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ok some of you will of seen that I have been giving the bike a bit of a makeover this winter, and the other day posted some pics about striping the frame.
well after much discussion on the board and driving about from shot blasters to powder coat shops I have picked up the beauties.
I have been very pleased with the quality of the finish and cant wait to start putting it all back together.
chris_of_1979
26-Oct-2004, 14:42
That looks proper good mate!
How much work was it (seriously) stripping the bike down to a bare frame?
Lee1980
26-Oct-2004, 14:46
I like the black swingarm:D
Very nice, My 1 year old 748s frame has rust marks in certain places where I guess the paint is thin:(
This might be the way to go in the future:o
That looks nice.
I have an old Montesa trials bike which wouldn't go after it had the frame powder coated. Took me ages to work out that the powder coating was insulating the electrical earth :)
desmojen
26-Oct-2004, 17:53
Swingarm looks sweet :D
Is this powder coated or paint ? It looks very nice. Price please and maybe where done as Im going to strip the monster down soon and want her in tip top as battery acid scarred. Powder coating. Can it be done in same ducati goldy colour or maybe silver ? and did you have to prepare the frame.? Thank you.:D
Originally posted by chris_of_1979
That looks proper good mate!
How much work was it (seriously) stripping the bike down to a bare frame?
didn't take long to strip down I did a 900ss a few years back and that was allot worse to do. These 916-748 series bikes are really designed well with racing in mind.
to give you a idea I was not expecting to get it all stripped till after Christmas, and here I am ready to start rebuilding
doogalman
26-Oct-2004, 21:40
How did you address the vin no stamped into the headstock? Was going to get mine coated at some point as she is six years old and the frame is tiring cosmetically. Have you lost the vin no under the coating?
Dogalman
the vin number is still visible, as it is stamped I guess it just sinks in,
someone asked earlier whether it is painted or powder coated, its powder coat and cost me £40 and I had to get it shot blasted first another £30. as far as colour is concerned I think there is allot available
Thats really reasonable price. Thanks for that information . Time soon to get stripped of everything . Cant wait to get started if it looks that good.:D:)
rcgbob44
27-Oct-2004, 00:11
A set of big drum brakes would look nice with that!
chris_of_1979
27-Oct-2004, 17:57
Keefer - did you need any special tools when stripping it?
And roughly how many hours would you say it took?
Was looking at getting my frame painted, but that's a real eye-opener!
Could the powder coat also be applied to the headlight bucket, do you think? (not sure what it's made of)
Also - as I'm guessing that from my VERY LIMITED experience, powder coat is thicker than paint - does this mean there might be any issue's with bolt's not quite fitting through they're holes in the frame?
Also - and this might sound like a VERY silly question - will the powder coat be upto handling the heat generated from the engine/exhausts?
no didn't need any special tool but I wouldn't recommend you get started unless you have a fair selection, hours wise hard to say really I spent a couple of evenings getting the bike ready to remove the engine.
So fairing, tank, exhausts, injectors, rads oil and water, rear subfraime, headlight and clocks then unplug the wiring marking up anything you think you may forget as you go along. I also took lots of digital picks of where the wiring is cable tied to the frame so as to get it correct on replacement.
I then got a friend to come round to help me remove the engine. [put some wd40 on the bolts the night before]
then its forks head stock and then swingarm out and that plus or minus a few bit and bobs is about it. That took me a couple of nights and a Saturday afternoon.
yes you could get the headlight bucket done im just about to get the yokes done as I had them anodized but it looked crap.
and finally if the place you take it to knows what they are doing then they should cover up the holes that take bolts in them with bits of rubber.
And no heat wont effect it, it's baked off in a oven and very tough.
[Edited on 27-10-2004 by keefer]
[Edited on 27-10-2004 by keefer]
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