- Joined
- Jan 27, 2013
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- Location
- Brisbane Australia
- My Bike Models
- 1981 GL1100 “Rats Nest”
1998 GL1500c Val
1987 CBR1000f “The Pig”
1991 CBR1000f Red
I finally made time to get the front wheel off Val so that I could strip the clear, get the rim polished and have the new Shinko 150/80x17 230 fitted. As I was working at AMA in Springwood today I could get the tyre stripped before I went there. I was able to get their polisher to polish my rim so that I could pop out at lunch time and get the new Shinko fitted.
Val on the ATV lift strapped on as usual and rock solid even with the front wheel off.
I used my right angle die grinder with poly wheels to remove the clear cote. The green one works best but is a lot slower than the brown ones but you need to be gentle otherwise it can scratch the alloy.
I was only expecting the outer rim (bead area) to be polished but as I had everything out of the way Mark polished the whole rim. :good:
Val on the ATV lift strapped on as usual and rock solid even with the front wheel off.
I used my right angle die grinder with poly wheels to remove the clear cote. The green one works best but is a lot slower than the brown ones but you need to be gentle otherwise it can scratch the alloy.
I was only expecting the outer rim (bead area) to be polished but as I had everything out of the way Mark polished the whole rim. :good: