That's funny about the "lots of water and soap". I wet sanded the large side panels standing in the shower in a bathing suit with them. Everything else was in the kitchen sink with a towel as a pad. I haven't tackled the main fairing, it needs repairs. I just have a large scale 10-12" rotary buffer so I guess I will do it by hand - we'll see. Drill pads are about useless. Maybe Santa will bring me a smaller scale one. Everything pretty much came out like glass except for the rearward portion of the front fender, it has orange peel. I mat sand it and just clear coat that section so the fork tube and brace will obscure the finish line.
I'm still debating the mirrors. They are a little faded so I need to decide matte or gloss black.