Painting forks

I shall do, but might not be for a week or two. Rainy yorkshire is not the best place to be when you have to do all your maintenance outside and the forecast looks pretty plop got emulators to go in, gixxer600 callipers to fit/bleed, and a zx-10 shock to fit as well so the job's are backing up. Can somebody remind me how that sundance goes again? Or will I have to sacrifice my cat to appease the weather gods.

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Originally Posted by toonyank

Unless you do a good job of prep work like primer and a good surface to key into your wasting your time and will flake off no bother.

Take your time and do it right or you can always use wet/dry and brasso like mine that works for me.

What do you mean when you say " a good surface to key into " ?

It means a good surface to start prime and painting on. If it is still smooth alloy, primer will just scratch and/or flake off. The finish will be rubbish. Get a good primer base down and you'll be fine. Hope that Helps.

cheers for the clarification

Originally Posted by Pete_58

It means a good surface to start prime and painting on. If it is still smooth alloy, primer will just scratch and/or flake off. The finish will be rubbish. Get a good primer base down and you'll be fine. Hope that Helps.

Just what Pete said

[ScottishRawker]

Sorry to bring this topic back up,

i'm thinking of painting the forks on my black k5, obviously in black.

how do you support the bike when painting them?

are you taking the forks fully off?

or just taking off wheel and mudguard?

yet still how did you support it?

Adam

it would be easyist to have them out i would have thought and the easest way to do tht is get a head stock stand.

there would be no prblem with masking every thing up and painting them on the bike just makes things harder, ie getting to the back etc.

I have an Abba stand that pivots about the swing arm pivot and then the front lifts up with little effort. I used a jack on this one but I've since got a rachet hoist and string it to the rafters in the garage.

After making this thread months ago I finally got around to spraying my forks lol
I did the front wheel aswell and heres the finished product

Originally Posted by kenada

I did the front wheel aswell...

...and the concrete, stand and tyre....

Looking good, how come you didn't remove the items to paint them?