Any suggests/help on how I clean and polish the letters on a motorcycle rim?? I'm a newbie to metal polishing and I'm

having problems removing the paint, the surface is textured.....and then the big question....

how to polish it??
here's a picture of what I'm working on
http://ca.geocities.com/bob_fickel/gsxrrim.jpg
Plz/Thkx!!
Bob