yep that looks great! did you remove the upper fork covers or just polish as far up as you could? i think i'll do mine now!

 

Here is what I got after 3.5 hours labor...................

 

3 hours and a the parts would have got you chrome legs in my garage

 

I didn't pull the wheel or the upper covers. I've got a set of E3's coming and I'll take the buffer to them when I've got the tire off.

 

Yeah, you don't have to pull the uppers but you really need to remove the wheel, brake calipers(just let them hang off crash bar with tie wraps), and fender to do a complete job. Might as well do it right as long as you have everything apart. Just sand and polish up as far as you can to the fork shrouds, when the weight is placed back on the forks only the polished part shows. The better they are polished the less maintenance has to be done on them later. Takes 10 minutes to re polish about once a month, depending on how much you ride.

 

Looks good, but I am kinda lazy and like the low maintenance of chrome. I remember many years ago, my uncle (tool and die guy) told me that no person has ever actually seen aluminum because it oxidizes so fast that all you can see is the oxidation, not the actual aluminum. I have fooled around polishing rocker boxes and primary covers, and they do look good, at first, but I always wind up with chrome in the long run.

 

Glad I checked this thread out. I live in MN so winter is coming, which means no riding. I also have more time then money, so I think I'll give this a try. Thanks guys for posting.

 

What are you guys using to do the polishing? Are you doing it by hand, or with a power tool? I just took some 320 grit to my legs to cut the clear off of them. Now I'm gonna move to finer grit before attempting to polish them.

 

This is what I did on my VTX, thinkin bout doing it on the new Ultra..

Started at 200 then wet sanded 400, 800, 1000, and 2000 then finished off with mothers. Looks great....

All done with just the bare forks, no fender, brakes or wheel to get in the way, went fairly quick.

Be sure and rinse your water bucket at every grit change...

 

looks AWESOME!!!!!!!!