Well it has been a while... I was so discouraged by the paint issue and the huge $$ that I pushed the triple into a corner and concentrated on the VF500 and my XS650 rat bike. With Spring came new enthusiasm and I committed to getting this sorted.
I followed Scrambler73's advice to the letter and all I can say is, Wow I think I saved it.
I sanded until it was smooth. Some areas, like between the letters, I couldn't get 100% of the ridges out. I took care to stay out of the color and erred on the side of caution. I waited until a nice, dry spring day and shot it in my garage.
This is after applying an entire can on SprayMax 2K. It was about 8 coats.
I let it harden for a couple of weeks and then colorsanded starting with 800 and working my way down to 2000. The I used a 3" rotary polisher with 3M compound and after about six stages, finished with a fine swirl remover. It still needs a good coat of wax. Here it is mounted on the bike:
Not perfect but definitely good enough for a rider.
Thanks everyone... with a special shout out to Scrambler73.