Texas heat.
