Aw shucks..thanks guys! Well, LRB looks great in that photo yes...but it is not that the photo got airbrushed or anything like that..it is simply that LRB loves to be waxed and polished and the photo is not a closeup. He has all sorts of blemishes and worn spots on the usual places where road dust and dirt will damage paint. Like the very front edge of the fairing. But as I say somehow the paint takes on a real shine still! So satisfying.
The powdered coated white wheels are virtually pristine and have been so for 6 years now. LRB came with the silver wheels and that really bothered me as I remember my first LS and one of the major reasons I loved it were the white wheels against the red paint job. I couldn't see they weren't white wheels clearly in the Ebay ad! So I discovered brand newly powdercoated white wheels from a fellow named Stefan Sowards (ibmwr.org marketplace) from the NM White Sands Missile Range. Derek bought them for me for xmas way back when! Cost a small fortune but I got the rotors, axles, bearings and all seals/spacers etc. I have been busy cleaning white wheels ever since. I did get behind though for those times the rear wheel drive breather wasn't sorted out!!
I would like to powdercoat the polaris silver wheels and I too have concerns about getting a good job done. Sowards powdercoater did a good job because that stuff is tough!
It is my understanding that BMW started to provide a choice for LS wheel colour, white or silver, after the white wheels showed cosmetic cracks between the softer spoke and hard rim metal compounds. They even put out a white tape to disguise the crack!
You guys make me feel so good that we all need to sit around together having a beer just staring at our bikes!
Hey Ed, I figure we get to see your bike in person next summer?
