Nice work. Very clean execution...

 

thanks everybody! glad you all like the bike. its the perfect little cruising machine. it handles pretty good, and isn't nearly as uncomfortable as my cb750 is.
bigbodycrx, i sent you a pm but i'll mention that stuff here too.

Never dull works very damn well. hit the very crusty spots with fine grit steel wool. then polish the aluminum stuff with a mothers powerball and the powerball liquid polishing compound.

 

wow thats amazing, i can't believe it came out that good

i'm hoping this customer calls me back, he's quite old and just pulled a 78 honda cm200t twinstar out of his garage that he bought brand new, rode for like a year, and then parked it in the back of his garage for almost 30 years. He said his wife wants it gone so i said make me the first person he calls. But that really gives me some inspiration if I get it.

 

hmm, i'll ahev to show those pics to my boss. he picked up a pretty clean cb450 4 banger, and wants to do the cafe thing, but his ideas of what a cafe bike is are a bit warped.