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Sprocket:
Hi - have got the forks in pieces awaiting sending off to hard rechrome. Looking at the lowers as I don't want to embarrass the rest of the bike when it's reassembled. There are a couple previous finishes (or refinishes!) apparent. The top where the boots fit are machined slightly, can see some faint grooves. Bit further down I can see remnants of clear lacquer and the associated rot creep underneath. And a little bit further still there's bare metal polished to some extent. On the back I can see what I can only refer to as 'casting finish' which is slightly stippled and looks like it's the kind of surface I've seen before on newer Hondas I've owned.

So I know I could polish the lowers, but they're quite marked and I don't really fancy putting weeks of work into that. I know it's not going to end up concours spec, I just want it tidy. I am thinking paint, but don't know what was originally put on. Does anyone have any ideas? Paint codes or reasonable colour matches?

Bryanj:
Not painted originaly to the best of my memory but no reason you cannot paint them silver with the engine enamel

petermigreen:
Always polish mine. It’s not weeks of work usually an evening.


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Rob62:
a good scotchbriting will restore a factory like finish (work horizontally not vertically), then you can clear lacquer although the bare alloy is quite good and doesn't need much attention to keep its looks..

Nurse Julie:
I like a bit of a polished finish as per my picture. You can't lacquer over this though, well you can but the lacquer won't look nice for long. I have also seen them painted in silver engine enamel and they look great too.

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