Powder Coating Lower Fork Legs

Hello,

  like a lot of CB's, mine's suffering from surface corrosion on the lower fork legs - I'm thinking of taking the forks apart and getting the lower legs powder coated black.

  I've had a search through the forum here and nobody seems to have done it before...which makes me think there's probably a good reason for that.

  So, does anybody know if powder coating the forks is possible / a good idea / worth the effort of taking my forks apart to do?  I've considered having a go at painting them, but I'm not convinced I'd do a brilliant job (or even a semi-halfway-acceptable job).

  Any thoughts or experience would be much appreciated,

 Thanks

It's been done in this thread along with several other parts.

Oh, cool, thanks for that

hi all thers a product called plasi dip like a spray can of paint simply rub the offending arers down nd spray on leaves a plastic coating  that is easy to remove comes in many colours

Mine were Dremel sanded, polished and just require a coat of oil every now and again to keep them looking nice.

Hello,

  I got the lower fork legs powder coated for 25.00 - I sent them away via courier, which cost me a tenner return.

  The powder coating looked quite thick and I've had no problems with it for almost a year now, so I'd say go for powder coating if you can - I've painted my foot-rest hangers silver with brake calliper paint and the finish on them's nowhere near as good or durable...

Cheers

OneWheelDrive wrote:Hello,

  I got the lower fork legs powder coated for 25.00 - I sent them away via courier, which cost me a tenner return.

  The powder coating looked quite thick and I've had no problems with it for almost a year now, so I'd say go for powder coating if you can - I've painted my foot-rest hangers silver with brake calliper paint and the finish on them's nowhere near as good or durable...

Cheers

Sounds like a good price. Where did you get them done?

I got them done here:

http://www.highlandpowdercoating.co.uk/