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petenz


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The TTR has to be the hardest bike I have owned to clean

there seems to be to meany places for dirt/mud to get traped

even hard work with a water blaster....

 

took about a hour to clean the CRF.... like 3 to clean the TTR....

 

 

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Agree 

I hose it off  spray it with truck wash leave it a while overnight if possible and wash again Finish off with wd40 and cheap tire shine 

(A bit of metal polish on the exhaust and shiny bits now and then )

 

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TTRHead


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They do get dirty thats for sure. And the frames always flake paint off and rust in places....dont think i have see a TTR that hasn't got missing frame paint and rust spots on the joins

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TTRHead wrote:

They do get dirty thats for sure. And the frames always flake paint off and rust in places....dont think i have see a TTR that hasn't got missing frame paint and rust spots on the joins

Sounds like mine, I have red oxide primer painted all over the place, mostly on the welds as you say

 



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The first restorations that I did involved very time consuming wire brushing etc to remove as much rust as possible followed by spraying the frames. Sadly the subframes soon became rusty again and the paint quickly rubbed off the boot area which was very disheartening after all the work cry

In the end I gave up and powder coated the frames on my restos and this lasts a lot better biggrin

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