KX Riders

Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Original => Topic started by: tunster on January 04, 2011, 12:42:37 AM

Title: swingarm.powdercoat or polish??
Post by: tunster on January 04, 2011, 12:42:37 AM

Whats best powder coat or polish?? Mine needs refurb. :?

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Post by: martinfan30 on January 04, 2011, 01:34:36 AM

I powder coated mine. Hopefully it holds up!

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Post by: alward25 on January 04, 2011, 03:23:49 AM

I powdercoated mine.  If you are dune riding polish is always cool but a ton more work.

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Post by: RoostDaddy on January 04, 2011, 08:47:39 AM

mine is polished along with the sub-frame.  looks great, but as alward said "a ton more work"

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Post by: flyingfitz on January 04, 2011, 01:49:36 PM

Where did you get the pipe alward?  Model is it?

Fitz

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Post by: sandblaster on January 04, 2011, 01:57:49 PM

What about polishing and using a clear powder coat.
Has anyone tried it?

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Post by: alward25 on January 04, 2011, 02:26:10 PM

That would work

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Post by: sandblaster on January 04, 2011, 03:27:08 PM

I wonder how well it would hold up?

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Post by: Motorrad on January 04, 2011, 03:46:52 PM

http://www.kxriders.com/forums/index.php/topic,6298.msg47697.html#msg47697
way I do mine

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Post by: sandblaster on January 04, 2011, 04:12:01 PM

Looks clean

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Post by: tnixon on May 27, 2011, 08:53:15 AM

We were thinking about Powdercoating a frame but the local race guru said that when they heat up the frame to apply the powdercoat it warps them around. So now we are re-thinking the whole thing. The racer was referring to a wheel bar custom made for a race sled so I don't know if it applies to bike frames.

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Post by: gwcrim on May 27, 2011, 09:05:29 AM

I've had a couple of Sportster frames powder coated and they've both done just fine.  The finish is touch as nails.