swing arm - can it be powder coated

[Carbon749]

Hi,

I have a 2003 749s and painted the swing arm gloss black before the bike went on the road.

It's now showing it's age, so, over winter I plan to strip and re-paint it or I have considered Gloss black powder coat in the hope that the finish is longer lasting than paint.

Couple of questions :

Can and how do you protect the area were the chain adjuster slides. Easy with paint but not sure how you do it with powder coat.

Anyone done this and at what cost ?

Is there another option ?

[keefer]

powder is good.
just ask the person who is doing the job to mask off what ever you don't want painted.
much the same as normal painting

[berto]

Whoever is doing the job will mask the surfaces that need to be protected...

[bike mad]

yer very very nice,:flame::burn::burn:

[Murray Mint]

Had mine done after a small excursion into the gravel.:D:D

[soloman]

Mine is actually Stove Enamelled, I find this a harder wearing finish to Powder and looks alot nicer as its not as shiny.
Also, if you need to touch up at any stage, the finish makes it less noticeable

No pics on pc at the moment but will post a couple tomorrow so you can make an informed decision.

Steve.

[Rushjob]

Nelly's just had a 996 swinger coated for Northernbstard as well as his frame.... looks the biz in satin black but he can get gloss done too.
The firm he uses are very careful with bearing surfaces etc & very reasonable price wise with a fairly quick turnaround.

[soloman]

Sorry about the delay!

Pic as promised.

[soloman]

and another!

Cheers.

[mucka749]

hi nice work how much did it cost and was it a quick turn around?

[weeian]

very nice soloman i like that !!

/ian

[Carbon749]

Originally posted by mucka749
hi nice work how much did it cost and was it a quick turn around?

Soloman looks nice, any chance of :

who, how long and how much.

[soloman]

Carbon,

The swingarm is finished in satin black and was done by a mate of mine who used to work at Buckley Enamellers, near me, so no real contact to help you as he no longer works there.

Mine was done as a 'favour' for £40 an took about a week to complete, however, he reckons that any enamellers would be able to carry out the work for about £80 and dependant on how busy........well how long's a piece of string?

His veiws on the 'powder v's enamel' argument are that enamel suits the swingarm better as its finish is harder wearing and less likely to lose condition, what with all the road crud and constant cleaning!

Hope thats of some use to you.

Steve