I couldn't help but notice the other day when I was cleaning my NSR that the cloth I was using to clean my wheels was starting to go a bit red! I was using a Meguiars bike cleaning product, so I wouldn't have thought it was because I was using a harsh cleaning product. Also I am using a soft cloth, so I don't think it's that.

Could it be because the factory paint isn't very good? Or that the wheels have been repainted at some stage, with poor quality paint?

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Tom

in my experience, polishing any red motorcycle or car will leave red paint on your cloth. this doesnt mean to say that the paint is of poor quality. i dont think red paint has any lacquer coating so your polishing the paint as opposed to polishing the lacquer. as long as you use a good quality polish which isnt too abrasive and a soft cloth you should be able to acheive a nice finish without damaging the paint.

I think you're going a bit too hard out with the polish bro.
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The previous polish could've been the colour impregnated type maybe?

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I have never used the meguiars product before so I can't say much, but by any chance is it a cutting compound and a polish in one or just a polish?

Thing is that I wasn't using a polish / cutting compound. I was just using a general cleaning product.

It may have been a water based automotive paint or a cheap acrylic paint. I have no idea weather the nsr's were painted in acrylic or polyurethane, But if it is actually paint coming off I would assume it is not factory paint.

Andy
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Mate with age paint will oxidise which will make paint go powdery give it a polish and put on a wax that will slow the oxidisation down or strip and repaint .