how did u sand it?

 

I was mulling over what to do with the inspection cover ... since I'm running a belt drive, I was thinking I need to vent more air into the primary case ... so, was thinking about leaving it open ....

But, it doesn't look that great with the bosses for the inspection cover fasteners ... I suppose I could use a cut-off wheel, grinder or dremel tool to smooth out the hole ....

There are a few inspection covers with venting I could use ... but, I would rather go with a low-cost solution ....

I'll have to mull it over ... not sure if I'm feelin' the black concept .... I may eventually take you up on the offer ... let me know if you find the one you think you might have lying around ....

I don't know what took me so long ... it was so easy and didn't take long at all ....

Only thing that would make it more of a pain-in-the-**** would be for guys with stock primary chain drive and oil-filled case ... draining the primary case and refilling it after you were finished ....

That kind of came into play for me with the cam cover ... lost a few teaspoons of oil that collect in the bottom of the cam chest and made a little bit of a mess to clean up ....

By hand ... just used two or three different grits that I had on hand ... 80 - 150 -320 ... spent about an hour to an hour-and-a-half each dressing up the surface ....

R/
'Chop

 

an hour with each grit? did u goin on direction the hole time, or a random pattern?

 

I really like the satin look, much better than polished. It should be very easy to maintain too. You did a nice informative write up also. Thank you and ride safe. TJ

 

I am just 'guess-timating' the time spent ... but, all in, I couldn't have spent more than about an hour-and-a-half on the primary and the same for the cam cover ....

As much as possible I tried to follow the contour of the piece ....

 

I like it. That stripper works pretty good!

 

Posted a few recent photos on another thread and the primary and cam covers seemed a little shinier and brighter ... I think that hitting them a few times with 00 steel wool and simichrome polish since I did the 'satin' effect has made the surfaces more polished ... snagged a couple photos on my iPod to post ... not the best photos, but in person it is pretty noticeable ...

 

Very cool. Nice work.