what up guys in today's video we're going to talk about how to keep a
20 year old motorcycle looking minty fresh forever
all right guys real quick here's an example of what you can do with a
20 year old thruxton that makes it look almost brand new. mods front to back that i can tell
we've got this well let's go top to bottom looks like a chromed out mount for the
clusters, little shorty mirrors, just barely come out there, and you got the
double set of mirrors on this side, for actual practical function i guess. you can
tell being the thruxton suspension is preload adjustable so that's nice. little grilled mount
for the headlight. i'm not sure if these nuts are dressed up or if they're original like that.
i also don't know if this v configuration is original just because my own 2012 looks
different. this i think is a 2003 2004. i like the faux wood actually maybe yeah i
don't know if it's forward or real wood finish on that kind of matches the brown grips here
it makes it a pretty gentlemanly elegant look. little signals that are big enough to be seen and
safe and small enough that they're not obstructive and also simple enough that they kind of blend in
with the forks, obviously you got your fork gators kind of a triumph essential in a lot of people's
minds. i really like this kind of smaller sized front fender. i like that it's got this
drilled sort of motif which we'll see carried through a bunch of other components of the bike
so i like when you have instead of a mishmash of parts, stuff that shows consistency all throughout
really classes up a bike. speaking of consistency we got chrome, chrome,
chrome, chrome, chrome, chrome, chrome. a lot of these pieces were not original these were pieces
that were changed later on. i believe this motor did not have the chromed side covers
and probably not the chrome top either that was all stuff that was purchased and added on later.
stuff like this can you know take an old bike it's almost 20 years old and just as long as you keep
that chrome clean, it keeps this thing looking mint even 20 years later. absolutely beautiful.
simple elegant. do a few little tasteful touches a little tank strap, shut the fuel off
obviously this one's still carbureted so you're gonna have a petcock on the other side,
and yeah just little little things that make the bike,
just add a touch of class, like the drilled holes theme all throughout as mentioned.
aftermarket pipes though to be honest i don't know what brand these are
there's something you don't see every day: little cat face on the brake light, love it,
and again same signals front to back big enough to be noticeable but not so big as to be
ugly or in the way. you almost don't really notice them. if anything maybe they could be a touch more
out but that's personal preference, and again changing the engine slide cover on this side
it makes all the difference, it classes things up, they've you can tell added little bits and
aftermarket stuff on there. just nice little touches that make a bike so so much better,
so clean, no issues, great machine. and for comparison's sake i did a video earlier where i
filmed these guys this royal enfield and all the troubles it was giving them over and over and
over again and that bike was way younger than this one is. this one's 20 years old. you get
a good quality bike you put good quality parts on there and you keep it clean, take care of it,
it'll last you forever, it'll look new forever, great machine