not a carb, rear brake, valve, starter, alternator thread

So far I've fixed the fuel sender unit, turn signal problem, missing cylinder/carb air leak, battery sensor, checked the rear brake, checked and changed valve shim clearance, leaking valve cover,leaking fork seal, cleaned the carbs and found a replacment trip odometer wheel. The rear grab bar had been brush painted by a PO, so I also sanded that down and rattle bottled that. On closer examination of the 750 Seca on my Haynes manual, it appears the rear grab bar wasn't totally painted when the bike hit the sales floor, but either had a chrome finish, a brushed aluminium finish or a coated aluminium finish. In order to get my back back to 'original' condition, can anyone tell me what the proper finish for the grab bar is supposed to be? If it is brushed aluminium, would a brass wire wheel on the end of a drill give me something close to what it's supposed to look like or would it likely cause a more scratched appearance. After this task, my next project will be to cut some grass, dig some weeds, clean rain gutters, clean windows, help with some vacuuming and dig out some lawn furnature and promise my wife to keep off the computer! Rick

 

It was a "crudely buffed" finish which was then lacquered over; like the sidecovers, etc., were when new.

If you want it to look exactly "factory" then hit it very sloppily with a belt sander loaded with 1200-wet, and clear coat it.

Or just polish it; it will look even better.

 

Boy, your next project sounds like no fun. Iprefer motorcycles over wives.
Because a motorcycle won't get mad, if you ride somebody else's motorcycle. LOL I polished my grab bar and like the way it looks.

 

So if I used my dremel tool on it with the brass brush to get the paint off , then maybe sandpapered it down to a sheen, that should work? Come on guys - I'm looking for ANYTHING' to do rather than the househouse chores!
Heck, I was also telling the wife I had to clean out the groves on the tires!

 

Once the paint is removed a scotchbrite pad will work nice, from there just proceed with normal polishing routine.

 

Use "Aircraft Paint Remover" from the auto parts, it will also remove any traces of the old lacquer clearcoat.

Then use a little Scotchbrite "buff" in your Dremel, and buff it up. That will give you a finish similar to the factory finish, but a little "finer" and more precise. Then you could clear coat it.

Or: Begin polishing. Wet sand 1200, 1500, 2000 then get out the rubbing compound or polishing rouge followed by Mother's Billet Metal polish. Then you won't need to clearcoat it.

 

Sand the paint off by hand. That should keep you away from the yard work for awhile.

 

With a tiny piece of sandpaper....iwingameover is a thinking man...LOL