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Clutch Cover ...to paint or to polish?

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Athame57:
The paint on this casing  on my F2 is looking really dull as it is everywhere else. I seem to see different approaches to this casing on internett images and even the cover of the Haynes manual. Should this item be polished as opposed to painted, does it respond especially well?

Rob62:
I would say do whatever you like the most...don’t worry about being “correct” theres plenty of anorak bikes out there anyway... when i re-finished my engine i wanted to try and keep it std looking and in keeping with its age .....so i gave it a brushed look an then lacquered it. But now i wish i had polished it a liitle bit more...

Orcade-Ian:
I believe that originally they had a thin silver base coat applied followed by lacquer but as we know to our cost, this finish was less than durable in our climate.  The same finish was applied to lots of stuff on our bikes and if we used them in all weathers it did not last very long.  My own preference is to strip this finish and hand polish the part.  The purists might complain but even after 15 years my covers and other parts only need a quick rub with solvol to bring them back to as they were when I did them.  So yes, they do respond to polishing but again, speaking personally, I don’t machine polish.

This is a quick shot of the 400/4 and my avatar is the 350/4 I’ve had since about 2002.

http://www.stallard-engineering.co.uk/stories/Bikes/Japanese/400%20four%20pt5.htm

Ian

Moorey:
Do which every you are happy with it’s your bike, and if you get fed up with the look it’s not difficult to change it.

H2Eric:
To each their own, but if it were me I'd polish it and professionally at that.

Eric

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