shiny

Hey :) I've seen so many people restore their old bikes so nicely, make them look practically new again Now i'm not quite going to strip down the whole thing, but how the hell do people get it so nice? I've hand polished a few things like my wheels with Autosol but it comes out no...

2008 FE650 with about 160 hours, mostly ridden ripping through city. Did my oil change and filter cleaning (Scotts metal filter) and found tiny shiny squares that looked brass in color not chrome. Maybe I'm color blind but they did not look chrome to me. I did a search and found the thread...