Polishing the engine cover on the right side:

Phuu, a lot of work, dirty work as well. Dust all over my face.

I have three engine covers to choose from. Two of them have some very bad scratches, too bad to ever look good again. Got hold of an unused one, the new type with 1500cc oil level label.

The bad ones:

Parts for the timing will be removed and reused in the new cover. One of them has a very good nylon gear for the timing assembly.

Timing cover:

Before and after one hour of grinding and polishing. Had to grind off a lot of material to remove some deep dents and scratches. Still some scratches left but the cover will be replaced later on with a J cover with engraved Suzuki logo. This is a later model with a sticker in the middle.