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Was front forks originally painted?

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alexdecker:
Mine looks like this. Like paint is flaking off. We’re they originally painted?

Oddjob:
Painted and lacquered Alex. If you've ever sanded the lacquer off instead of using paint stripper you can see the layers as they come off. The paint hides quite a few casting faults in my experience.

AshimotoK0:
Hmm... I know they clear lacquered and prior to that, the bare alloy treated with a 'conversion' surface treatment  on the Honda 4's (like Alodine used in the Aerospace industry ) and I think based on a chromate system. But never heard of them being painted with silver. Exceptions are the smaller and 1960's  bikes like the S90 and 450 bomber that were painted. May be wrong of course but it's definitely not what Vic World uses on sandcasts.

Oddjob:
Still doing it today Ash, the casings are also painted and lacquered.

If you've sanded as many casings and such as I have you can see the layers as they sand away.

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):

--- Quote from: alexdecker on March 17, 2022, 03:55:44 PM ---Mine looks like this. Like paint is flaking off. We’re they originally painted?

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Mine were just lacquered on my 400/4 so I stripped the yellowed stuff off then just polished them.

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