Help On 'Bulletproofing' the bike for winter

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Originally Posted by LoubyLou

Ooh yes please...I could do with getting wetter than I already do!!

that could be arranged

Originally Posted by cluffy

Regarding the corroded lower fork's has anyone brush painted them with any decent ish results? or is it a case of spray can or dont bother. Wouldnt mind them been black just to go with the bike really.

I sprayed my Fazers' forks from silver to black to match the rest of it. Did it myself and was pretty happy with the results:

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They look pretty good Dill, did you do them while the forks were still on the bike or remove them? i suppose if i took the wheel off and fender and masked everything else up i couldnt muck it up too much... or could i

yea cluffy I kept the forks on. basically just took the wheel off, and the fender, and then put masking tape over the top part of the forks and stuck a large piece of cardboard between the forks and bike so I wouldn't be spraying the radiator or downpipes or the likes. took a good few days, with rubbing them down with wet and dry, then priming, painting and lacquering again. but in my opinion worth every second.

I did the same with the YBR too funny enough, painted the forks and rear footrest hangers from silver to black...

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Cheers for that dill.. may have to have a go at some point.

Cheers again to everyone else who has replyed