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I have an 05 crf 450 with the aluminum frame.

most of the frame is pretty dirty and "not shiny" from a full years of riding it. except the parts of the frame where my legs rub against, those 2 small areas are super super smooth and shiny, I want the whole frame to be like that, not just 3 Sq. inches per side. any ideas?

I was just gonna take a buffer and buff it a lot, maybe even with some turtle wax or armor all or something?

thanks.  
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05 crf450r

11.2 hours on the hour meter, more to come!

MM, I think there is a chemical u can use and it makes it super easy to polish. I'm not exactly sure what it is, Maybe if u ask on one of the street bike sites someone there may know as alot of street dudes polish there frames.  

U can check here, but this dude says it isn't very easy.  

http://www.finishing.com/109/17.shtml  

I started with a hand  grinder using fine, white,scothbrite pads cut to fit a Velcro like wheel. This took out all the scratches and some were deep.  took about 2 min or less.  then the work starts if you want to go to a chrome finish.  I liked the finish with the scotchbrite and left it there.  
Tarzan would go!

Check my thread ( A clean bike is a happy bike)  
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It's called wash your bike stupid.

diggit, I dont quite understand what you mean.

ML: youre right, that does seem like quite a hard job. I thought I could just get a buffer wheel and put it into a drill or a grinder, kinda like diggit suggested? I figured if the rubbing of my knees got the frame to where I wanted it... sand paper isint necessary as its not too hard to do.

yz: I cant find it, link please?  
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05 crf450r

11.2 hours on the hour meter, more to come!

what i do is take 400 grit sandpaper and sand until you get all of the lines out of the frame, then take very fine grit about 2000 and buff until it beomes mirror like, and to finish I use this stuff called Never Dull by Eagle One as directed.  


Long live 2 strokes!!

hm, maybe the sand paper is the way to go.  
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05 crf450r

11.2 hours on the hour meter, more to come!

My way you do not get a shine, just a good surface I imagine close to stock.  I have grinders at work the 2 handed kind.  I also have a plastic wheel that goes on the grinder. scotch brite pads stick to the wheel with a kind of velcro method. I get scotch brite by the case, there is a white one that is for fine sanding,  I stick it to the pad and use a razor to cut around the edge to make it the same size as the wheel.  They make these wheels for a drill also.  
Tarzan would go!

scotch brite is the pad (usually green) that you clean pans and toilets with.  Just don't clean the pan after you clean the toilet.  
Tarzan would go!

oh ok, I know what those pads are.

I will take pictures tomorrow so you guys can know exactly what I am talking about. stock is not shiny enough :P  
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05 crf450r

11.2 hours on the hour meter, more to come!

Ive seen the shiny as frames. Ill ask around over on banned, but Ive heard there a *** to keep looking that way  
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The Idle of a 500 2 stroke is Akin to the Devils Heartbeat


I'm not afraid of the dark, I own the NITEMARE that lurks within.

I'll tell you I used to use a polish from eagle one for aluminum rims that worked awesome, I don't know if they still make it or not but it was the only thing that made them look like new again. It had an acid added to it that would eat anything off aluminum and make it shine like showroom new again. Any other polish on aluminum failed for me only products that contained acid worked on aluminum.  
---Raising hell in ND---

Any of the above except the aluminum polish will take the thin coating that is put on at the factory to portect the aluminum. And once you remove the coating its harder to keep clean.

The best remedy is to get the mud off that day or no later then the next day. This is what the guys at the track tell me and JMO.  
I love this dirt stuff.

Yeah, I thought I might be removeing some protection. But I had a nasty scar to get rid of.  I wull have to clean and coat it.  
Tarzan would go!