Did some polishing

[Hawaii 50]

Got bored and polished the front controls.

[sacred]

those look great. thay can't be stock - can they?
would love to see pics of them installed.
really nice job. :)

[Hawaii 50]

They are stock pieces. I bought a bunch of spare parts to get a Vino back on the road. I think I am going to put them up for auction to see how much I can get for them. Thank you for the comments, -Chris

[Skullet]

NICE!!!! ill have to think about doin that if i keep my scoot!! i dont like my chrome pipe, but at least thatd make somethin match! lol...

[burnt_toast]

Looks very nice indeed!

[Hawaii 50]

I have these for sale on an auction web site. PM me if you are interested and I will give more info. -Chris

[jwhite2]

if you dont mind me asking, how did you do this?

[Hawaii 50]

You will need a buffing wheel, and an assortment of different polishing compunds. The polishing compounds work in stages, they are numbered and list what kind of metals they should be used for. There are also a couple different kind of buffing pads to consider for initial polishing, and final polishing. I completely dissasembled the hand controls so that I could completely polish all areas. There are lots of small parts on the inside so be careful not to lose any. If you are not mechanically inclined and a patient person I don't recommend doing this. Once it is all apart just put the compunds on the buffing wheel while it is spinning and slowly work through the stages until you have a nice chrome like shine. After you are done do a final cleaning with an aluminum polish and a clean rag. I recommend something like eagle 1 nano-polish, it cleans and leaves a protective coat from corrosion. The controls were really easy to polish (aside frim the assembly and dissasembly) since they are cast nice and smooth. You can see in my other posts where I did my wheels and transsmission case and main housing. Those were a PITA because of the factory paint, and crappy rough texture finish on the wheels that required hand sanding and smoothing before even starting to polish. I can't even say how long I put into it all, I had a lot of time on my hands at the time and was set on having the nicest scooter on the Big Island. I ended up selling it to a buddy of mine for a ridiculously cheap price, and now I don't even think he rides it. :( Oh well, hope that helps. Plan on spending about $100-200 in materials to do it the right way.

[jwhite2]

haha i may just avoid trying to do this. i only spent 180 for the scoot so i cant justify spending that much on polishing materials.

[burnt_toast]

You will need a buffing wheel, and an assortment of different polishing compunds. The polishing compounds work in stages, they are numbered and list what kind of metals they should be used for. There are also a couple different kind of buffing pads to consider for initial polishing, and final polishing. I completely dissasembled the hand controls so that I could completely polish all areas. There are lots of small parts on the inside so be careful not to lose any. If you are not mechanically inclined and a patient person I don't recommend doing this. Once it is all apart just put the compunds on the buffing wheel while it is spinning and slowly work through the stages until you have a nice chrome like shine. After you are done do a final cleaning with an aluminum polish and a clean rag. I recommend something like eagle 1 nano-polish, it cleans and leaves a protective coat from corrosion. The controls were really easy to polish (aside frim the assembly and dissasembly) since they are cast nice and smooth. You can see in my other posts where I did my wheels and transsmission case and main housing. Those were a PITA because of the factory paint, and crappy rough texture finish on the wheels that required hand sanding and smoothing before even starting to polish. I can't even say how long I put into it all, I had a lot of time on my hands at the time and was set on having the nicest scooter on the Big Island. I ended up selling it to a buddy of mine for a ridiculously cheap price, and now I don't even think he rides it. :( Oh well, hope that helps. Plan on spending about $100-200 in materials to do it the right way.

Sad to hear man.. I always liked what you did with your Triton

[Hawaii 50]

Thanks Toast, I know. I haven't even thought about it until this post popped up and started looking at the pictures. I was moving and had to sell a bunch of stuff, or at least thought I had to. In retrospect I should have kept it and shipped it back to Texas with me. I am no longer on the Big Island, I am in Houston now.