sv650 stripped and being cleaned/polished

Looking forward to seeing this.

[lazymanc]

I just hope you labelled all the bits as you took them off

Originally Posted by lazymanc

I just hope you labelled all the bits as you took them off

who needs labels????
I've stripped so many bikes in my time that I could just about do it with my eyes shut!

C'mon we want to see it going back together now.

well, next stage!
order the polishing kit, which I've got from www.thepolishingshop.com
I paid about 51 quid including next day delivery and this is everything that came in it

apparently this is everything you need to give your metal a mirror finish!
This is the swingarm after using the 80 grit abrasive compound just to take the paint and other lacquers etc. off.


Then there are a few different stages to follow but when you get round to the polishing part this is what it starts to resemble

Very shiny I'm sure you'll agree
The whole process only took roughly 2 hours to do one side of the swingarm, well worth the elbow grease i think!
Then carried on the following evening with the rest of it!
This is what it looked like when I'd finished.
Obviously when I have started rebuilding the bike these will be done again with the polishing compound and mop to really bring out the shine and remove all the god dam fingerprints!!!

Then decided that I'd have a go at the forks next as I did hand rub these with wet and dry last year and then used autosol on them to polish but were never quite as good as I wanted so this is how the polishing kit makes a big dfference as you should see here

This is where I have got to so far in the picture below which is the current progress of the main frame.
I am just using the 80 grit abrasive compound at the moment to remove everything and start to get rid of the imperfections in the metal.

Please be aware though each stage of grit you use you must do it in a different direction with each one as otherwise you'll never remove the scratches.

Well not much more to say or show now until probably tomorrow night as that's as far as I've got at the minute.
Hope you all like the progress so far

There's going to a lot of polished metal going on.

gonna look well bling innit

Are you also going to need to polish and reapply the protective glaze to the swing arm and polished areas of the frame regularly (potentially a bit awkward), or did you have something more permanent in mind?

i take it you have another bike to ride, cos once you have put this back together you won't want it getting dirty now will you.

Originally Posted by sinbad

There's going to a lot of polished metal going on.

gonna look well bling innit

Are you also going to need to polish and reapply the protective glaze to the swing arm and polished areas of the frame regularly (potentially a bit awkward), or did you have something more permanent in mind?

2 things are needed apply normal bodywork polish like mer or turtle wax etc this will protect the finish, also you could lacquer it if you wish, but that can dull the finish badly in some cases!

Originally Posted by bluefishman

i take it you have another bike to ride, cos once you have put this back together you won't want it getting dirty now will you.

I really don't want to get caught in the rain on it thats a fact, no haven't got another one (yet) but am looking towards winter to get a small winter hack to blast about on!!

i have a Chituma CTM 125-c for wet weather riding... google it, its blazin......