Refinishing fork lowers.

I have a 4th gen 750 FT the love of my life. Picture in my gallery.
It's in superb condition (my second FT and bought after a 9 month "gestation" search for a good one) and the MOT mechanic said it was the best 750 he'd seen in years. (Must be true - we Scots are not generally so effusive)

I had to wrestle the keys from him.

Only thing which lets it down is some stone chipping on fork lowers.

Anyone have any ideas on how to refinish/improve these without removing and sending for powdercoating or spraying?

 

I wondered the same thing. But there's so much other stuff wrong with my bike that I would probably never get around to it.

Although I do have a spare set of grungy lowers. So if you come up with any novel ideas, I might be willing to be a guinea pig. :smile:

 

I did mine recently, wire-wheeled them down to bare metal, then primered and painted with wheel paint. Wurth German Alloy Silver Wheel Lacquer

worked great and no more chips... one word of advice, the paint seemed thin and is prone to runs, apply lots of thin coats. Setup time is long too... about a week. After 2-3 weeks if you want you can clearcoat (glossy or satin).

 

I've done some wheel restoration using Krylon Aluminum Silver overcoated with Krylon Clear. This mysteriously converts a stark aluminum finish into a very nice replication of factory clearcoated silver wheels. Worth a try, but I'd it test first.

 

Ta for the info guys.