120clown

do you guys have any tips or wasy to polish the swingarm on my bike i have a 95 cbr f 3 and i see bikes all over with polished frames and i like the way it looks! do you guys have any words of wisdom?? and can someone post a reply with step by step thanks

shawn

CHIMNEY

:splat just drag it on the ground looks better the polished frames sorry i hate the bling bling hype

420f4i

gotta agree with chimney hear. its how u ride not they way the bike looks.

120clown

i also agree but i wanted somthing to do with my spare time when i cant ride because it is raining!

420f4i

haha buy a fiddy. wisconsin sux. u should move.

120clown

this is true!

kraker

Don't polish the bike unless you are willing to put in ALOT of time sanding/buffing. This can take you over 40 hours to finish. After you finish, the nightmare begins with keeping it clean and dodging the rain. I've had a polished bike and I'll never do it again. If your still interested, then you can buy polishing compounds and use that with a buffing wheel. That is suppose to be the easy way but I could never get it right with the temp/speed. The way that I ended up using was with sand paper. I just started with 100 grit and worked my way up to 2500 grit. This way will make your fingers bleed everytime you work on it. Good luck

b00tal

polishing the swingarm/frame... welll... here is my 2 cents..
if and only if the swingarm on your cbr is NOT cast metal (meaning the bumpy type of metal) i would even attempt this.
if it is cast metal.. don't waste your time..takes wayyy too long
otherwise:
1. just get some aircraft grade paint stripper(lowes, home depot)
2. brush it on, let it sit and all that coating comes right off,
3. then what i used was a strong *** drill /w a buffing attachment and went at it /w the various compounds...
*note* when using diff compounds, each use their own pad, DO NOT mix compounds on the same pad

all in all everywhere where there is not cast metal is not that bad.. kinda time consuming.. but not that bad.. i m just lazy and don't feel like doing my new bike this way... if u need any help PM me
/Shaun

RR_Rick

I saw 120clown
avatar and almost fell out of my chair good one dude!

120clown

thank you! thank you!

RR_Rick

what did you use to make that ...

120clown

i had a freind make it for me

Rudy-eastcoastX

Isn't that bike all steel- you can't polish steel.

120clown

that i do not know!??