im sendin it in to a guy in town through the bike shop and i am goin to keep it polished i have acess to a glass beed blaster at work i work a a aircraft overhaul company i paint and prep planes for them just want it plated thats it lol that was alot of work to polish that motor i need some decals and i made my own black seat cover turned out pretty good o ya and i just bought this bike about two months ago with that cracked piston and messed up cylinder when i bought the bike he said it was a strong top end and was in wicked shape i paid 1400 and my 81 it250 with a brand new top end 2 hours on it lol i bought it from a shop too and the head set has a nasty crack think i got took o well when im done with it it will look and run 100% better