DETAILING & RESTORATION · PHUKETI take the years
off a bike.
Around here "detailing" usually means a wash. When a bike arrives looking old, I go further than that: rust taken off the headers down to bare metal, cracked plastic welded and repainted, the engine degreased, the paint corrected and sealed. The bike below is a customer's Africa Twin. It had spent a year parked outside before he brought it in, so it needed all of it.
What sets the price
I look at the bike first, then tell you the number. Once we agree on it, it does not move.
BEFORE ▸ AFTEREvery part
I touched.
Thirteen zones on that Africa Twin. Open any frame and drag the handle to see it change - all of it photographed in the pit the day the bike went home.
WHAT A FULL DETAIL INCLUDESWhat I actually do
to a tired bike.
Hand wash first, then chemicals for everything a wash never touches: tar, old chain lube, salt film, brake dust.
Headers, bolts, brackets, springs. I take the rust back to metal and polish it. I do not paint over it.
Years of oil mist and road dirt off the cases, the frame and the swingarm.
Cracks and breaks welded and built back up, guards resprayed, sun-grey plastic brought back to black.
Swirls polished out, the gloss back, then sealant or ceramic on top.
Old lube stripped off, the chain checked, fresh lube on. The chain in the photos is the same chain.
Send me two or three photos.
No two bikes need the same work, so I don't print a price list. Send the photos on WhatsApp and I'll come back with a number and a free slot, usually within a few minutes while I'm in the shop.
Scooters are welcome too, but big bikes are what I do best.