Detailing a Harley with flat paint

[tripperfx3]

I'm detailing my Dad's Harley Sporster this weekend for his birthday. It has flat paint, black and green, and I'm not sure how I should go about it. I plan to wash it with ONR and of course hit up all the chrome bits, but the painted areas I'm not sure what to do with them. I was honestly just going to clay and wax it as I don't think a polishing it will really do anything. I'd appricate your input in this.

[charliehaley]

Unless there are any deep RIDS or something that you can see i dont see any reason to polish. With out the reflectivity i dont see how you could see any swirls.

[tripperfx3]

Thats what I was thinking.

[LilBlackSheep]

On a bike that has flat paint, you don't want to do any rubbing that's not necessary. Rubbing the paint will cause the flat paint to turn shiny. If you tend to rub harder in some spots more than others, you will have dull and shiny areas of the paint.

Be real careful as to what wax you use. Flat paint isn't exactly smooth so you can end up with "white" areas where the wax has embedded into areas of the paint.

[JC PAINT WORKZ]

harley davidson reccomend just using a good glass cleaner that has no amonia... i would NOT rub anything on the new flat line of HD's!!! IMHO