Painted or polished engine on 2008 Suzuki Bandit 1250 S

Hi all
I'm new here but have got so much out of this Forum already.
I dropped my bike a couple of weeks ago and have some scratches on the left hand side engine cover (generator side I think it is).
I want to polish out but can't tell if the engine is painted silver as standard from factory or polished alloy. Is anyone able to tell me. It looks painted to be honest. In which case I'd have to strip off the paint, polish out and then repaint. Does Suzuki sell such a paint?
Has anyone else had to polish out similar scratches?

Thanks all in advance.
Mike

It is painted. Speak to Gus he has used rattle cans before on the engine cases with good success

Yes I have . Its paint , removed with paint stripper .Easiest way is to remove paint , sand out marks with a coarse paper (100 grit ) then grades down to 240 and paint silver . A small bright silver rattle can works well .I use one called "lightning strike "  colour .Auto acrylic
I did polish that cover but a pain to keep it looking good s0 I painted it silver again .

I went with the polished look me self,( but then I'm a bower bird an i like shinny) once sealed ya can pretty much forget it.
Which ever way ya go enjoy riding it.

Nice polish job Gazaar. Those indicators  spoil the look of the bike though. I will have to take a side on pic of mine with the Rizoma Track 77s to show you the difference. Bike is identical silver too

How on earth did you do the centre of the wheels ,they look great .

How 2,some re-sculpting of metal in the curvy parts with those abrasive flappy wheels,wet'n'dry,elbow grease and an indecent obsession for perfection,yes all sealed an show me ya Rizoma's reddog.This is what1 look's like off Silvia.

How did you find the Stinko tyres, Gazzar?
I've just fitted a set to Jewel and am pretty impressed so far.

I like them,they seem to handle ok,C what sort of mileage they return a.

That polished alloy looks fantastic. I'll aspire to that later on.
In the meantime I'll try and polish out the marks and spray paint.
Some questions:
Can I take the left hand engine cover off without draining the oil? I don't want to polish out and spray in situ.
And where would I get a can of spray from - somewhere like Super Cheap Auto ??
Do I need to use heat resistant spray? I read somewhere that I don't have to as normal paint will cope.

Ta
Mike

If you take the cover off you will lose oil. 
I touched mine up in situ

You wont need high temp paint

Duplicolor paints can be bought at super cheap, bursons, repco etc

Rest bike against wall slightly more angle than side stand would allow the other  way.End of bar only will be fine , oil will stay in sump .Personally I'd leave it in place and sand and paint it attached .

Sealed wheel with what?
How about a " how to polish the centre of a wheel " thread ?

Sealed with a product called shineseal, google shineseal.com, some youtube vids on how 2 use,easy as but f'n dear but seems to work well  

gazzar wrote:How 2,some re-sculpting of metal in the curvy parts with those abrasive flappy wheels,wet'n'dry,elbow grease and an indecent obsession for perfection,yes all sealed an show me ya Rizoma's reddog.This is what1 look's like off Silvia.

Those wheels look amazing.....

Hi. Are these the standard wheels just polished. And sealed.??

lonelyshyone wrote:Hi. Are these the standard wheels just polished. And sealed.??

Yes. Standard wheels with the casting marks ground off. Then some serious wet and dry work, by Gazzar. 
Awesome results. Time consuming,  but very therapeutic by all accounts,  if you're the patient type.  
It's worth looking up Gazzars posts and following his polishing exploits. Quite amazing.  
Once he had the bike to a level where you needed sunblock just to be in the vicinity, he up and traded it on a bumble bee.