' Will post some pics later. '.

Please do .


Calling 940v !

Did you ever receive/use that 'Wonder' bike cleaning crap (I forgot the name) that you mentioned a few million posts ago?

Originally posted by 940V Originally posted by OldJohnboy ' Will post some pics later. '.Please do .Calling 940v !   YIKES!!!! Did you ever receive/use that 'Wonder' bike cleaning crap (I forgot the name) that you mentioned a few million posts ago?<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10px"></SPAN>   Gor-Don Benneto! damnear jumped outta me booties there OJB ...(Hmm i really must get round to re-packing the baffle in my trusty ear trumpet).... Ahhh yes, the Maas wonder polish.   Well, it took about fourteen days to arrive from 'Ampshire and i even had to chase the order by telephone to see if there was a delivery problem.   So. Having read the oodles of small print on the tube and in the accompanying blurb leaflet, i gave the offending patches at the top of the headers a generous application and stood back as it worked it's magic.   ....It didn't...Albeit after buffing it up with a calico mop in a battery drill, the pipes were shining like new chrome but it hadn't made much impression on the heat spotting, so it's just a (more expensive) medium to apply the required elbow grease to achieve the same nett result.   I then reverted to 'method A' where a blob of the cream is applied to one of those green woven plastic scouring pads from the kitchen, and using a small circular polishing motion, the heat spots polish out to a slight hazey finish.   Final buffing up with the polishing mop gave the exact same results as i achieved with a few of the other well known brands of metal polish.   Not that i was in a 'polishing frenzy'...i then attacked the bathroom where the broide had been having a devil of a job removing residual glue and tape traces from the new bogg cistern (porcelain) the bath (acrylic) and the w.h.b. (china)....Fan-bloody-tastic! they were gleaming in a jiffy, but the brownie points vanished in a flash when the Boss discovered the (by now) completely knacked scourer had been reinstalled in the kitchen sink tidy (loike) Tsk.   Let's see what Robbo comes up with  As i donaa "Geev eet Foive" so hold fire and save some boodle

Not on the recommended list then.
I find CIF on stainless very good leaves bit of a matt finish but cleans it a treat.Cheap aswell.

Not that CIF the Other CIf
The cream cleaner comes in a yellow bottle.
You work it in with a sponge of a green pad if you want to be a bit hard on it

OK here is the pics, I will take some tomorrow when the sunlight is out so sorry for the poor quality:

Header after a 3 minute clean



This shot you is the 3 into one collector, you can see the state of the rear one coz I could not get my hand in to clean it.



Another shot of the collector:



This is the downpipes:

Originally posted by Almost The product is optiglanz from HG: optiglanz WARNING Try at your own risk: This stiff is very acidic, wear gloves. Do not get on allluminium or chrome. LEAVE ON FOR A MAX OF 3 MINUTES THEN RINSE OFF WITH PLENTY OF WATER. I got an old bin liner and covered the engine up so as not to spray the stuff everywhere. The sprayed the stuff on and worked it in with one of those green pot scourer. 3 minutes later washed the stuff off. Dried off and light rub over with some wire wool. The finish, i do not know whether it was originally shiny like the silencer. Not tried on the Bellagio pipes yet. I will take a pic in the sunlight.

I think I'll risk a tub o' that stuff, Almost. Me Ducati down-pipes are due for some serious cleanin' any day now !

Fanks fer th' info'

Originally posted by OldJohnboy I am thoroughly pissadointed ! (He whispered )

*Bulletin*

^^^ ....Faknell!!! Gordons Alive!!!

Originally posted by tonewuk The lads back with his mum for a few weeks while he recovers.So thats a bit of good news. On the bad news side,My cockatiel has got a cancerous lump come up under his wing,Took him to the vets nothing they can do,nature to take its course.But he is 17 years old. On the good news front,Nobby will be coming home next week.Pictures to follow. On the bad news front,my next door neibhour died. So a week of highs and lows this week.

Originally posted by tonewuk Your right Dave.

The cunning plan for today.
Go and pick nobby up by changing the forks,and ride him back.
Well it went like this.
Fetched the forks off.that took all of ten minutes.
Do you think i could have them straightened.





Only joking the tubes are scrap.The lowers and internals are fine.

Ok stuck the new forks in the bottom yolk,and there is a 20mm misalignment to the top yolk.
i could get one fork in but not the other.
After Fracking about for a bit i took the yokes off.
Top yoke was fine.
Bottom yoke the centre tube was bent.




The tube as you can see had kinked,New bottom yolk required now.
Having that tube in saved the frame.

Right the other thing i found,The bottom bearing has a plastic cover on it which collects water nicely.
And fills the bearing nicely with water.Take some side cutters and cut a notch into it to let the water out.
Or rusty bearings

Originally posted by jmee54 A Convert is joining the Bellagio in my shed. Won't be going lairy with that though - or maybe...........

Where are the pictures ?????


Chop it

I quite fancy a Elderodo.Black and chrome.            

Edited by tonewuk - 20 Mar 2012 at 18:15

Originally posted by jmee54 The pics are in bikes for sale. I don't fetch it till the 5th April. Flying to Gatwick and riding back.   There could be a few little mods, but nothing that isn't reversible. I would like a single seat like the one on the T3 in the video thread, which would require new rear light. The Spada screen will go - and the clocks..................

Sorry mate,But your going to loads of problems riding that back.Glad its not me.

Originally posted by jmee54 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2008-MOTO-GUZZI-BELLAGIO-940-BLACK-/140725528866?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item20c3e52922   Another one for sale.

Spells as good as me .
Anyway how come you did not bite

Originally posted by jmee54 Originally posted by tonewuk Originally posted by jmee54 The pics are in bikes for sale. I don't fetch it till the 5th April. Flying to Gatwick and riding back.   There could be a few little mods, but nothing that isn't reversible. I would like a single seat like the one on the T3 in the video thread, which would require new rear light. The Spada screen will go - and the clocks.................. Sorry mate,But your going to loads of problems riding that back.Glad its not me.       Why so Tone?

I was going to say you where going to have problems with being stopped on that bike.


Its got blurry numberplate syndrome.
Why they do that is beyond me