Perhaps light air pressure in a blasting cabinet with glass would work ? That in effect would set you up for polishing.

You'll LUV these... Mostly only required the orange, then the blue for fine stuff...

I've been getting mine at ACE Hardware stores... Home Depot, Lowes and Harbor Fright carry the orange ones but ACE seems to usually have the 3....

This is what I use on the engine cases as well, seriously... Well that and some Simple Green....

All buffing was done with the drill :pinch: ... Did it work well obviously but I should have bought the buffer (Cheap bastard I am)....

Once completed, just some Never dull, mothers etc.... every month or so and she'll stay nice and shiny. No serious buffing required, wipe on/off is all I do...

Post them Pre & Post images...

I finally ordered these last night. I think they'll help to get a nice, uniform finish that will help the polishing process.

Get off your ass old man (me too... :blush: )...

Seriously, one after noon and that swing-arm would look like a mirror...

Old Man Rock wrote:

Subtle hint............... :lol:

I've been SLOWLY working on my swingarm. I've got all the bearings and spacers out and also removed the lower shock bushings (in the swingarm). I have all new parts for when reassembly time comes.

You guys were right about it being anodized. The coating wasn't clear anodize though...it was silver anodize. Small detail I know, but the color is what threw me off...I knew it couldn't be clear anodize and still be that silver. I didn't realize that they had so many colors available for anodizing. The Easy-Off did the trick removing it...no problems there. Thanks for the tips.

So the one side that I have polished looks really nice. I've been thinking though that it's going to take a lot of maintenance to keep it looking good. With that in mind, I've got some prices on having it powder coated. I think a nice metallic silver or maybe the "chrome" powder coat would look good and that stuff holds up real well over time. I found a local place that will do it for $65.

I've also received more quotes on having it polished...prices range from $365 to $750! :blink:

While I am on here and searching.... What do I do about all my rusted and nasty bolts (chassis bolts, nuts, etc)?

I think you reconditioned all your bolts Kid Kawie? Ill look through your posts, but I thought I saw someone else on here who did theirs. Any info would be great. Cheers.

Also, I got all my POR-15 rust preventative paint, and chassis paint. I finished blasting my swing arm and trying to decide if its worth my time to blast the frame or pay the blaster who did my covers $40 to do my frame and save my time. Tough one. Do it myself and take a few hours or get my frame back in one day while I work on other things. Sigh....

I am excited for the POR 15 frame painting to begin. Battery box, tool, holder, triple tree, frame, swing arm and some engine brackets.

Hi,

I am new to this forum and wanted to say hello, this place is great. I stopped riding a few years ago after an accident racing supermotos. I am ready to ride again and just acquired a 1975 Z1 in a trade with my best friend.

The bike is stretched and raked. The motor was rebuilt and never started. 1075 Wiseco. 36mm Flatslides, undercut tranny and new clutch. I am not crazy about the drag set up but its growing on me. I want to either go with a stock length swingarm or a Gs1100 swingarm.

I have a few questions.

My rear wheel was relaced by buchanons with a 3.5" rim, Will that rim with a 150 or 160 fit on the stock swingarm?

My bike was raked 4 degrees and goes straight as an arrow, will that much rake make it handle bad?

Can a frame be deraked?

When my friend bought the bike back in the 90's, it was perfect. A completely stock and beautiful z1. I tried to convince him to leave it alone.

going to most likely build my own out of sheet metal or if i can find a cheap tail on craigslist or the bike junkyard by my house but i still have a lot to do before i get on that project. and if i ever do a mono shock swing arm swap im going to do a under tail exhaust :whistle: