| Author | Message | ||
     Boney95 |
I want to powder coat my forks, heel guards, side rails, a set of Cross Roads, and pegs. Am I going to have any problems with the fit when I put these items back on the bike, due to the added thickness of the powder coat? Any tips on how to prep these parts? Do I use tape to tape off the ground areas on the side rails? What areas on these parts should I be taping off? Any information would be great! Thanks! | ||
| Boney95 |
Also want to coat my chopped grater. | ||
| Augustus74 |
Talk to your powder coater??? Some are willing to do prep work, others not a chance. | ||
| Froggy |
Your only looking at a couple millimeters of thickness, so fitting issues should be next to non existent. Most of the parts you mentioned are powdercoated already, so unless they get coated thicker, there should be no difference. Send a PM to Hammer71, he does coating and can give you the details. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Talk to Grand Stand Designs. They are a BW sponsor and would be glad to help you figure everything out. | ||
| Boney95 |
Thanks Froggy and Bstrd! I'll do both. | ||
| 1324 |
I highly recommend Pete (GSD), he's done a fair amount of coating work for me. In short, you'll be fine for most parts. You will need to tape off certain interfaces prior to powder so that they go back together like the Crossroads keys, any threaded holes, the attachment points between the cheese grater, side rails, etc. - those also provide electrical ground. Talk to Pete, he's flexible with who preps what. For certain parts, he's definitely better to prep. For others, you can save him some time if you do it yourself. | ||
| Grianp |
you should be fine with powder coating. I had practically everything done on my bike and ran into no issues. | ||
| Greg_e |
Forks are going to be an issue, better get them anodized. | ||
| Damnut |
You will have no problems with the fitment of the forks. Just do not have the PC'r PC the insides of the triples if you have them done too. I've had a BUNCH of parts PC'd on my bike. If you have any questions let me know. I can give you my number and can answer any questions that you have. | ||
| Andymnelson |
PC is not any thicker than paint laid with a gun. A good PCer will plug all threaded holes for you, but you will likely need to run a tap to clean the holes out still. You will have no issues, have fun! | ||
| Greg_e |
There's really enough clearance on the inside of the triples to allow for the forks to be coated? Damn that will same a good amount of hassle I was going to have to get the forks anodized. Never seen a triple with that much clearance before. | ||
| Damnut |
Yes there is enough clearance. What I did was spread out the triples a little with a screwdriver and lubed the fork leg with WD-40. This helped it from scratching the PC during installation. The tough thing about getting the forks anodized is you have to get the sliders out of the bottom of the fork leg. I was going to have all of my parts anodized but it was too much hassle to get it done so I went with PC instead. Look at my profile for all of the parts that I had done. | ||
| Greg_e |
I was thinking that the top portion would get anodized and the lower powder coat because of the other metals attached to the lower. But now you've saved me all that trouble since I should be able to just PC the entire thing (sliders being the exception of course). | ||
| Bads1 |
Talk to Pete at Grand Stand and have him anodize the parts. | ||
| Skinstains |
Remember...Pete at GSD ownes and races Buells. He knows them inside and out. | ||
| Boney95 |
Thanks for all the info guys... I'm just going to leave it to GSD. Might cost me a bit more to send all the parts out there, but at least I'll know it will get done properly. I never even knew BadWeb had a PC sponsor... | ||
| Slaughter |
DO NOT powdercoat surfaces that are loaded - the clamping surfaces really DO need to be metal-to-metal. Think of powdercoating as a thin plastic layer. When it gets compressed, it will tend to "cold flow" over time - and will loosen. Can't avoid it. Masking these areas off is simple for the powdercoater. Special tape is used that takes the temperatures. Pete can walk you through the process. | ||
| Greg_e |
OK so back to anodize the top of the forks so that the height can be adjusted without leaving ugly uncolored lines. | ||
| Damnut |
I've had my forks coated for over 4 years now with NO problems at all and I ride through the New England winter. You will have no problems with PC'n the forks. | ||
| Hammer71 |
PM replied to. | ||
| Skinstains |
Fight, Fight, Fight... | ||
| Xbcrazy |
Hey Greg and Adam, Just saw this thread. Hope you figured out which coating you want. My preference is to anodize the forks, but as several have already pointed out either way can work. Pete GrandStandDesigns.com GSD Powder Coating & Sandblasting (Message edited by xbcrazy on November 10, 2009) |
