My 2008 XL883 had some signifcant pitting onthe lower forks.
(previous owner didn't really pay attention to such things)
No real rust, but clearly some degree of oxidation going on.

I stumbled accross a youtube demo video showing this "Cycle Care Formulas Formula M" restoring some pitted forks.
I decided to give it a try.

Here's the stuff I used:


Here are my forks before:


Here are my forks after:


A side by side comparison:


I'm figured the "M" stood for motorcycle... but perhaps it stands for magic!
A marked improvement.
I am pleased.


Here's the youtube video I found:

And here's alink to the product:
http://www.jpcycles.com/product/900-478

 

Dang! That's good ****!

 

Wow. I'm going to need to pick some of that up. My forks are really pitted too and i've tried a few metal polishes with not so much luck. Thanks for posting this

 

wow it looks like that stuff works great. where did you buy it from?

 

Kinda expensive: . Lol.

 

While your forks look like a marked improvement and very nice, especially considering what they started as, I'd venture to say there are many polishes out there that would achieve the same results. This is not a knock to the polish you used (Formula M), but the results are a product of the Scotchbrite and your labor moreso than the actual polish used.

 

Thats impressive, here in San Diego, lots of bikes with this kind of deterioration. Looks like chit.

 

This product works great also


12 ounces of pure non-abrasive cleaning, polishing and protecting power for ANY type of metal! As a world-renowned semi-truck, motorcycle, automobile, household and commercial use favorite, White Diamond Multi-Purpose Metals Polish is a concentrated, fast-drying, heavy-duty metals polish formulated for hand cleaning or power buffing of metal surfaces including:

 

That's no doubt true.
The SOS pads were clearly a major player here.

 

I got it from JPcycles.
There's a link to the product page at the bottom of the original post.