I plan to polish next weekend, just got em' stripped this weekend. I think it goes well with the color scheme.

wildcard

 

damn, it looks good. i'm doing it.

wouldnt have thought of it if i didnt see it on yours, i'll keep you updated when i get it done.

 

I think it looks pretty good on our color scheme. It looks good on most any bike, it just offsets ours better I think. I'll start the polishing part this weekend, but yeah it's every bit of a pain in the a$$. There are some tricks to make things easier. First thing is when you tape up the inner part of your rims, it doesn't have to be perfect. After you tape them up good, take a razor blade and go around the raised lip of the rim and peel off the excess tape. I wish I would have thought of that on the first rim. I spent so long taping the first tire...what a waste.

Get some pics up when you can.

wildcard

 

Looks good Wild. Did you do them on or off the bike?

 

I left them on the bike. Definately easier I think, if I would have removed them.

 

what'd you use to strip 'em? I've heard oven cleaner works best (this was after I used multiple hours and elbow grease stripping the ones on my Ducati)

 

I would guess off is a bit easier. I did a friends wheels and frame last year along with some other work, man its miserable. I dont think i would ever want to do it again [&:]It should look sweet when your done though.

 

good point, what do you use to strip them?

 

So did you have to tape off the middle spokes and center part of the wheel or not? I was told since that is cast aluminum it's real hard to get that paint off, which would explain why most people just do the rim lips or whatever they are referred to as. I plan to do this real soon on my bike but i wanted to find out if it's really necessary to tape off the middle rims at all? Also, did you get the whole rim lip polished or just the main lip minus the raised center part of it.

 

I used airplane remover. If you are just doing the lips i would rec. taping them off tho.