2 ways of painting the fork legs black :)
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From: SWEDEN
2 ways of painting the fork legs black :)
The proper way: Deassemble all fork parts on the bike, messy oil and shait - couple of hours, leave the legs to a painter/powdercoater. After 1-3 days you get the parts back and pay $$$. Ressemble oil and shait! Done....
OR like I did...
Remove wheel and brake caliper: 5 minutes
Mask the entire bike: 10 minutes
Sand the legs: 30 minutes
Paint, 5 layers Epoxy within an hour or so, dry over night. DONE
Cost 20$
OR like I did...
Remove wheel and brake caliper: 5 minutes
Mask the entire bike: 10 minutes
Sand the legs: 30 minutes
Paint, 5 layers Epoxy within an hour or so, dry over night. DONE
Cost 20$
one other thing man if oyu are not going to run a front fender you can shave off those mounting tabs... i did it on my cafe (it was set up for duel front brakes and i did not have that so i wanted th other brake tabs off...
used saws all to cut them off
rough sanded it smooth
polished up and gone!
used saws all to cut them off
rough sanded it smooth
polished up and gone!
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From: Tacoma, WA
Very nice, thats going to look great on your scoot.
I did the epoxy first and it held up pretty well and looked great. After a couple chips from highway riding I decided to tear down the fork and have them powdercoated when I did my trees.
I did the epoxy first and it held up pretty well and looked great. After a couple chips from highway riding I decided to tear down the fork and have them powdercoated when I did my trees.
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I seriously need to get that done already. My forks are look disgusting. All corroded and crap... Just need a garage to do it in. 
Bikes going to look great Bosken. Put up some pics once its all put together again.
Bikes going to look great Bosken. Put up some pics once its all put together again.
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Yea my fork lowers are starting to look like the toilet after Oprah's been out all night feasting on fast food.
I like the silver that is on it stock but will probably paint them black sometime. I would like to see a pic of someeone that did theirs with the wrinkle black truck bed lining paint that was mentioned before. I bet that stuff is tough as hell but I just wonder how it would look.
I like the silver that is on it stock but will probably paint them black sometime. I would like to see a pic of someeone that did theirs with the wrinkle black truck bed lining paint that was mentioned before. I bet that stuff is tough as hell but I just wonder how it would look.
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