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Lower fork legs - restoring the alluminium look.

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Oddjob:
Saying that Johnny, I had some mirror polished fork sliders on my 1300, very hard to do as the surface was dimpled as standard and all that had to be sanded off. They were really nice but I liked the satin black look better for the 1300 so I sold them for a healthy profit. I got a spare set of sliders powder coated in satin black (after de-dimpling them) and they've not chipped at all and they've been on there for a good few years now. I'd either get them powder coated silver or polished them, paint will chip far to easily IMO especially where they are located.

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):

--- Quote from: Sesman on December 15, 2022, 02:01:00 PM ---I agree. As as I suggested I think it’s worth persevering with the polishing. Personally I’d go for satin polish rather than a mirror job….just a personal preference. I’ll probably do that if and when the paint falls off.

--- End quote ---

A bit of a shortcut but I used some 2000 Grit Wet & Dry to try to speed up the polishing.
If I used it wet the finish was a drab finish - if I used it dry it was almost shiney.

Johnny4428:
Ken, I of course bow to your superior knowledge as far as polishing finishing goes. Absolutely powder coating, never thought of that. I achieved a satisfactory Finnish by my standards, but I think you would have been asking for a refund. 🤣🤣

Oddjob:
If you're happy Johnny that's all that matters. Funny that the satin black hasn't chipped at all but the silver that Honda put on over the dimples was pitted/chipped to hell, just shows the standard of what they call paint these days.

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I thought of powder coating as I had it on my 400 hubs - the chrome type finish by CWC was very good.

Just not sure I want to spend what it might cost & wait for it to be done - that will put me into next year before I can rebuild the front suspension.

Below is where I am today  the photos are both flatering tbh but as the total time invested in one leg is under 90 minutes it might be worth some more work.

Not fussed about some of the scuff marks I see it as acceptable patina on a 50 year old bike.

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fork legs by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr

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