Getting the Frame painted
 

Anyone know of anyone in the South East who could paint a new 749S frame and a rough cost?????????

Cheers

Jobr,

Plenty of places for the painting, one of our members does powder coating and the like .. the real expense is getting the bike stripped so that the bare frame can be painted, then the cost of re-assembly.

Personally i imagine that would make it prohibitevely expensive unless you can do the strip down and rebuild ....

although not particulary local, JHP did mine including the rear sub frame. it was part of other work but the painting alone is in the region of 200 quid i think.

Dickie,

Wasn't yours stripped and re-assembled as part of a warranty claim ?????

Thats where the real cost of this sort of work is ... the painting like you say, is a couple of hundred quid ....

yes, mine was stripped for a number of reasons so that obviously saved a load of dosh. i think i heard you'd be talking 600 odd quid for the strip down and rebuild?

Thanks for the replies, I am not mechanically minded so would have to have the lot done and £600 quid is probably a bit steep.:(

£600 your aving a larf

Ducati Leeds are doing mine......

3 days labour at £35 per hour = aprrox 800 +vat + cost of powder coat etc :(

[Edited on 15-2-2005 by Karls fila 999s]

Over a grand just to get a frame powder coated ?

You must be made of money !

at 35 quid an hour they're the ones laughing!

thats 1400 quid a week! for taking a bike apart. nice work if you can get it.

What colour do you want it painting anyways?

i got mine done frame done,sub frame,rear spring, headlight bracket , clutch pressure plate

All for £110

and he has made a right job of it too takeing my wheels to get done tomorrow too £30 a wheel :D:D


How come they are charging you £1400 and £600 ???

if its to strip them bring me your bike ill strip it clean it for £400 inc the frame doing

[Edited on 15-2-2005 by Festa748]

i spoke to my dealer about this he told me it would be cheaper to upgrade to 05 model

Black its an 04 so the frame isgrey, had the wheels done prior to delivery.

I intend to do mine over the next winter..... powder coated red....unless ducati decide to alter the colours again!!:lol::lol: oh works for me!

Andy.... Halfords have got a nice range in gold glitter paint at the moment.... Buy one get 10 free :lol::lol::lol::lol::P

Thatll do mate, you spell xerox ...XEROX..ok. Now write it 10 times to cover your bike up! :P:P

Is that Rank .....rank rank rank rank !!

If you say it quickly it sounds very rude !! :frog::frog:

Frame painting
 

Hi jobr
Had my Guzzi frame hot zinc sprayed and then 2pack painted which means if the paint gets chipped the zinc stops it going rusty and travelling further under the paint and you only have too touch up the chips with spare matching colour.
may not matter on a Duc that only sees dry weather.
As for frame stripping its not rocket science just use a digital camera on every piece with the help of a good manual and this board.
I never done it till the Guzzi 3 years ago totally rebuilt it with the help of Haynes.
ian

Cheers Ian