So, who's done something about the pitted aluminum fork legs?

[Fizzy Pies]

Mine are really pitted and look untidy, what have you guys done about yours? Show n tell please haha.

Not the chrome tubes, the lower legs.

[darrsi]

Paint stripper
Wet 'n' dry
Silver wheel spray
Lacquer
Yamaha decal
Sorted 


(bit grubby in the photo)

[Doddsie]

Erm, the middle of the letter `M` is short, as are the points of the tuning fork..... those stickers are from the Yamaha music division!!!   

[lds1973]

Mine were awful when I got the bike. I just wire brushed them and silver smoothrited then. I'm happy with the finish. It ain't showroom but good enough for a 99 bike.

No need to split forks neither, just remove wheel and mudguard and paint in with.

[darrsi]

Erm, the middle of the letter `M` is short, as are the points of the tuning fork..... those stickers are from the Yamaha music division!!!   

I do get quite a tune out of my bike.......music to my ears!  :lol

[jason1]

Ive polished mine , not perfect but slowly getting there . Just got cheap polishing wheels with compound off ebay . At same time i polished the rest of the shiny bits . Even stripped down one of the rocker covers and has come up very shiny , now 3 more to go  :b . This was done few weeks back and still looking good . Next time ill remove wheel etc to do a proper job .

[marksfazer]

Mine were quite rotten when i got it. I gave them a quick rub down and sprayed them with some silver paint I had in the garage.
I was meant to do it properly later on but never got round to it as they look ok.

[marksfazer]

what rad guard is that?

I don't know, it was on the bike when I got it. Its just plain, doesn't say fazer on it.

[marksfazer]

Got any more pics of it?

Not at the mo, but will try and and put one up later.

[marksfazer]

not the worlds best picture but you get the idea,

[stevierst]

I put fablon sticky back plastic on my first Fazer's forks. That bugger did about 45k. I took the plastic off after all these miles, and the forks looked like new. Well worth doing. ;D

[Doddsie]

not the worlds best picture but you get the idea,

Thats one of those disposable BBQ`s isnt it?? 

[Doddsie]

:lol

[simonm]

:lol

That's actually funny.  Well done  .

[marksfazer]

that's not to far off, I bet the bbq doesn`t rattle as bad!!

[Ian-man]

I bought a polishing kit off eBay, chocked under the engine, took off the front wheel and mudguard, stripped the legs and polished them in place then lacquered them so I didn't have to keep polishing them.

[Dead Eye]

I will be sorting out the front suspension soon (new seals and heavier oil) and plan to sand back the legs and spray them black to tidy them up First time using spray paint so could be laugh... or not...