Painting Motorcycle Forks

Taped them off and sanded them down.

Painting motorcycle forks. 766 likes 3 talking about this. How to Paint Motorcycle Forks Fast and Easy. Take the lowers off of your fork.

One can of VHT Universal Aluminum Spray paint and Scotch Brite sanding pads That you can buy. Scuff and sand rough spots and scratches with 220 grit. A good way to remove all that silver down to the bare metal quickly and easily is a spray can of auto paint stripperremover also go by another name as aircraft paint remover.

Manufacturers of Vintage Motorcycle Girder Forks. Apply a few thin coats of white paint and sand with 800 grit after the paint dries. The best spray paint to use for a motorcycle frame is engine acrylic aerosol paint.

Remove paint with Tal-Strip. A little while ago I asked for advice about painting my fork lowers because I wanted them blacked out and couldnt find the motivation to learn how to disassemble the front end for powdercoating. He did sand and prime them too before the black was laid on.

All of our colors are available in touch-up pen touch-up jar aerosol ½ pint pint and quart sizes for your larger jobs. The stuff works greatbut you have to tape off the other areas well so i doesnt get on anything else. When spray paint is applied correctly to a motorcycle frame it will give a much desired look without running over your wallet.

Take off the front wheel guard bars headlight etc then mask up the fork. We carry past models from the 1950s through todays models. We stock over and under and stock lengths.