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For those of you who painted the rear foot hangers with spray paint (rattle cans as some of your call them), how did the paint hold up? I couldn't find the old posts. If memory serves, semi-gloss black was used. Suggestions on what brand and what grit of sand paper I should use for this project would be greatly appreciated.
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I used a semi-gloss wrinkle finish (Krylon, probably) with minimal sanding (not much more than a 2 minute dust-off with 600 or so) and it held up fine. Then I ended up taking them off completely and moved the peg down to the lower hole. Wife say's it's more comfortable that way.
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I used black lacquer spray from Home Depot to do my sprocket cover. De-glossed with something like 400 first. Took a while to fully cure, ended up pretty durable. Not rubbing shoes on it like what would happen with peg hangers, though. A fellow in our group had his whole bike (sport bike) done with truck bedliner at Linex.
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I'll have to Email my friend that restored VWs, he knows this brush on stuff that is just like powder coating and designed to be used in place of it. Brush it on and leave it alone and it smooths out by itself. He tells me it is very durable.
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I appreiciate the imput. Last night, I started having second thoughts on doing it. This is because of the gray George Foreman grill next to the foot hangers. However, I just saw a picture of them both painted on a bike- it looked good. My next question is, when taking off the GF grill, do I have to worry about gaskets and leaking of fluids? 
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You could probably find sprocket cover and peg hangers on ebay from a Speedmaster.
Don't know what year your bike is, but on the older ('05 and older) ones, be careful not to pinch that little black wire when you put the sprocket cover back on. Neutral light will stay on and you will be able to start it in gear with clutch engaged. They changed it on newer ones.
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I'll have to Email my friend that restored VWs, he knows this brush on stuff that is just like powder coating and designed to be used in place of it. Brush it on and leave it alone and it smooths out by itself. He tells me it is very durable.
I'd be interested.
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He hasn't replied yet but I did send him a message. I'll look around and see if I can find where I wrote it down. I haven't tried the stuff myself yet.
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I did mine last year with Krylon (I think) high temp "grill" paint in matte black. Sanded lightly with 400 grit, then some steal wool. Held up ok for the season. Started to chip where the keys dangle against it. Just had them powder coated and will put em back on in the spring. Worth it for $40 bucks I think.
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I did some other parts using high temp engine paint "semi flat" I think. Looks AWESOME and the guys in Bennington last year thought it was powder coat.
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I bought some semi-gloss spray paint at Home Depot the other day and 400 grit sandpaper. I'm waiting on a low humidity, sunny day to do this project. If I goof up, I'll pay to have them powder coated. It's just the foothangers. I wouldn't want to do the gas tank, that's for sure. Updates coming.........
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Just installed the painted rear foot hangers. Can't believe how the original color stuck out like a sore thumb. The semi-gloss black paint seems to just blend in with rest of the bike. I have the George Foreman grill cleaned and ready for sanding. Hard to believe all that gunk collects on the inside of the cover. Also, I can see how crimping the wires while reinstalling could be a issue. If any one is considering this project, go ahead. If a mechanically challanged person like me can do it, anyone can.
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I trashed the UGLY Triumph hangers and made my own out of 3/8 steel plate. If you ride two up then you know that the factory hangers are designed wrong. They put the passenger's feet back to far for an uncomfortable ride. I changed the design a little and moved the hole for the peg to mount in 3 1/2" forward. Now my wife loves to ride.
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I have to agree they are ugly. However, I hang my boot heel on the back pegs to change my riding position. If it weren't for that, I would install the finishers. Since my kids came along, my wife no longer rides with me.  So, no two-up riding.
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I'll have to Email my friend that restored VWs, he knows this brush on stuff that is just like powder coating and designed to be used in place of it. Brush it on and leave it alone and it smooths out by itself. He tells me it is very durable.
I'd be interested.
me too.
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