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can the front forks be polished?? 1 Year, 1 Month ago
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Personally, I think the front forks are boring. I've seen chrome covers for them but I don't want that.
Is it possible to polish the forks to a shine? And if so, how would I do it?
thx
busher
ps. it is getting frig  gin cold out!
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Re:can the front forks be polished?? 1 Year, 1 Month ago
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Busher,
Yes, I did it on my Vulcan but it's a lot of work. First you have to strip off the coating/finish that is on them. I just used an 80 grit sandpaper. Then you have to spend many, many hours at a buffing wheel. What really sucks is that once they're polished, you have to keep them cleaned with something like Mother's to remove the oxidation, because from what I was told, you can't clear-coat over the polished aluminum. It won't stick. I even called paint shops and body shops and was told this. The finished product looks good, but it's a lot of work. I did the top triple tree too, but eventually painted it.
In The Wind,
Aaron
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Re:can the front forks be polished?? 1 Year, 1 Month ago
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thanks for the info Aaron.
What if I had them chromed?? Anyone have any idea of the cost?
thx
bushr
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Re:can the front forks be polished?? 1 Year, 1 Month ago
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Don't take this as gospel but I think Cal custom cruiser has a chrome exchange for around 200 bucks. 
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Re:can the front forks be polished?? 1 Year, 1 Month ago
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busherjackson,
http://www.speedcitycycle.com/custombikes.html
Check out this site. I don't know what his price is but I know he has good tripple plated chrome. You might also recognize some of his bikes. Several of them have been in a few mags. He is located here in Indianapolis.
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Re:can the front forks be polished?? 1 Year, 1 Month ago
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OR
Trade in on a new R* "S" model
These new 2008 Road Stars have chrome ...forks/switch housings/master cyl...
and EFI to boot... 
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Re:can the front forks be polished?? 1 Year, 1 Month ago
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Mine are polished. I touch them up every spring .... takes about 10 minutes for each fork.
Doc
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Re:can the front forks be polished?? 1 Year, 1 Month ago
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billjr said Hey busherjackson,a little off subject, but did you get the extensions and highwaybar figured out?
I can't do it with the Limby so I'm just gonna add a set of pegs on the bar.
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Re:can the front forks be polished?? 1 Year, 1 Month ago
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Hey Doc
How did you do your's?
thx
thx pop for the suggestion but I'm absolutely faithful to my '06 and besides
wifey would indeed KILL me 
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