New forks ??

[Stig]

Nope,

Just a bit of elbow grease and some niffty spraying. The fork lowers were seriously pitted. Also the bottom yolk looked completely orange because of the dreaded rust.

I think I did a good job even if I do say so myself. :lol: :lol:


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[TSM]

Lookin smooth. Masking tape, Sandpaper & Hammerite?

Did you spray the yokes attached to the bike or did you take them off?

[Stig]

Masking tape. 400 grit followed by 1200. Grey primer one coat, then satin black, three layers. 1200 grit again. One more coat of black then 4 layers of lacquerer.

Spray paint from Halfords.

The yolk I did in situ. A proper job will be done some time in the future. Time will tell if they will wear better than the crap job that Suzuki did on the forks.

It took two days to do including dismantling and fitting them back on again.

[TSM]

Yep hope it lasts. Seems like its a good job.

I used halfords paint for my bar ends, they looked all ok till i went on holiday then the paint started all cracking. It was the halfords stuff i used.

[Stig]

Did you use lacquerer on top?

[TSM]

Yep (several layers), it was hard. You could not scratch it with your nail. It only happened on day 2 when i was in spain. The heat was intense though.

[northwind]

What Halfords paint did you use? The wheel paint or the standard celly stuff? Looks excellent...

[jonboy]

Looks really good :thumbsup:


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[TSM]

What Halfords paint did you use? The wheel paint or the standard celly stuff? Looks excellent...

Car paints, the stuff they have buy 2 get 1 free + proper laquer.

Ive taken all the colour off my bike as it looked rubish when i did it.

[Moo]

Looks good :lol:

[Fizzy Fish]

Nice job Si! I also have black paint & laquer on my fork lowers and it's stayed on really well. Started to look a bit scruffy in the last couple of months (picked up a few stone chips), but has otherwise been good for c. 15K miles. Certainly looks a lot better than most non-painted fork lowers do after 35K miles anyway!!

[Richie]

Masking tape. 400 grit followed by 1200. Grey primer one coat, then satin black, three layers. 1200 grit again. One more coat of black then 4 layers of lacquerer.

Spray paint from Halfords.

The yolk I did in situ. A proper job will be done some time in the future. Time will tell if they will wear better than the crap job that Suzuki did on the forks.

It took two days to do including dismantling and fitting them back on again.


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Fantistic Forks....

Me thinking I was going to get mine powder coated but, now I think I'll reconsider... Well done Mr Ape

[Spiderman]

:shock: i think Richie is impressed, but i could be wrong. :lol:

Look great tho Si....fancy doing mine for me? :lol: