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Bikes, Hints'n'Tips => FZS600 Fazer => Topic started by: Flak on 11 August 2016, 03:05:38 pm
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My top yoke is pretty rank and has been since I got the bike a few years ago and frankly, it's about time I did something about it.
What have you done? Polish or paint?
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I have polished them before now, but then again I dont mind the upkeep of polished parts.. Powdercoat is the proper route imo.. A top yoke protector may also be the solution to the inevitable keyring rash :)
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Wire wool along the grain works well
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This is also on my to do list, i'm going to go for a shot blast finish. God knows when i'll get round to it, i'll change the head race tapers at the same time tho'.
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I have polished them before now, but then again I dont mind the upkeep of polished parts.. Powdercoat is the proper route imo.. A top yoke protector may also be the solution to the inevitable keyring rash :)
Powdercoat is a good idea but too much of a faff for me. I think ordinary paint would start flaking off eventually though.
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Wire wool along the grain works well
That's not a bad idea and now I'm wondering how a quick touch on a linisher or belt sander would look?
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Seen a yoke sprayed with wrinkle paint that looked great
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Just a couple of top yokes that ive polished for the 1000's............... id be happy to do yours for a small fee for parts and labour of course :D
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Wire wool along the grain works well
That's not a bad idea and now I'm wondering how a quick touch on a linisher or belt sander would look?
Belt sander sounds a little aggressive, a couple of seconds with that and you could spend hours trying to polish out the deep scratches. Unless you're polishing I'd go with the least abrasive method possible.
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Just a couple of top yokes that ive polished for the 1000's............... id be happy to do yours for a small fee for parts and labour of course :D
That polished one looks great, must have taken ages.
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Decided to tackle this today. The casting is really soft so just used some 800 wet or dry going with the grain for the original look.
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Not completely perfect but much better.
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:D :D :D
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Nice job. The same treatment works well on the forks
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I'll see your :D :D :D and raise you a :D .
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Nice job. The same treatment works well on the forks
What? Are you trying to make work for me?
;)
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Did you literally just 800grit it?
Any lacquer or coating?
I would be tempted to do this to my forks, but assume they will just corrode again, only quicker.
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Sand them and a few coats of lacquer. Should last a couple of years
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Did you literally just 800grit it?
Any lacquer or coating?
I would be tempted to do this to my forks, but assume they will just corrode again, only quicker.
I was in two minds whether to lacquer it or not, I even had some in stock. In the end, I decided not to. The bike is my winter hack/wet bike so time will tell how long it lasts. I'll update the thread in a year or so.
The fork bottoms definitely need to be lacquered as they are right in the salt-zone. (Unless you never ride in the wet of course).