Can you see it ...

[NightCrawler]

After.
Its amazing how much light those reflectors absorb. My bikes looks so much shinnier without 'em.

I see the bike looks better with the hump and no bra.



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[NightCrawler]

What did you do to your frankenstein bolts?  (that's not my guess...just curious)

Nothing. I just removed them. I never did like the way they looked.

I'll take them off your hands if you don't want them.  

Sorry. Gave 'em away many moons ago.

 

[06BUSA]

Just took the rear reflectors off mine Friday. I waited till I knew I would get the nuts out. Did not want the dead weight floating in there. Used a strong magnet to pull them out. No disassemble.

 

[nitrousjunkie]

Those frankenstein bolts are mounting points,I'd put em back in or find a shorter bolt that will fit in the recessed hole.

 

[paineless4u]

looks really good man, did you do around the steering stem? Did you use the Mothers Billet stuff for polish? A guy down the road said his cousin was polishing his frame for 600.00 (family discount)
how long did it take you? what was the final grit paper you used?

 

[NightCrawler]

Those frankenstein bolts are mounting points,I'd put em back in or find a shorter bolt that will fit in the recessed hole.

Since I'm polishing quite a bit of the bike, I may just get polished frank' bolts.

 

[NightCrawler]

looks really good man, did you do around the steering stem?

What's that? Do you mean just in front of the tank? If so, no I didn't. It did cross my mind though.
Did you use the Mothers Billet stuff for polish? A guy down the road said his cousin was polishing his frame for 600.00 (family discount)[/QUOTE]
I spent less than $30 for the products I used. The only stressing part of this was getting the vertical part of the frame smooth. Once I did that, the rest was easy. I would have been done waaay sooner but I only recently learned of using oven cleaner to remove that clear coating. All I used was 80 to 2000 grit paper and Mother's polish after the 2000. I'm sure if I had paid a pro $600 it would have come out better, but I'm happy with the results and can use the $570 I saved on something else.
how long did it take you? what was the final grit paper you used?[/QUOTE]
In terms of hours put in, I'd say around 10 to 12. But the majority of that was sanding off the clear coating. Using oven cleaner would have killed at least 4 hours.
Final grit I used was 2000. That was the highest I could find.