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powdercoated swingarm - 6/24/2007 5:43:19 PM

baxsom

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this is awesome
i just got my swingarm back from the powdercoated and installed
what do you think

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RE: powdercoated swingarm - 6/24/2007 5:45:44 PM

bboi

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looks good dude. Got mine done last year and just love the look of it. Wish honda would have came out with it stock years ago.

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RE: powdercoated swingarm - 6/24/2007 5:50:34 PM

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its look ok its kinda looks plain imo. do your thing though :) i want to try that stuff too how much it cost you?

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RE: powdercoated swingarm - 6/24/2007 6:03:27 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: CBRollie1000

its look ok its kinda looks plain imo. do your thing though :) i want to try that stuff too how much it cost you?

plain is the idea
i dont go for the stickerd up /multi bright color combinations.
the swingarm is the only mod i have done for appearance only. everything else has been performanced based even down to only carbon fiber pieces that actually protect something
my goal is to get rid of every piece of silver and only have black and ohlins gold ( need to send my forks back to dan kyle to get them powdercoated, they are already ohlins internals)

since i did all the labor myself it cost 75 bucks for the powdercoating
and i did have the dealer press the bearings back in for 30 bucks

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RE: powdercoated swingarm - 6/24/2007 6:19:27 PM

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oh ok thats koo then didnt know you wer going all black. my bad, it will look really nice then good luck i like hehe

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RE: powdercoated swingarm - 6/24/2007 6:30:18 PM

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hey baxsom here some old pics of mine. havent takin pics of with new exhaust and more powdercoating

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RE: powdercoated swingarm - 6/24/2007 6:38:43 PM

CBRollie1000

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thats nice bboi do they have a shiny black i want to try that on my bike?

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RE: powdercoated swingarm - 6/24/2007 6:43:46 PM

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yea my 600rr had a shiny black swing arm. ima look into the forks but not really caring to take it apart. hey braxsom how long does it take to take the forks off? how much work is involved? I would love to murder out the whole bike but still alot of work. All the fairing bolts, hex bolts the forks. just got that sprocket before they came out with the black ones form vortex so dont kno if ill change it anytime soon.

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RE: powdercoated swingarm - 6/24/2007 7:00:02 PM

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if you have the pitbull stand that lifts the bike from the triple clamp

i can get mine off in about 10 minutes

front wheel off
loosen all of the pinch bolts for the clip ons and then the 4 that hold the upper and lower triples
and the forks fall right out

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RE: powdercoated swingarm - 6/24/2007 7:15:02 PM

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since you gotta heat the powder coat up you think you have to take em apart to get them painted or can they just do it whole. I just dont want my bike apart for a long time. of course I go tdy bout every two weeks so I can drop em off before I leave and pick em up whn I get back.

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RE: powdercoated swingarm - 6/24/2007 7:16:31 PM

bboi

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O an this might be ghetto but is there anyway to just paint em myself at the house?

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RE: powdercoated swingarm - 6/24/2007 7:24:01 PM

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Baxsom, your bike looks great with the black swing arm. I have the silver 06 and I painted all of my fairing bolts black.... it just makes it look a little different.

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RE: powdercoated swingarm - 6/24/2007 9:19:46 PM

baxsom

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many people have just painted them
you have to take pretty much every thing you can off the tail end and degrease it very well
then paint it with very thin coats of quality tough paint.
look at 1000rr.net there are quite a few guys there that did it and had good results

to powdercoat it has to be taken apart though and the bearings have to come out.

getting them out is easy, get a socket the same size as the bearing and beat it out from the other side

getting them back in takes a press which i dont have otherwise i would have done that myself too

i did a how to on swingarm removal and reinstall on 1000rr.net's maintenance section

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yes, i guess maybe i can be a jerk, but i am tired of reading the same questions and hearing the same would be experts give out wrong info.

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RE: powdercoated swingarm - 6/24/2007 9:23:10 PM

bboi

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im talkin bout the forks. Ive already done the swing arm.

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RE: powdercoated swingarm - 6/24/2007 11:32:07 PM

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