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Offline phildobaggins

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DIY: 2013 Concours 14 being a dumbass and ruining your paint
« on: December 02, 2013, 08:07:49 PM »
Tools Required:

1 x chinese generic tank protector in faux carbon fiber
1 x dumbass (this is you)
1 x beer (rootbeer)
1 x wax
1 x rubbing compound (I hate you pepboys bitch, but mostly i hate myself)
1 x polishing compound (I love you youtube)
1 x 2013 Concours 14
1 x harbor freight stool

Step 1: Apply your chinese tankpad, regret its lameness approximately 12 hours later and remove in your work parking lot

Step 2: Mini panic that only the vinyl sticker came off but left all the stick, calm down and realize you only need to cleaner wax to remove.

Step 3: Go to Pepboys and immediately head to the waxy buttsection and look for a cleaner wax. Get interception by some girl who works there and asked what your looking for. You explain the situation and she advised to use rubbing compound. You advise that rubbing compound is too harsh but fold when she swears she removes stickers with it no problem. Punch yourself in the D!ck later for listening to another human being.

Step 4: Gather materials



Step 5: Rub one out....gently

With the compound silly



2 phildos one cup



Step 6: Hate yourself for a moment while you look at the haze



Step 7: Attempt to clean up with wax

before



after



Step 8: Punch yourself in the junk again, your dumbass forgot to get the polishing compound. Go to autozone and get some polish.



Step 9: Polish it

Stage 1



Stage 2



Stage 3



Stage 3 with flash



Step 10: Ask the scooter/motorcycle owning neighbor who happen to ride up when you were done if he can find the spot where you ruined the paint. Give him approximately 10 seconds and he will find it. He will suggest you get a cheap tank guard to cover it up........buy the tank guard and complete the loop.

Now stand back and learn something from your actions while admiring your deathmobile.


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Re: DIY: 2013 Concours 14 being a dumbass and ruining your paint
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2013, 08:12:49 PM »
You missed a sticker :P

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Re: DIY: 2013 Concours 14 being a dumbass and ruining your paint
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2013, 08:25:14 PM »
You missed a sticker :P


+1...  :goodpost:   Unless you can't remember what kind of fuel to put in it.  ;)




That sux PB, glad you were able to get it cleaned back off.  :thumbs:


You should buy the Tech Spec, easy on and off and looks/works great!  8) :chugbeer:




http://techspec-usa.com/magento/index.php/motorcycles/kawasaki/concours-10-12.html


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Re: DIY: 2013 Concours 14 being a dumbass and ruining your paint
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2013, 08:50:59 PM »
Drag, Man!

WD-40 is a safe adhesive remover.  ;)

A little late, I know.

Glad you got it sorted!   :)
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Re: DIY: 2013 Concours 14 being a dumbass and ruining your paint
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2013, 08:52:30 PM »
The real test will be sunlight tomorrow :) But worst case is i'll throw my orbital in a side case and take it to my buddies garage for a little more polishing powaaaaaaa

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Re: DIY: 2013 Concours 14 being a dumbass and ruining your paint
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2013, 08:54:20 PM »
There you go!  :D
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Re: DIY: 2013 Concours 14 being a dumbass and ruining your paint
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2013, 09:09:43 PM »
WD-40

yeah , same here. Even plain old petrol can be used. As for using rubbing compound .. holy smokes man ... did the salesgirl have super large ones or sumthin ...

 ;D

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Re: DIY: 2013 Concours 14 being a dumbass and ruining your paint
« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2013, 09:16:54 PM »
Naw, she wasn't good looking at all which told me I should listen to her. I'm the f'n dummy here. I could say all I want about how she is this or that but i'm the dummy who went in for cleaner wax and walked out with a paint destruction kit. Oh well. I got some exercise in jerking off the gas tank for 2 hours...

What can yah do other than make fun of it :)

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Re: DIY: 2013 Concours 14 being a dumbass and ruining your paint
« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2013, 10:33:13 PM »
I've had some success with Goo Gone.

Man that potato launcher looks HUGE with the bags off.
« Last Edit: December 03, 2013, 08:52:45 AM by Rhino »

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Re: DIY: 2013 Concours 14 being a dumbass and ruining your paint
« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2013, 11:19:21 PM »
goo gone and a 10 dollah heat gun from harbor freight and the decals will fly of the bike for you 
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Re: DIY: 2013 Concours 14 being a dumbass and ruining your paint
« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2013, 11:40:02 PM »
I know, this is all stuff I know yet I did the exact wrong thing. I'm just a dummy today.

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Re: DIY: 2013 Concours 14 being a dumbass and ruining your paint
« Reply #11 on: December 02, 2013, 11:45:23 PM »
Just buy a tank bra and be done with it. Connie's love tank bras.

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Re: DIY: 2013 Concours 14 being a dumbass and ruining your paint
« Reply #13 on: December 03, 2013, 12:06:32 AM »
Man that potato launcher looks HUGE without the bags off.

+1
In the first pictures I was thinking how pretty the blue looks in the C14 (haven't seen it in Germany) but when I saw the cannon on it  :doublepuke:
« Last Edit: December 04, 2013, 03:32:03 AM by martin_14 »
Build bridges, not walls.

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Re: DIY: 2013 Concours 14 being a dumbass and ruining your paint
« Reply #14 on: December 03, 2013, 02:22:51 AM »
Dude, you know how to spin a yarn!  Damn, that was funny.

You are right, it's never OK to trust anyone at an auto parts store or a Home Depot or Lowes.  Life was much harder before the internet.

I used Goo Gone on the license plate holder tail extension of my Buell and it took the paint off, so use with caution.  I assume it was some dumbass paint without clear that HD sourced for the bastard stepchild company, but it did happen.

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Re: DIY: 2013 Concours 14 being a dumbass and ruining your paint
« Reply #15 on: December 03, 2013, 04:39:16 AM »
 :o

Did you get any work done while you were at work?   ;)
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Re: DIY: 2013 Concours 14 being a dumbass and ruining your paint
« Reply #16 on: December 03, 2013, 06:29:05 AM »
GooGone and a heat gun would have easily fixed that issue
Keep the GooGone far away from the heat gun. It has a low flash point.
I was thinking of going this route. Anyone else tried this?:
http://tinyurl.com/mkxnccr
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Re: DIY: 2013 Concours 14 being a dumbass and ruining your paint
« Reply #17 on: December 03, 2013, 06:30:52 AM »
Just buy a tank bra and be done with it. Connie's love tank bras.

So impressed with the ones I saw at MotoGP on bikes I picked this one up while in England only to find it was for a 10 and up..... thought about selling but ended up saving it for when I wear my 08 out and have to go to a  Black or silver 10 or better. Bagster makes a nice bra. Have not researched the bags that attach to them.


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Re: DIY: 2013 Concours 14 being a dumbass and ruining your paint
« Reply #18 on: December 03, 2013, 08:02:05 AM »
Love the sense of humor over this....Techspec makes some decent looking pieces to cover the damage. 

I've covered things like this with the 3m Venture shield. Its very thin, and tough, vehicle paint protection film.  It looks nice and does well in area where tanks bags cover..just liek your damage.

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Re: DIY: 2013 Concours 14 being a dumbass and ruining your paint
« Reply #19 on: December 03, 2013, 08:03:32 AM »
So impressed with the ones I saw at MotoGP on bikes I picked this one up while in England only to find it was for a 10 and up..... thought about selling but ended up saving it for when I wear my 08 out and have to go to a  Black or silver 10 or better. Bagster makes a nice bra. Have not researched the bags that attach to them.




What's the difference? All the C14s use the same tank.