MY 993 is SOLD!
09-25-2009, 11:56 AM
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Burning Brakes
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Thank you all!
Pics will be up on my SmugMug site when I am done detailing...say in another week. To clarify, Albert's car was spotless....I'm just taking it a bit further as I am beyond help and a bit nuts. They are working on a cure.
For me, working on a vehicle, be it 2 or 4 wheels or a set of wings is great therapy. I'm thoroughly enjoying this and this purchase has been a great motivator, in fact, I laid down my crutches for the first time when I first viewed Albert's 993 on the Labour Day weekend.
Pics will be up on my SmugMug site when I am done detailing...say in another week. To clarify, Albert's car was spotless....I'm just taking it a bit further as I am beyond help and a bit nuts. They are working on a cure.
For me, working on a vehicle, be it 2 or 4 wheels or a set of wings is great therapy. I'm thoroughly enjoying this and this purchase has been a great motivator, in fact, I laid down my crutches for the first time when I first viewed Albert's 993 on the Labour Day weekend.
2003 BMW R1150 GS Adventure / 1990 BMW R100 GS / 1986 BMW R80 G/S Paris Dakar / 2002 Kawasaki KLR 650.
Supremely jealous of your '03 1150. Have you seen Long Way Round or Long Way Down? I guarantee you'll hop on your bike after watching those.
Any pictures of the bikes?
09-25-2009, 05:18 PM
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Captain Obvious
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Forget detailing the car, how do you detail these:
2003 BMW R1150 GS Adventure / 1990 BMW R100 GS / 1986 BMW R80 G/S Paris Dakar / 2002 Kawasaki KLR 650.
Supremely jealous of your '03 1150. Have you seen Long Way Round or Long Way Down? I guarantee you'll hop on your bike after watching those.
Any pictures of the bikes?
2003 BMW R1150 GS Adventure / 1990 BMW R100 GS / 1986 BMW R80 G/S Paris Dakar / 2002 Kawasaki KLR 650.
Supremely jealous of your '03 1150. Have you seen Long Way Round or Long Way Down? I guarantee you'll hop on your bike after watching those.
Any pictures of the bikes?
I have both DVD set and highly recomend it. An excellent way to waste 20 hours of your life!
09-25-2009, 09:32 PM
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(Sorry Alex, had to )+1..lets see some pics of those badboys.
09-26-2009, 12:01 AM
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I've been using an incredible water based degreaser since 1986 when I had a chain driven (aka messy) Suzuki RG 500 Gamma. There is no better product than Swish Factro AT 30.
I use a 1" pure bristle sash brush (the blue plastic handled Rubbermaid ones from Wal-Mart) with heat shrink around the metal band so that there is no chance of it scratching anything. I also have a slew of my favourite tooth brushes.
You should have seen the KLR 650 after I got back from my Eastern Canada - Trans Labrador Highway tour; it included 1100 kms of gravel with some of it in rain.
I've heard that the Long Way Down wasn't as good.
I also had a 04 R1150 GS Adventure that I kept in Europe, but it got written off this past June after some young kid on a effing cell phone rammed into the back of me while I was stopped for the car ahead of me I spent the rest of my vacation in a hospital in Austria and then with family. One month of waiting till my flight back home. Well at least I got to do some shopping; I bought a new Schuberth Concept 2 helmet while there. Accident report here.
I've toured Europe and the Alps for the last 15 years in a row and plan to expand my horizons to include Africa, Asia and Iceland.
Yes....here.
I am having a hoot with my 993 and thats with it just sitting in the garage or driveway. I should be zooming around by next week when all that needs ot be done, has been done.
09-26-2009, 12:07 AM
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Sorry, but that must have hurt!
