Front fork clean up

heya. i only had my sv a little while not even ridden it yet (couldnt resist buying it - got my test on mon) so while im waiting iv been cleaning it up a bit etc. iv been reading the bad condition fork thread and thought it was worth a go.

i cleaned em up with some wet and dry, bit of autosol an then i lackerd them to night. they not a professonal level but they are clean which is what i was hopeing for.

this is them before.
[img=http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/3412/dsc00528mj7.th.jpg]

and after.
[img=http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/8007/dsc00533hf2.th.jpg]

what do you think? is there any easy way of keeping them in good condition? some peole wrap em?

[Wideboy]

nice! i think i will do mine, mine aren't as bad as what your where so i shouldn't take longer than a few mins

cheers. they wernt tht bad. the one in the pic was the worst of the two. it only took id say bout 3 hours start to finish but only been doing little bits every night.

Wideboy can you see the second pic its not showing on my comp?

scott

[Lissa]

Can't see the second pic for some reason, but it's the laquer which is the weak link. You can get stick-on clear plastic sheets if you fancy trying those.

I just didn't bother with the laquer once I'd polished ours.


Wideboy, stop talking about it and do it................I'll give you 15 mins from NOW!

yea most people said not to bother but i dont want to be polishing em all the time id rather just rub em back gain re lacker when ever needed.


but seriously they were hard at all. and didnt take much effort, im pleased with them.

[Lissa]

Ah, but I like polishing, so I'm quite happy.

They look much better though, I must say.

[chris8886]

Originally Posted by scottjames

yea most people said not to bother but i dont want to be polishing em all the time id rather just rub em back gain re lacker when ever needed.


but seriously they were hard at all. and didnt take much effort, im pleased with them.

did you drop them out to do it?

[Wideboy]

Originally Posted by scottjames

Wideboy can you see the second pic its not showing on my comp?
scott

yes

Originally Posted by Lissa

Wideboy, stop talking about it and do it................I'll give you 15 mins from NOW!

but i've only just seen your post not fair not fair, plus its cold outside

Originally Posted by chris8886

did you drop them out to do it?

+1 don't really have the time to take out

[Lissa]

Originally Posted by Wideboy

but i've only just seen your post not fair not fair, plus its cold outside

Wimp

Oh, and I didn't drop the forks out on our first SV, did them in situ.

[Wideboy]

Originally Posted by Lissa

Wimp

Oh, and I didn't drop the forks out on our first SV, did them in situ.

if.... and IF! ican be ar5ed, i will do it on sunday as im pulling the bike apart again and then going to wash it so will probably do it then, but no promises