powder coating

[stavross]

has any body had there spoked wheels ie 1100/1150 gs fully powder coated rims/spokes? can it be done and who will do it. any info would be great as i`m sick of cleaning my wheels

 

[ELIMINATOR]

I would have thought that there would be problems with this process, relating to the spoke holes and countersinks. these would either have to be masked from the powder or dressed out to suit after. If not I suspect that the spokes would not fit in the holes, same for the countersunk feature.

 

[MattW]

Coincidentaly, I've just posted a thread about using ACF-50 to try and avoid cleaning my 1100 wheels.

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=167518

In this thread, Cookie noted that he'd got a price of ~£130 a few years ago to have an 1100 wheel broken down and rebuilt.

Powder coating would of course be extra, but if it were me, I'd have the rims vapour blasted and hard anodised and the hubs bead blasted and powder coated. I'd then get them rebuilt with new stainless spokes. You'd then end up with virtually maintenance free wheels, but at quite a cost....

It might be easier / cheaper to buy a good second hand set of late 1150 wheels.

 

[ELIMINATOR]

Note the use of the word "hard" as opposed to just anodised. At work we have an aluminium machined block hard anodised, just try running a tap down one of the threads. Instant dead tap. It's that hard. decorative anodising is.......... er decorative.

Mind you, the hard anodised finish is nice to look at, it comes out as a mid to dark grey.

 

[samual1962]

i have alloys on my gs mate,bought them already plastic coated,crackin job!try lookin in classic mechanics etc lots of companies who specialize in bike bits mate

 

[Neil W]

I've had a number of cast wheels powder coated in the past and there has always been eventual problems with the coating cracking and flaking after tyre changes. Now I paint them and leave part of the rim edge uncoated and polished.
We did a DID rear rim powder coated black to be spoked into a front hub on a Honda Dominator as part of a supermoto conversion and had problems with the spokes loosening off as the nipples eventually bit into the coating of the rim during use.
If you blasted a built rim there may be problems with the spokes being weakened and I have no doubt that the coating will eventually crack at the hubs and rims.
That said I've seen it used as a cheap way to tart up crossers prior to sale but I would not want to do it on a GS

 

[stavross]

cheers for the info guy`s it seems that it`s more of a pain in the arse getting them coated than actually cleaning them maybe have a look at some alloys for it. now where is that tooth brush

 

[GS7A]

Try Reality Motorworks. They have done work for me recently, the quality is outstanding and their charges are very reasonable

 

[sani]

Try Reality Motorworks. They have done work for me recently, the quality is outstanding and their charges are very reasonable

The realitymotorworks link is very good

 

[Paul Rochdale]

I spoke to the owner of this impressive Honda Africa Twin at the HU Meeting this year. He had the bike's rims powder coated and didn't report any problems.

 

[Zpider]

We do a lot of powdercoating on wheels with spokes. The trick is to not coat the inside of the wheel. If you coat the inside the spokes generally must be adjusted after a while since they loose tension.

 

[GS01]

I have had spoked wheel rims powder coated on my W650, no problems and they look smart.

Central Wheel Components rebuilt the wheels with satin finish stainless spokes.

http://www.central-wheel.co.uk/

 

[alimey4u2]

I think the issue is the wheel must be disassembled prior to coating, & then re-assembled....