2004 Yamaha V-Star 650

[yalerd]

This bike came to me thanks to my previously works I've done. The owner told me that he bought it used and the bike has had 2 different owners that never have really used it and had never taken care of it. He has owned it for a couple of months and used it but never done any deep cleaning.

Prodcuts
-Shampoo Plus
-Clean some parts with APC and a wheel brush
-Deep clean chrome with S100 Polishing Soap (and some other metals parts)
-Clay with mild clay bar with M34
-M105 with rotary
-M205 on Flex
-S100 Shine Enhancing Cleanser
-M20 on G110
-Meguiar's Chrome Polish
-NXT All Metal Polish
-PlastX
-Inspect and final wipe with M135
-Leather Cleaner Conditioner
-M40

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Went to sleep to rest for the next day


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Thanks for looking

[J. A. Michaels]

Re: 2004 Yamaha V-Star 650

Francis,
Great work as always. You really made that bike pop. From the chrome to the flake in the paint. Excellent work. great results.

[TimG]

Re: 2004 Yamaha V-Star 650

Francis, good work! V Star looks new!
Are those decals on the fuel tank? So many of them...

[yalerd]

Re: 2004 Yamaha V-Star 650

Francis, good work! V Star looks new!
Are those decals on the fuel tank? So many of them...

Thanks!
Those aren't decals!! Do you imagen that!

That's part of the paint, a custom job the owner did to it

[TimG]

Re: 2004 Yamaha V-Star 650

LoL Imagine if they were decals, its a whole lot of taping to do..

ps: tell the owner to wear sunglass when looking at chrome parts

[yalerd]

Re: 2004 Yamaha V-Star 650

ps: tell the owner to wear sunglass when looking at chrome parts

Now I can imagine that!

[Carfire]

Re: 2004 Yamaha V-Star 650

Good Job!!
Looks Great!!
Nice Work!!

[Tuck91]

Re: 2004 Yamaha V-Star 650

looks great!!

[vam_ras]

Re: 2004 Yamaha V-Star 650

Francis, another excellent work,
Nice man, its really good view your works.
Nice man!!

[BlueZero]

Re: 2004 Yamaha V-Star 650

Great job Francis!

How long did that take you?

[yalerd]

Re: 2004 Yamaha V-Star 650

Great job Francis!

How long did that take you?

Thanks!
Well took me like 11hrs

People tend to think that because a bike is "smaller" it's easier but if you really are cleaning it real good and polishing everything then you have to take things apart, clean, polish small areas CUT YOUR HANDS and just continue working then time will pass.

It can be harder, attention to details is a must, but I enjoy every second

[BlueZero]

Re: 2004 Yamaha V-Star 650

I've never done a bike. I figured it must take longer than a car.

You attention to details shows!

[R0N1N]

Re: 2004 Yamaha V-Star 650

Great result!! The bike looks fantastic.

I agree that bikes are much more difficult to detail because of many small parts, weird shapes and different materials.
I helped my friend detail his 40 years old (!!) bike some time ago and it took me almost 6 hours to do the fuel tank only.