Comments on: Aluminum Polishing

By: fanoboss

fanoboss — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:06:59 +0000

Thanks for sharing.

By: Dale

Dale — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 12:53:09 +0000

Mike, I can see that it has dual discs. I am not commenting on anybody’s mechanical abilities here, I just noticed that the tire (not the wheel) is mounted backwards, you know, with the arrow pointing towards the motor.The reason I know this is because I have the same front tire and I mounted it backwards the first time. It is really easy to do, and it happens more than you think in shops everyday. The ‘V’ should point to the front, not the back. I’m sure that it works fine, it is only a matter of safety in the rain. Good luck…

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 06:21:29 +0000

Dale, the front wheel on the red bike has dual brakes, it’s not backwards.

By: Dale

Dale — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:04:25 +0000

Mike I always polish my aluminum parts, you are right they do look better than paint. I just wanted to let you know your front tire is mounted backwards on your red bike.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:07:08 +0000

Mike, thanks for the article. I was contemplating painting my covers, but when I read this I decided to keep them clean. I’m halfway done and glad I didn’t paint them. Thanks again.

By: tony

tony — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:45:05 +0000

Mike, i agree with you, i hate to see people paint these covers, i’m no expert, but i think all that sanding would take care of the clear coat, i have an 82 that was left outside by the shore, everything was pretty rusty, the side covers were badly oxidized, i wet sanded them with a little soapy water, 800 grit paper and an electric palm sander, than polished them with a tube of that stuff mikes xs sells. i wasnt going for the chrome look, i just wanted to make them look stock, and they came up nice, without a whole lotta work. good looking bike you have their, great color, is that a differant swing arm, and wheres your battery and electronics? thanks for posting your project, tony

By: Steven (Hotrod) Beattie

Steven (Hotrod) Beattie — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 07:29:04 +0000

Hello this is Hotrod, Love this article, I just pulled off both my cases off my 1980. I was going to paint them Laqure Blk, and Flat Blk. But I like his methods better. Thanks again for the article, Hotrod.

By: Migustigus

Migustigus — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:06:31 +0000

Harbour Freight also does a 220v grinder, I pulled the grinding wheels off it and bought buffing wheels from a polishing suppliers online. I can do a clutch cover for an XS in 20 mins on this bad boy. Well worth the investment, esp if you’re gonna end up doing more than one build. Nice work , Ted, Keep it up. 😀

By: Blackwidow

Blackwidow — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:06:00 +0000

alot of work but it looks like it pays off

By: toe.

toe. — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:10:52 +0000

thanks for this. ive been trying to figure out a good way to do this.

By: kenb

kenb — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:13:59 +0000

Nice work and yes I too like the polished work, some thing about the mindless work that can be very gratifing. Yea I once polished up my case’s on the rt1 360, my dirt mount. Abit nuts!

By: Ted

Ted — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:29:11 +0000

HI Mike,
I use Mother’s Aluminum polish to..Good stuff…
Nice write up. Thanks.
Is the last pic at the Muskegon hot ride/bike show?