That's awesome MotoBuddha, I didn't know that stuff could come off so easy.  Do you anticipate much work to keep it shiny?

I discovered these surface irregularities on the clutch cover. I wonder if the crackling is from exhaust heat. Suzuki protects your ankle from the heat, but not the cover.

That's good to know. Looks like more sanding in my future than I'd planned on.

fsmidt wrote on 01/02/11 at 13:12:00:


I got the link from elsewhere here a SuzukiSavage.com

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1289315334

You gonna high gloss polish all the clear coated parts? Are you gonna clear coat them again? I polished my clutch cover, but didn't clear coat it, because didn't know what to use and am not much of a painter anyways. I have to repolish frequently and keep water drops off of it, because it stains rather quickly.

DuplicoLor make a black chrome paint, a 2 step spray can process for chrome and bright aluminum.  thats my plan for the rims and forks.

A marvelous extravagance just arrived from England: bar-end turn signals by Oberon. Beautifully machined aluminum bodies.



Here's what they look like installed (on a different bike). They're two sided, so they're visible from the front and back. I hope they make separate rear signals unnecessary. There's a state inspection station nearby that's also a custom bike shop. They'll be able to tell me if I'd pass inspection.



They wouldn't really work with buckhorn bars, but I'll be going with clip-ons, which also makes installation really easy. I won't need to drill the bars for wiring, just the plastic caps.

Not for blinkers.