06-04-15, 08:41 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-04-15, 08:45 PM by fazersharp.)
(06-04-15, 08:23 PM)Chris link Wrote: Early fzs600 had bare alloy forks so corrode, can't remember what year they changed but about the time of the foxeye I think then they painted them silver. the problem with painted ones is you get stone chips which then sets off/exposes the alloy below and then it corrodes and the paint bubbles so need painted every couple to few years in my experience..Almost but not quite right - the first ones were alloy with a lacquer on them which got stone chipped and then the alloy underneath started to corrode which means that you can see white corrosion spread around the chip hole but you can not clean it because it is under the clear lacquer so the forks get covered in white scabs like this
Chris
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