Thank you! Cheers! I thought I'd done enough to last a lifetime but I find myself looking at things and wondering what they'd look like shiny so I'll have to be careful👍

Thanks very much, engine back together next 👍

That's a great price! I'll have to try some more of their products

Hello, I've heard those front forks are sensitive to the roads, as they would be I guess! The NXT is very fine, you might need to use autosol first, or even a bit of T-Cut or wet and dry to get rid of the corrosion marks first or you might be there for weeks!

Thanks very much, more shiny shiny is good👍

Thanks Mark, I haven't heard of those products and I've not tried ceramic coatings. I'll have a look out for those. Nova SR was an iconic car, I bet they're all gone now!

@@GlynOC yeah was lovely , Rembrandt Silver Metallic, with factory sun roof. lol

Thanks Tim, it's easy to pick things out under the 'studio lights' but I've probably been looking at things you'll never see in real life, can't wait to get them on the engine now 👍

Thanks very much, it's the first bit that looks nice!

Hi Ian! That sounds great, I'd like to see that. I hope mine won't corrode too quickly or that'll be a shame, I'm quite lazy really and use the MucOff Protectant spray quite a bit on bikes which leaves a film on everything and works well, or at least it smells nice anyway 😻 You're right about the microfibre, I tried one and it was hard work compared to the rougher polishing stuff. Funnily enough, I just found a box of polishing cloths in TK Maxx whilst my wife was clothes shopping and they're great, kind of halfway between the two

@@GlynOCyou have an advantage over me, in that you have a garage. Clementine has to live outside under a cover (actually two covers 😂). When I had my Interceptor, I polished (by hand) the casings, to an almost mirror finish. Big mistake, any damp, just tarnished them, which meant I spent so much time and effort trying to keep on top of them. That’s why I just leave my 350 casing’s looking “nice”. I also ride (and record) throughout winter, on the gritty/salty/mucky roads. I did a winter prep video, where I explained how I used Scottoiler FS365, to protect everything, which definitely helped to a point (except the wheel spokes, can’t find anything which protects them 😢), but then, mid winter, started using “Rocket” spray. This stuff is great, but does leave a baked on residue, which is what I was polishing off in the upcoming video. Cheers

Ohh those covers don't help at all do they. I've never had a bare alloy engine before, anything shiny has been Japanese with lacquer on top which is great until it isn't! I'm going to have stainless spokes which isn't going to be cheap but I figured I'm in this deep so what the heck, they're being made at the moment (I hope!!). Looking forward to your video 👍@@ianhughesroyalenfield

Thanks, I can't wait!

Hi Peter, that must have looked fab, how long have did you have it for, have you still got it? I watched the video you told me about, that was brilliant, I'd like to go and ride around there, would probably end up off the edge!

@@GlynOC afrternoon Glyn the one in the video was our 996 ST4S with all the goodies Ohlins shock mechesine wheels, Race airbox and racing cans, we had it for about 6 years and 50+thousand miles I also had a 900SS kitted out the same which we had for 13 years both bikes were our pride and joy the 900SS went round the Nurburgring a couple of times in its life as well. Then we had a couple of Buell XB 1200 which slowly replaced the Dukes, but all gone know when we sold up everything including the bikes and scooters only bringing one Vespa px 125 with us to France which just could not part with, we had 7 Ducatis (Sarah had a 900SS) over a 20 year period, the Buells did everything the Ducatis did inc the handling not as pretty but soooo much cheaper to service, and character in spade fulls just like the Dukes. I’ve ridden the gorge three times since then twice on a ktm 690 duke and once on the Vespa px whatever you ride it on it’s an experience 🤣 ….pete🇫🇷

That's a good idea, I briefly thought about painting those cutouts black but that would have been a bit too fussy (and there are a lot of them!!)

haha it was only 35 mins, that's practically a trailer for me but that's what polishing is like. I could do it in half the time now I've worked out the kinks but I still don't fancy doing it again! Looking forward to getting it back together, it's painted now but waiting for it to harden properly so I don't get all marks on it 👍

It would make great lounge art while you're waiting to use it, as long as your table is strong enough!

@@GlynOC i may need to create a stronger holding table for it Glyn 😜😁👍

Thanks 👍 we'll see how it lasts, I better look after it

Thank you! Cheers!

Thanks you 🙏

It was only 1 coat but it was very deep haha, that was easy because it was laying on its side of course, if it were on the bike I think 2 lighter coats would be fine. The black paint was super gloopy anyway, I'll add a link to the description as they do it in several colours

@GlynOC my engine is eggshell black. Classic signals desert sand. I was thinking about painting the Royal Enfield logo, but I'm not sure I would find an enamel to match. Also, I'm worried about making a hash of it. Can't really lay my bike on it's side. Or can I?

haha I'm sure yours is lovely, what colour is it?

Its the halicon Grey, i call it baby blue. When hitchcock get the performance camshaft i can take off the covers and do some polishing because i really love how shiney it can become like you showed. Later do the shockabsorvers. Again, thanks for giving the example

That's right, you told me before, that's my favourite colour I think, or the signals ones. The shocks will be must easier being chrome I hope 👍

Hello, it was just a black 'enamel' paint off amazon but it's not real enamel of course, just a thick black paint, that was on amazon uk

It's just a metal polishing kit from Amazon or ebay, very cheap and you can use it in any battery or mains drill 👍