Aluminium oxide cleaning

[savo318]

Hiya.

Now I've got my bike up and running, I'm looking to clean it up. What's the best way to get the aluminium oxide off without completely stripping the engine down.

Thanks

[fastbob]

Can you post a picture please so I can get a better idea what you need to do ?

[savo318]

Hope these come out

[Mr Fro]

If you'd like my opinion, my honest opinion, my supery-dupery-no-fibbing opinion:

I wouldn't bother.

[Joeman]

Yeah, just spray wd40 all over it and it will look great!

[fastbob]

I know you don't want to take the engine out but you couldn't have chosen an easier bike to do it on. This is how I used to do up CG engines. Remove the engine. Paint Nitromors paint remover all over to remove any old paint or laquer . Attack the barrel and crankcase with a stiff wire brush but do the side cases with wire wool. When it looks as good as you can get it , de grease it all with cheap brake cleaner and spray paint it with hi temp silver paint. Now here's the real trick. So that it doesn't look shite you ideally need to do the side cases separately in a different type of silver i.e. Satin or gloss. Then replace every screw with an Allen bolt preferably in black. Here's one i did a few years ago that looked much worse than yours does.

http://i.imgur.com/cJBDoS8.jpg

Black with polished side cases would look even better. Alternatively.....( unless your selling it )......don't bother.

[fastbob]

Had another look, your side cases look fine so just do the rest and put them back afterwards.