shiny or original??

[andwat16]

After a while the starter gear cover and crank cover get battered after a while by stones etc and im trying to get this bike (gsf600sy) up to scratch, is not as close to what i see as perfect
as i look at the bike there are several things that need tidying up, the covers, left and right, chain adjusters and rear axel nut (suzuki own rust attracting metal) and any ideas on how to get scratches off tank without having to respray, i was stupid and put tankbag on with stones underneath (live and learn the hard way)
now im debating whether or not to buy the covers polished mirrored, or buy the standard suzuki matt silver ones
any ideas guys?
cheers
oh and heres the pic of bike, just fitted the rack arms, plate and topbox last night

[The Original Muzza]

I'm a big advocate for keeping things on a bike as dull as possible. Shiny stuff just gets ruined. Save it for when you're old and have a cruiser.
Also, like you said most Suzuki's have a penchant for rust, and as such shiny polished things just look out of place.
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[Aka Matt]

Why bother buying new engine covers? When I crashed my bike suzuki wanted £100 odd per cover which is insane pricing imo so just repaired mine with some jb weld and painted them again and now look brand spanking new. As for the tank, if you can actually feel the scratches with your finger then they are probably too deep to save so would require touching up with some paint.

Oh and don't buy polished covers as they will be an arse to keep clean and will require regular polishing.

[andwat16]

yea, i have tried using t-cut scratch remover, its taken away the really obvious look, but still there which sucks
i could get the polished for around £30 each, and as for the original, one is bout £40 and the other around £100 wich sucks

so as for tank, nothing i can really do then??gutted cos the scrtched have taken the top coat off but not the prima

[yuri2085]

My downpipes are shiny now I have new ones (and fuckloads spent on labor for welding(stuck bolts) and moving the engine (to drill out some bolts)) I dunno if i will clean them though.

[Mr Hammers]

Definitely......... SHINY!

One tin of Nitromors, few sheets of emery and a tube of autosol. And lots... of rubbing;
https://www.planetash.net/bcf/covers1.jpg
https://www.planetash.net/bcf/covers2.jpg
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[BanditJeff]

I did the wheels on my old Bandit 12 with Nitromors, wire wool & Autosol. They really looked the business until i realised how much time i had to keep putting in to keep them looking that way.
Also i think polishing the covers will only really stand out on a 1200 with the black engine.

[andwat16]

keeping them clean wouldnt bother me as much, knowing how they would look afterwards
what year i that bandit you have there?
any tips on how to get the engine block looking good and new?aswel as behing the downpipes?real git to clean there!lol

[craigs23]

Standard.

[Mr Hammers]

[andwat16]

[Mr Hammers]

[andwat16]

lol, yea i noticed the bottom legs on my forks are starting to look a wee bit batters from stones etc, not too bad atm tho
here is some piccies, excuse the lack of detail, taken from mobile camera. so you might not noticed the dirt that i need cleaning,lol
so any suggestions on how to get this beast cleaned up etc, you will see some rust about on certain parts, mainly hard to reach places, or purely because of the stooooopid suzuki metal!lol
dont laugh too much, these are just the only errors on bike
these are all the parts that need touching up, cleaning and sorting out (or buying new parts)
cheers

[andwat16]

so any tips of how to sort out the mess and hard to reach places will be very welcomed and excuse any spelling mistakes too,lol
cheers