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Old 02-10-2008, 02:17 PM
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Default Polishing Motorcycle Wheels

Hello all. I'm new to all this stuff. I bought a new bike last Fall. I've experimented with polishing a few parts like my levers, and my upper belt guard. The bike is a V Star 1300. The Wheels appear to be cast aluminum (or some variant of). They are pretty smooth on the outer diameter and the faces of the spokes have been machined flat on part of the faces. They also seem to have a hard anodized finish.... sort of a grey color, with those machined faces shining like, well, like machined aluminum. Oh, here's the great part. The "hub" area still has a lot of heavy cast texture, and there are still the casting ridges and stuff like that on the spokes. Getting in there with a sander is not going to happen. Is there any compound to use on a drill with a long extension (and a small wheel) that would/could smooth these castings in prep for polishing?
I'm pretty happy with the results of the upper guard polishing job, and these wheels are a nice design.........just rough and begging for a nicely polished finish. But I don't even know where or how to start.
Thanks for any guidance. I can link some pics if that would help.
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