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Alright so time to display my complete ignorance of the engine :lol:
Heres a pic of both sides of my 700. I really don't like the gold paint they put on it because its kinda ugly (to me) and my riding boots scrape it pretty badly. I was thinking of trying to remove the color so its the same color as the rest of the engine
So my question is two parts. Firstly, will paint remover take that crap off? (just leaving it plain aluminum color). Any reason I should not do this? What about the heat shield on the exhaust? Or is there some other easier way?
And secondly, if I can strip them somehow can I take those two big side cover pieces off to do it? I have almost no clue whats under them except I think a bunch of buff hamsters on treadmills. Is it hard to do? I figure a full oil change is in order but thats fine
Was thinking of doing this some weekend if its possible but really wasn't sure if I could
Thanks for any replies

Heres a pic of both sides of my 700. I really don't like the gold paint they put on it because its kinda ugly (to me) and my riding boots scrape it pretty badly. I was thinking of trying to remove the color so its the same color as the rest of the engine
So my question is two parts. Firstly, will paint remover take that crap off? (just leaving it plain aluminum color). Any reason I should not do this? What about the heat shield on the exhaust? Or is there some other easier way?
And secondly, if I can strip them somehow can I take those two big side cover pieces off to do it? I have almost no clue whats under them except I think a bunch of buff hamsters on treadmills. Is it hard to do? I figure a full oil change is in order but thats fine
Was thinking of doing this some weekend if its possible but really wasn't sure if I could
Thanks for any replies