sv650 stripped and being cleaned/polished
 

Hi people!
Thought i'd share the current progress of my strip and rebuild of my 2001 curvy.
I decided a few weeks ago that I was going to polish the frame, swingarm etc. and also do something with the wheels as they are lets face it, a bit boring!!
Started first by taking the wheels off and stripping them back to metal and had a bit of a play around with polishing them and painting the middles, more to get an idea of what i want for the final result later on than anything.
these are a few pictures of the wheels
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/k...n/P1000863.jpg

masked and paint stripper applied, this stuff really doesn't hang about!
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/k...n/P1000864.jpg

http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/k...n/P1000865.jpg
Then this is after paint stripper and a bit of white spirit and a cloth, surprising how good they look just after stripping paint off.
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/k...n/P1000866.jpg

Then decided to try it with the inner parts painted gold to see how that looked as hopefully going for a black and gold look eventually on the whole bike.
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/k...n/P1000867.jpg
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/k...n/P1000871.jpg
Oh and if you've ever wondered what to do with your old mcn papers when you've finished reading them a million times over and memorised every page(oops sorry, is that just me??:confused:), use them for masking!!!:)

And after however many coats of paint and lacquer and elbow grease later, this is what I ended up with!
Not bad for a trial to see what I thought?
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/k...n/P1000875.jpg
That's all for the wheels anyway, now onto the next part!!!!
This is where I began to cry as I saw my baby disappear into tubs!!!:shock:

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damm im likin the chrome round the edges looks fantastic!

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what did u use to get it to chrome.... i think it would be somthing id like to try at some point

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Paint stripper! Read the post

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good call :) was too busy lookin at the photos to notice the writing in between

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Being very picky now as they look fantastic, but any chance you could grind all the writing off of the wheel struts? Give them a nice clean look then.

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i like those, might have a go at polish the bike next week , got the autosol and just got to find that elbow grease
"now where did i put that":smt017

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daaaaamn dude thats brill looking.... certainly not boring anymore, and i especially like the chrome around the edges, well done!!

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that is forkin sweet!

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will having no paint on the wheels not mean they will corrode?