Painted Forks, Radiator Guard, and Rear Pegs

[brady_cakes01]

So last night I decided to Paint my forks and I noticed that I really needed to go ahead and paint the rear pegs and the silver radiator guard. Once all that was finished I noticed that I should paint the bolts that hold the farings together, so thats what I did. I really like the look, what do you guys think. Also, next to be painted will be the foot controls. I used some simi-gloss engine enamel. It seems to have worked really well, but i haven't street tested it yet. All pieces except for the rear pegs i just washed and gave about 3 coats of paint. The rear pegs I gave two coats of paint and then set my oven to 375, let it pre-heat, turned it off, then set them in there on a piece of card board and let the oven cool back down. If anyone has any questions just let me know. Also i took off the front reflectors.

Total Cost: US $6.50 (+some beer for me and my friend)

 

[Hellgate]

Looks good, gives it a clean look.

Is your bike really copper colored? I like that if it is, very unique. :thumbup:

 

[brady_cakes01]

Looks good, gives it a clean look.

Is your bike really copper colored? I like that if it is, very unique. :thumbup:

No, its just that camera. I do get that alot when people see a picture of it though.

 

[madmanmaigret]

I thought it was kinda tomato soup colored also...... paint looks good :thumbup:

 

[FZ1inNH]

Looks great! I'm liking the blacked out theme on these older models. Great and simple mod! :thumbup:

 

[brady_cakes01]

Looks great! I'm liking the blacked out theme on these older models. Great and simple mod! :thumbup:

Yeah I really like the look too, and it was super cheep to do! Thanks for the complement.

 

[Bates121]

Looks great man:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: I am slowly working on making all the silver black and would love to know how it holds up to street use please keep us posted on that

 

[brady_cakes01]

Looks great man:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: I am slowly working on making all the silver black and would love to know how it holds up to street use please keep us posted on that

Will do, I will try to repost in a few weeks and then in about a month on how its holding up

 

[moopie]

Where would one buy "engine enamel"? I was thinking of getting some parts powder coated but this seems like a much cheaper option!

 

[brady_cakes01]

Where would one buy "engine enamel"? I was thinking of getting some parts powder coated but this seems like a much cheaper option!

I picked it up at my local auto parts store. Checkers is where I went, but i know that most others will have this.

 

[SANGER_A2]

Great cheap alternative to powder-coating. I'm gonna do my silver bits soon and bake them in the oven. Just gotta get the girlfriend out of the house for a bit first! :spank:

 

[brady_cakes01]

So after about 100 miles, they are still holding up pretty good. I got cough in some hail for about 3 min and no chips.