I've seen some that are actually inset into the tank such that the tube
is 'flush' to the outside radius of the tank... Anyway, these are
cool until some a-hole decides to cut the tube....

T.

 

Sanded and buffed my forks. The pitting was godawful on then, and looked terrible. Much better now.
BEFORE



AFTER

 

Man, those look amazing. Great job! What was your process?

 

I should do the same to mine, but too often these days if I have the time and nice weather for mods or cleaning, I'd just rather spend that time riding instead! DOH!

 

Started out with 60 grit sandpaper and went progressively finer up to about 240, just the stuff I had laying around. Light sanding. When you notice the sandpaper isn't doing much, go to a finer grit til you finally get all those pits out. Sand sideways, east to west in line with the grooves, which you can't really see. Took about an hour or so on each fork.

Then when all that junk was off, I dabbed some Mothers aluminum polish on a buffing pad and buffed the hell out of them with a portable drill. That did the trick.

 

Nice work. I need to do the same to my Ultra forks. I assume you did it all on the bike?

 

Yep. Too lazy to take the forks off, which would have been better actually.

 

Lol, I thought my sportster forks were a job too, but I won't even touch the forks on my Ultra. So much crap to remove just to get to the forks.

 

I did the forks on my partner's 2008. I went further than 240 to get more gloss. It is a work in progress; the more you work on them the shinier you can make them.

Water getting under the lacquer oxidises but with no lacquer the forks stay shiny and don't dull. I put some wax on them for some protection.

 

Just wondering if a Clear Gloss Enamel like the following Rustoleum productwould keep the sliders looking good longer ?
I know a clear powdercoat would, but you have to disassemble the forks/sliders to have that done...

https://www.rustoleum.com/en/product...d-clear-enamel

T.