for those of you polishing your frame you can clearcoat them however you must first go to your local body shop and tell them what you are doing they have some stuff i cant recall the name you spray on first. its for aluminum only and when it dries it wont turn yello w like some other stuff does. when your done with that you can then spray and kind of clearcoat on that you want. i polished my rims but dont have the time to do that this year have to wait for next winter. anyway good luck if you do it

 

Today i decided around 9pm that i was going to polish my swingarm. Well let me tell you that damn powder coat/annodized crap sucks i spent 80% of the time getting that S%$T off. I decided to wet sand polish between each grit paper. when i got to 800 i was pissed because it didnt look shiny yet just smooth well after the 1000 things started coming around. thanks for the thread. and yes it took me 7 hours just to do one side of the swingarm...............USE A SANDER FOR THE 220...............

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i've polished a couple of frames, yes spray on oven cleaner will remove the anodizing you'll know it when it turns black
saves alot of time

 

Check out the finished swingarm wow I had an idea used the thread and it turned out NICE. I only have to paint the bike and polish front side of pegs. Thanks again for the thread and any projects i do i will post.

 

Question about my 900RR. When I bought it 2 months ago the frame was already polished, and it looks pretty good. However, it has some blemishes as well assome scratches i'd like to get rid of. Do I need to re-do the entire frame to make it all look uniform or will it blend in once i've gotten rid of the scratches? Also, what's the best way to "re-do" those trouble spots? Any info is greatly appreciated......Thanks