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5hort5 · 20-01-10, 10:24 PM

Are the bottom half of the forks lacquered or is it just straight metal, just would like to know before attacking them with polish.

Ta - Si

Spanner Man · 21-01-10, 11:59 AM

Good morning.

They're laquered, remove it before polishing or re-painting.

Cheers.

Dave20046 · 21-01-10, 12:03 PM

If you want to buy some fork lowers to practice on pm me

dizzyblonde · 21-01-10, 12:46 PM

Once polished don't re-laquer; just look after them and polsih them regular. If you re-laquer them., you'll be back where you started...scabby!

Easy job, small paint brush and some non drip , self nuetralising paint remover.

Dave20046 · 21-01-10, 12:52 PM

Be careful to keep and chemicals away from the stancions/where they go into the lowers. Not sure how seals/fork oil would take to it.

5hort5 · 21-01-10, 12:54 PM

Many thanks and sounds like a job for the summer tbh, I want to do it but I have more pressing things to do first if it's not a quick polish

5hort5 · 21-01-10, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave20046

If you want to buy some fork lowers to practice on pm me

Depends how much you want for them Dave, I may consider it and do a rebuild on them with and just replace mine but that would be later in the year. If you put in a nice yellow tank at a discount then that would sweeten the deal

Dave20046 · 21-01-10, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 5hort5

Many thanks and sounds like a job for the summer tbh, I want to do it but I have more pressing things to do first if it's not a quick polish

Agree, they'll go crap again in no time in the winter.

dizzyblonde · 21-01-10, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave20046

Be careful to keep and chemicals away from the stancions/where they go into the lowers. Not sure how seals/fork oil would take to it.

Thats why you wrap plenty of masking tape round the dust seals, and are careful where you throw your stripper.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave20046

Agree, they'll go crap again in no time in the winter.

ACF50, or when polished keep em that way. Both SVs have been through winters with stripped polished forks and they stay shiny. Granted not so much this year but previous years have faired well. You do get slight white salt deposits on them but are easily wiped away with a bit of the autosol.

5hort5 · 21-01-10, 01:17 PM

Yer, I'm happy to keep em clean dizzy, it just sounds like a job that's better with the forks off the bike tbh, that'll give me a chance to renew the seals as well because they look scabby and change the springs for the hagons in the draw. I just have a lot of other stuff happening with the bike at the moment I don't fancy taking on another large ish (for me) job when I haven't had it running and tested with the CCT, the valve checks, carb clean and now the brakes off. I have got to the point of cleaning a few bits then rider it when it's all back together

The sub frame coating and forks can wait a few months.

20-01-10, 10:24 PM	#1
5hort5 Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Newcastle Posts: 872	Fork slider finish. Are the bottom half of the forks lacquered or is it just straight metal, just would like to know before attacking them with polish. Ta - Si

21-01-10, 11:59 AM	#2
Spanner Man Member Mega Poster Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sunbury Middlesex Posts: 1,396	Re: Fork bottom bits Good morning. They're laquered, remove it before polishing or re-painting. Cheers. __________________ Spanner Man http://stewarts-motorcycles.co.uk/default.html

21-01-10, 12:03 PM	#3
Dave20046 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sheffield Posts: 10,274	Re: Fork bottom bits If you want to buy some fork lowers to practice on pm me __________________

21-01-10, 12:46 PM	#4
dizzyblonde Da Cake Boss Mega Poster Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a flying Horse Posts: 9,992	Re: Fork bottom bits Once polished don't re-laquer; just look after them and polsih them regular. If you re-laquer them., you'll be back where you started...scabby! Easy job, small paint brush and some non drip , self nuetralising paint remover. __________________ Suzy, yellow 2001 SVS. Kitty, V-Raptor 1000, ZZR1400<<its my bike now Pegasus! Hovis 13.8.75-3.10.09 Reeder 20.7.88-21.3.12 Last edited by dizzyblonde; 21-01-10 at 12:47 PM.

21-01-10, 12:52 PM	#5
Dave20046 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sheffield Posts: 10,274	Re: Fork bottom bits Be careful to keep and chemicals away from the stancions/where they go into the lowers. Not sure how seals/fork oil would take to it. __________________

21-01-10, 12:54 PM	#6
5hort5 Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Newcastle Posts: 872	Re: Fork bottom bits Many thanks and sounds like a job for the summer tbh, I want to do it but I have more pressing things to do first if it's not a quick polish

21-01-10, 01:17 PM	#10
5hort5 Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Newcastle Posts: 872	Re: Fork bottom bits Yer, I'm happy to keep em clean dizzy, it just sounds like a job that's better with the forks off the bike tbh, that'll give me a chance to renew the seals as well because they look scabby and change the springs for the hagons in the draw. I just have a lot of other stuff happening with the bike at the moment I don't fancy taking on another large ish (for me) job when I haven't had it running and tested with the CCT, the valve checks, carb clean and now the brakes off. I have got to the point of cleaning a few bits then rider it when it's all back together The sub frame coating and forks can wait a few months.

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