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Offline Spikeybike

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to polish or not to polish
« on: March 12, 2007, 03:36:25 PM »
so i just got a new generator emblem for my 75 cb550f and was thinking abot polishing it to a nice mirror shine.
but ... this is a NOS, still in the honda wrapper, totaly flawless emblem

Hmmm. dare I, or don't I

any thoughts ?
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Re: to polish or not to polish
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2007, 04:00:51 PM »
If you wanted a non NOS looking part you should have bought and old one and polished it up. I am not being harsh, but a NOS part means you want to keep an original look. I am not really a purist. I look at some of the Cafes that Sparty and other have done, and I they have transformed the bike in a way these were meant to be transformed. What I don't like is some of these Frankenstein mods that are a bit of this and that, you are not looking at a complete work, you are looking at an accumulation of mis matched parts.
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Re: to polish or not to polish
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2007, 11:55:05 PM »
If you polish it, you are doomed to repeat the polish process in perpetuity.
The Honda finish lasts several decades.

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Re: to polish or not to polish
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2007, 12:01:18 AM »
If you are really feeling guilty about it (I would too) then find somone on here with a nice old one and trade them. Mine is polished and I love it, but it looked like hell when I started. They all polish up and look good
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Re: to polish or not to polish
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2007, 05:02:14 AM »
polishing will mean re-polishing, that's all there is to it. much more I've found than I anticipated when I first did it. Now I shoot the polished pieces with a clear enamel. my generator emblem was very scratched, so I cut a piece of 1/8th aluminium sheet, hammered it round, and presses and machine screwed it into the place the original had been.

as for the "bits and pieces" constructions that are sometimes unveiled here, While I've seen a few innovations that I wouldn't put on my bike, I seen many more that I would, which suggests that in the pushing of boundaries there is a service. Personally, I started with a piece of bike anyway, and had to discover what a cb500K1 looked like from joining this site. from there, I was able to view the range of influences and tastes that pointed me in the direction of a Halliwood-type cafe.

I'm enjoying the experience of creating something that looks exactly the way that I want it to; or, if it doesn't, I enjoy the fact that I can tear it down, and start all over again...few things in life let you do that and ride them too.

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Re: to polish or not to polish
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2007, 06:01:34 AM »
Im with Bobby on this...sell the NOS and get an old one to polish up - or keep the NOS for later years  ;)

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Re: to polish or not to polish
« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2007, 05:00:32 PM »
yeah.. i think i'll skip the polishing, at least for the new one.
it was pretty expensive... i dont have an old one to polish and after droppin all that cash....i would regret it


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Re: to polish or not to polish
« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2007, 06:35:45 PM »
man, surely someone here can help you out with a decent runner. I agree save the nos for a resto.
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Re: to polish or not to polish
« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2007, 07:26:51 PM »
Quote from: 71cb750 on March 13, 2007, 06:35:45 PM
man, surely someone here can help you out with a decent runner. I agree save the nos for a resto.
noway...... im gonna use it on my "project"
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