2015 forty eight blackened fork
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2015 forty eight blackened fork
Hey guys I am a new Harley owner I come from 10 years of sports bikes.
I want to blacken my fork and I was wondering who all offers an options to do so?
only kit I have found so far is HarleyCustom.com does anyone have any experience with them?
http://www.harleycustom.com/product/...o028-arm393515
I want to blacken my fork and I was wondering who all offers an options to do so?
only kit I have found so far is HarleyCustom.com does anyone have any experience with them?
http://www.harleycustom.com/product/...o028-arm393515
Last edited by TheFranchiseM; Sep 20, 2016 at 08:25 PM.
You have a ton of options:
- Take the parts to a powder coater
- Spray them with black appliance epoxy
- Rattle can (extremely poor decision)
- Plastidip
- Buy black parts
- Have them painted by a pro.
- Have them painted by a bro
Last edited by cvaria; Sep 21, 2016 at 08:49 AM.
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you want black tubes? i dont know if powder coated would be smooth enough for sliders. or are you just looking for covers? you would have to get anodized tubes. or get yours anodized. or the gold is TiNi coated. (Titanium nitride) kinda pricey
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How would powdercoating work with the fork traveling wouldn't it rub?
I have seen 48s with full black forks just not sure how they achieved it
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Correct, powdercoating would not hold up on the slider part, ok at the top.
Most achieve the black-out with gaiters on the sliders and either
vinyl, a tube, or leather covers to hide the top. Here's a bit
dated pic of my OL's Iron with gaiters/leather covers for example....
The covers are velco'd together so they come off for times when we want
to install the QD windshield...
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Correct, powdercoating would not hold up on the slider part, ok at the top.
Most achieve the black-out with gaiters on the sliders and either
vinyl, a tube, or leather covers to hide the top. Here's a bit
dated pic of my OL's Iron with gaiters/leather covers for example....
The covers are velco'd together so they come off for times when we want
to install the QD windshield...
Most achieve the black-out with gaiters on the sliders and either
vinyl, a tube, or leather covers to hide the top. Here's a bit
dated pic of my OL's Iron with gaiters/leather covers for example....
The covers are velco'd together so they come off for times when we want
to install the QD windshield...
I really like the look of the bellows / bobber boot (I think that's what its called) I want to put one on my 48.
I tried to post photos of my bike but i'm too new
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^^I love the Lowbrow fork shrouds, however to run them on a 48 you'll have to shave off the fender brackets. I bought a spare set of legs and am shaving off the fender tabs and smoothing them out to run Lowbrow Shrouds on my 48.
Pic stolen from google but you can see the fender tabs are removed.
Pic stolen from google but you can see the fender tabs are removed.
