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Bikes, Hints'n'Tips => FZS600 Fazer => Topic started by: Nick Hood on 03 March 2014, 05:04:48 pm

Title: Front forks
Post by: Nick Hood on 03 March 2014, 05:04:48 pm

What is the best way of restoring the fork legs. Rub it down or remove the lacquer with something first ?

Title: Re: Front forks
Post by: Mattsplat on 03 March 2014, 05:14:05 pm

Or use www.mailorderrepairs.co.uk (http://www.mailorderrepairs.co.uk)

Very reasonably priced to get your forks refurbed/painted/coated.

No affiliation to me, just a recommendation  :)

Some of his work can be seen on FB.
https://www.facebook.com/MailOrderRepairs (https://www.facebook.com/MailOrderRepairs)

Title: Re: Front forks
Post by: Sloth on 04 March 2014, 01:08:25 am

I bit of autosol and a lot of elbow grease dude  ;).  1200grade wet & dry for raised rusted areas but be gentle and you can get away with filling pits with a very small quantity of araldite, wet & dryed smooth with the leg.

Title: Re: Front forks
Post by: darrsi on 04 March 2014, 01:35:49 am

I used paint stripper, thinners, wet 'n' dry, then silver wheel spray and lacquer from spray cans........did the job job nicely.
Been a while now, still looks fine.  :)

Title: Re: Front forks
Post by: stevierst on 04 March 2014, 08:54:42 am

If you ride all year round, refurb as the guys above said, then once the paint is fully hardened cover each fork leg in paint protection film.

I used just bog standard fablon sticky back plastic from a stationers, it's worked on every bike I've had, and my bikes work hard all year round. Never had to repaint a set of forks since using it!

Title: Re: Front forks
Post by: Deefer666 on 04 March 2014, 11:08:35 am

Buy some 2nd hand fork bottoms and take yer time polishing them to a mirror finish and then rebuild the forks with the new bottoms on