I know its been talked about before, but it oxidized motor covers or forks. What about rims? Its really hard to get around the spokes and keep the direction of abrasive travel the same. I have 4 wheels to do!
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Current Rides: 82 GS1100E, 00 Triumph 955 Speed Triple:twistedevil:, 03 Kawasaki ZRX1200, 01 Honda GL1800, '15 Kawasaki 1000 Versys
Past Rides: 72 Honda SL-125, Kawasaki KE-175, 77 GS750 with total yosh stage 1 kit, 79 GS1000s, 80 GS1000S, 82 GS750e,82 GS1000S, 84 VF500f, 86 FZR600, 95 Triumph Sprint 900,96 Triumph Sprint, 97 Triumph Sprint, 01 Kawasaki ZRX1200, 07 Triumph Tiger 1050, 01 Yam YFZ250F
Work in progress: 78 GS1000, unknown year GS1100ES
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Aluminum oxide is so hard it is used as sandpaper abrasive. Chemicals wont hardly touch it, the base metal is way softer. Basically you have to get medieval with it. Wire brush it, then polish. Bead blasting, or sand blasting works too. -
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A wire brush chucked in a drill motor to remove the easily accessible spots and a whole lot of red scotch-brites.
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I have a 3 inch yellow sewn pad that has a 1/4 inch hole in the center. This fits on an arbor that goes in my air tool and that used with aluminum polish does the trick quickly.
And Mothers makes what they call a power cone and a power ball..both go in the drill and are also very good tools for polishing rims.MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550
NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.
I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.Comment
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silicon carbide sandpaper
easy to do
use the least abrasive paper that does the job or you will make a mess of thingsComment
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Power balls and cones arent cheap..if you go that route use an electric drill. battery ones wont keep up with the size of the task...spend more time waiting on battery to charge than actually working.MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550
NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.
I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.Comment
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Thanks gentlemen. I didnt realize the stuff was so tough. I had to use a dremmel on the spokes,they were nasty but after my accident I had lots of time on my hands and needed to do something besides eat and watch netflix.Current Rides: 82 GS1100E, 00 Triumph 955 Speed Triple:twistedevil:, 03 Kawasaki ZRX1200, 01 Honda GL1800, '15 Kawasaki 1000 Versys
Past Rides: 72 Honda SL-125, Kawasaki KE-175, 77 GS750 with total yosh stage 1 kit, 79 GS1000s, 80 GS1000S, 82 GS750e,82 GS1000S, 84 VF500f, 86 FZR600, 95 Triumph Sprint 900,96 Triumph Sprint, 97 Triumph Sprint, 01 Kawasaki ZRX1200, 07 Triumph Tiger 1050, 01 Yam YFZ250F
Work in progress: 78 GS1000, unknown year GS1100ES
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