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Message: <blockquote data-quote="desertrefugee" data-source="post: 109322" data-attributes="member: 1727">I told myself I wouldn't go nuts on the Goldwing - since there's a lot of metal (aluminum) on a Goldwing.  I DID go nuts on my Vmax a few years back.   There's a lot of aluminum on a Vmax, too.But, polished aluminum looks really good.  It definitely looks better than beat, scratched, corroded or otherwise not nice bits.  And all it takes is a little time and elbow grease.  Eventually, I gave in to my natural urge to polish.  A Goldwing.  One with lots of aluminum.So, it started with the Markland stuff, bumper corners and floorboards.  So, then the timing covers started looking kinda shabby.  (Valve covers are Drag Specialties chrome).   Then - astonishing as it may seem - I actually polished the oil fill cap.  (Yeah, I know).  So, thinking that the right side of the motor still needed a bit of "pop", today I went so far as to yank the final gear cover and...gulp...polish that up, too.  I guess it beats buying stuff, and it keeps me outta the bars.<img src="https://www.classicgoldwings.com/forum/gallery/image.php?album_id=2156&image_id=22329" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://www.classicgoldwings.com/forum/gallery/image.php?album_id=2156&image_id=22330" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>