Thanks for the help guys.....the original rocker arm covers for my bike were not chromed. Just polished. After trying to gently sand away some of the pits, more started to apear just under the surface. I don't want to sand much more off, but it look life it might be a continueing thing with the pits. I may just have to polish as nice as I can and live with the pits.
I thought about having them chromed, but then I would n't have all this fun learning about polishing and buffing!!
Again, thanks for all the advice.....even from the Rice grinder guy!
Jason