Cleaning up fork bottoms, swing arm and others

[Squidders]

My bike is looking quite tired in a few places and I wonder if anyone has tips on how to sort metalwork out?

 

[Pugwash]

I took my front wheel off and painted the forks. I stuck some clear protective plastic over the fronts to avoid future damage.

I used wet'n'dry of finer grades to buff up my hangers before polishing them. I haven't done the swing arm though.

 

[ianrobbo1]

Once you've cleaned up your forks peg hangers and swing arm you could perhaps have them powder coated, my forks and front hangers I had polished and powder coated clear, just a case of treating them as you would paint, easy to keep with the rear hanger and swing arm powder coated black, same again cleaning wise, worth the effort perhaps when the weather turns and you possibly put the bike away unless your an all year rider!!




This has been done about 8 years ago, and only now are the forks looking like they may need re doing!!:dunno:

 

[Centaur]

All this primping and priming.

You could remember a bike is for riding, not admiring, and just let the rain clean the bike. It is not a Suzuki so it is not going to end up as a pile of rust on your drive. :-0)

 

[ianrobbo1]

Absolutely nothing wrong with having a clean bike, IMO it shows you actually care about it, and you also get to see any potential problems whilst cleaning it, plus it makes for a much happier mechanic if he can work relatively clean, instead of having to dig in up to the elbows in shit that could have been cleaned off first, and no one is saying you cant ride it. !!:dunno:

 

[Squidders]

Thanks for that... the painted results look really good but is probably more work than I'd like to put in as it's going to get a hard life.

I might take the mudguard off and just try to get the worst off with some wet and dry.

 

[Pugwash]

Painting them wasn't too difficult. The worst part was getting the brake calipers off and the bike jacked up to keep the front off the ground. I used lots of polythene sheets and masking tape and sprayed the forks on the bike.
If you just rub them down they might be ok though. Mine were too far gone and I fancied a change.

 

[andyBeaker]

Once you've cleaned up your forks peg hangers and swing arm you could perhaps have them powder coated, my forks and front hangers I had polished and powder coated clear, just a case of treating them as you would paint, easy to keep with the rear hanger and swing arm powder coated black, same again cleaning wise, worth the effort perhaps when the weather turns and you possibly put the bike away unless your an all year rider!!




This has been done about 8 years ago, and only now are the forks looking like they may need re doing!!:dunno:

Nice to see your bike not on a trailer or laying on it's side8rfl@

Still not sorted the primer out at the bottom of the fairing yet then?