Thought id share a product I've just come across and never heard of before it's a chrome and alloy polish called mother's I have started to use it on my old firestorm which I haven't moved out of the garage for over five years and so the alloy heelplates swinging arm and other frame attachments have started to put and look unsightly and I want to put it back on the road this summer for the odd occasion the Tiger just won't blow the cobwebs away anyway this polish I just typed it in on Amazon aluminum polish and this product popped up with all the usual other well known brands Auto Sol and a motul product which I bought at the same time well I did a test area on the heel plate and part of the exhaust pipe the motul which I tried first did not perform as hoped so I tried the mother's and wow was I impressed why haven't I heard of this polish before well needless to say it performed as the reviews suggested and so just in case I ordered a second pot because if I haven't heard of it the reason for this could be because it works it doesn't hang around on shelves very long Well I thought of the bonni riders and speed twins with the chrome work and chrome spoked wheels
Like I said johne I have just come across it and for what I used it for was so much better than the motul equivalent better value for money aswell so it is a winner there too
As well as Solvol Autosol being available in the usual 75ml tubes you can buy a 750ml tub of it from the Polishing Shop.
If I need something a bit less abrasive than Autosol I use good old Brasso. I've had this tin years and refill it when it runs low.... I also use Duraglit cotton wadding which does much the same job.
When I was a kid I used a cleaning paste in a tub for the chrome on my pushbike. It was from my nannas shed I think and was called ‘Blue Bright’. Felt like that tub lasted forever. Last seen in my dad’s garage when I left home. He passed away and mum got the old asbestos garage replaced. Never saw the ‘Blue Bright’ after the new garage went up.
Oh you have a while yet I'm 61 and the Tiger is my first non sports bike I was going for a speed triple but after the thought of not wanting to change in the near future I decided on the Tiger and my younger brother has one so that helped knowing how he is so happy with his
I don't know who bought it but it wasn't me, (I'm 65), probably my Dad. It used to have a price sticker on the lid which was 1/6 (1 shilling & sixpence for the younger forum members) which makes it pre Feb 15th 1971.