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  • #1

    06 Harley Fatboy

    I like this one a lot better than the one I did for this guy in May.

    I did this bike today, Only thing that was bad was the chrome, I spent about three hours polishing out the chrome making sure to get every nook and cranny of chrome on this bike. Was not easy but was not that hard either. Not sure If I want to detail a bike tomorrow although I might have to.


    I would rather be detailing what you see in the background in this pic but thats not up to me.






















    Nick
    Tucker's Detailing Services
    815-954-0773
    2012 Ford Transit Connect
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    Re: 2006 Harley Detail

    Nice job on that FLSTFI (better know as a Fatboy). I used to detail at a Harley shop and every time I see a thread like this I miss it.

    You've been doing a good job, how many more cars/other things do you have to detail out there still?
    "Difficult takes a day, impossible takes a week." Jay-Z

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    • #3
      Re: 2006 Harley Detail

      I have a lot left to do for this client. He says he will have work for me for years. I have other clients as well so I have to keep them happy too.
      Nick
      Tucker's Detailing Services
      815-954-0773
      2012 Ford Transit Connect

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      • #4
        Re: 2006 Harley Detail

        It's nice work if you can get it.
        "Difficult takes a day, impossible takes a week." Jay-Z

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        • #5
          Re: 2006 Harley Detail

          Hey Nick, it could have been worse. The rims could have been spokes.
          As usual, great work. Bike looks awesome.
          quality creates its own demand

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          • #6
            Re: 2006 Harley Detail

            Nick,

            Great job on the Harley! It doesn't look like it has ever seen the road.

            J.A. Michaels is right, be glad it doesn't have spokes. I helped my boss detail his Harley right after he bought it. I didn't expect it to be so much work. After washing and drying, it was impossible to get all the drips. The drips just kept messing with the rest of the detailing (waxing, chrome polishing, etc...).

            I'll stick to cars in the future.



            Mike
            Why do we drive on a Parkway, and park on a Driveway

            George Carlin

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            • #7
              Re: 2006 Harley Detail

              Originally posted by Mikejl View Post
              Nick,

              Great job on the Harley! It doesn't look like it has ever seen the road.

              J.A. Michaels is right, be glad it doesn't have spokes. I helped my boss detail his Harley right after he bought it. I didn't expect it to be so much work. After washing and drying, it was impossible to get all the drips. The drips just kept messing with the rest of the detailing (waxing, chrome polishing, etc...).

              I'll stick to cars in the future.



              Mike

              Thanks Mike

              The air compressor made it a little easier on me, but surely water dripped from somewhere.

              Nick
              Tucker's Detailing Services
              815-954-0773
              2012 Ford Transit Connect

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              • #8
                Re: 2006 Harley Detail

                Originally posted by Tuck91 View Post
                Thanks Mike

                The air compressor made it a little easier on me, but surely water dripped from somewhere.

                We I first started at the Harley shop we were using the air compressor as well. They then bought a blower vac type things so I wasn't constantly kicking on the compressor and it was more powerful and had a bigger endcap. Some shops even sell them in their department.

                How long it the entire process take with wash and polishing? If I was on my "A" game I was able to do a basis wash and blow dry to about 20 bikes in a day. That was a long and tired day though.
                "Difficult takes a day, impossible takes a week." Jay-Z

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                • #9
                  Re: 2006 Harley Detail

                  Originally posted by Deaner5 View Post
                  We I first started at the Harley shop we were using the air compressor as well. They then bought a blower vac type things so I wasn't constantly kicking on the compressor and it was more powerful and had a bigger endcap. Some shops even sell them in their department.

                  How long it the entire process take with wash and polishing? If I was on my "A" game I was able to do a basis wash and blow dry to about 20 bikes in a day. That was a long and tired day though.

                  Washing and drying took about an hour and a half. Claying the entire bike took an hour and the polishing and waxing took another hour.

                  The chrome took a very long time, three hours including the wheels. Plus all those small tight areas surrounding the handlebars are a pain.

                  then there was other little things that took up some time too.
                  Nick
                  Tucker's Detailing Services
                  815-954-0773
                  2012 Ford Transit Connect

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                  • #10
                    Re: 2006 Harley Detail

                    Nice Work and Bike. Harley's are really cool bikes. I was talking to a tourist a couple of weeks back with a 2009 Road King...

                    About polishing the chrome...

                    Not easy.........well,there's a lot of it.
                    Not Hard.........You can't miss it!

                    Just kiddin'...there's a lot of nooks n' crannies to get into.

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                    • #11
                      Re: 2006 Harley Detail

                      Nice work

                      Bikes take a lot of time.

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                      • #12
                        Re: 2006 Harley Detail

                        great work
                        it only takes a little patience and plenty of PASSION!!

                        detailing blog

                        http://thedetailers.blogspot.com

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                        • #13
                          Re: 2006 Harley Detail

                          Any pics of the camaro?

                          Great work on the bike, maybe you will get to detail the '10 camaro next

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                          • #14
                            Re: 2006 Harley Detail

                            Originally posted by M_Cook View Post
                            Any pics of the camaro?

                            Great work on the bike, maybe you will get to detail the '10 camaro next
                            Thanks,

                            I am starting on the Camaro tomorrow, full writeup will be posted Tuesday.
                            Nick
                            Tucker's Detailing Services
                            815-954-0773
                            2012 Ford Transit Connect

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                            • #15
                              Re: 2006 Harley Detail

                              Nice ride! Tuck, what did you use to polish out the chrome?

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