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Jim Silly-Balls posted:No sweat, couple tips I learned the hard way. Just like regular paint, powder coat paint is only as good as the prep, you need clean metal, both from a rust and old paint standpoint, and from an oil and grease standpoint. Thanks for this. I already have a lovely sugar blasting setup so prep isn't a big deal for me anyway. Your degrees threw me for a bit until I realised you use inferior imperial capitalist units  Good tip on the coffee filter!
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Holy drat, now I want to do my own powder coating! Question: If I had, say, a kickstand that was rusty and abused (because it's a kickstand), would powder-coating be a good option for it? I'm mostly trying to de-rust then keep it from getting further wrecked when I put the stand down on asphalt.
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Sold it. Goodbye WR250X, you were a fantastic bike. Now, I am bikeless. 
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Coydog posted:Sold it. Goodbye WR250X, you were a fantastic bike. Now, I am bikeless. buy Z3n's superduke 
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Lynza posted:Holy drat, now I want to do my own powder coating! Yes, it would basically be the hardest available coating outside of ceramic coating. That said, regularly grinding against asphalt will wear down any coating to bare metal eventually
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Yes, it would basically be the hardest available coating outside of ceramic coating. I figure if it's easy enough to do at home, I could just re-coat it from time to time. I'd just like to keep it from getting (more) trashed and rusty.
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Sep 8, 2016 19:06
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cursedshitbox posted:buy Z3n's superduke Yes this.
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What's with some powder coats looking glossy and smooth and others (like oor Jim's) looking gritty? Is it just about the coarseness of powder you get? Is there a strength/durability benefit to the grittier stuff compared to fine?
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Renaissance Robot posted:What's with some powder coats looking glossy and smooth and others (like oor Jim's) looking gritty? Is it just about the coarseness of powder you get? Is there a strength/durability benefit to the grittier stuff compared to fine? different paints have different finishes. I saw one that was flat black with copper colored lumps popping out of it everywhere. Gnarly stuff.
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cursedshitbox posted:buy Z3n's superduke HenryJLittlefinger posted:Yes this. After selling the ex250 (miss that one) and the wr250x, I can afford an upgrade, but I can't afford anywhere near that. The 1290 is an "after I graduate college and know what income is" dream bike. I have my sights set on Jazzzzz's 690 SMC, though.  2x the power to weight, plus an extra gallon of gas tank, minus any ability to put luggage on the back, here I hopefully come.
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Lynza posted:I figure if it's easy enough to do at home, I could just re-coat it from time to time. I'd just like to keep it from getting (more) trashed and rusty. http://www.rg-racing.com/browsetype/kickstand_shoes/ Not as cool as DIY powdercoating, admittedly.
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Renaissance Robot posted:What's with some powder coats looking glossy and smooth and others (like oor Jim's) looking gritty? Is it just about the coarseness of powder you get? Is there a strength/durability benefit to the grittier stuff compared to fine? I specifically did my bark busters in a light wrinkle finish, which gives t that bumpy look. You can of course also get the flat, satin, eggshell, gloss, semi gloss, etc that you can get in regular paints as well. There are also heavy wrinkles, textures, color veins, all sorts of stuff Beve Stuscemi fucked around with this message at 21:05 on Sep 8, 2016 |
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Lynza posted:I figure if it's easy enough to do at home, I could just re-coat it from time to time. I'd just like to keep it from getting (more) trashed and rusty. Most of the kick stand would be fine, it's just the bottom of the foot (and maybe only a few specific spots there ) that would get ground down. And you don't see those most of the time anyway.
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Sagebrush posted:Most of the kick stand would be fine, it's just the bottom of the foot (and maybe only a few specific spots there ) that would get ground down. And you don't see those most of the time anyway. Powdercoat, let the ground contact patch wear away, then sand the rust off and spray on bed-liner or similar.
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The guzzi got some crash bars 
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Coydog posted:After selling the ex250 (miss that one) and the wr250x, I can afford an upgrade, but I can't afford anywhere near that. The 1290 is an "after I graduate college and know what income is" dream bike. Alternately, buy Koruthaiolos's TR650.
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Sagebrush posted:Most of the kick stand would be fine, it's just the bottom of the foot (and maybe only a few specific spots there ) that would get ground down. And you don't see those most of the time anyway. The best would be a thick rubber tire-like coating
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:Alternately, buy Koruthaiolos's TR650. I almost did, last December. I feel really bad about getting his hopes up on that, by inquiring. At the end of the day, I had to pass because I couldn't feasibly get supermoto wheels for it, and it was too exotic. Fully nuts for the TR650, though.
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Coydog posted:I almost did, last December. I feel really bad about getting his hopes up on that, by inquiring. At the end of the day, I had to pass because I couldn't feasibly get supermoto wheels for it, and it was too exotic. Fully nuts for the TR650, though. So just as an anecdote, my experience with them is that they have excellent street manners on 70/30 tires. My father in law just did a trip from Arkansas to Deals Gap and back on his with street tires on the stock wheels and apparently it was good. Def. a little bit exotic though.
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clutchpuck posted:The best would be a thick rubber tire-like coating Or you could make a replaceable foot from rubber or aluminum held in to a newly powder-coated luck stand. I just realized this would be awesome, and now I want to do it to my FZ's rear end-looking center stand.
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Elviscat posted:Or you could make a replaceable foot from rubber or aluminum held in to a newly powder-coated luck stand. I wonder how hard it would be to make one from a recycled tire. You'd need some tough shears for a radial, but I bet it would be rad.
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Yeah, cut the tread block off so it's no more than 3/8" thick so it doesn't mess with the kickstand's geometry, cut some 1/8" alu stock into an hourglass shape, drill and countersink both ends, grind a compatable shape in the rubber with a burr, then drill and tap two holes ib the stand's foot, then use two #10 stainless screw to hold it on. Grind flat for looks. You could probably do it in a couple hours with a Dremel and a tap.
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:So just as an anecdote, my experience with them is that they have excellent street manners on 70/30 tires. My father in law just did a trip from Arkansas to Deals Gap and back on his with street tires on the stock wheels and apparently it was good. To follow up, they were Shinko 705s, so 80/20 and not street. He still says it's awesome on pavement though.
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Since the powder coating discussion sparked a decent amount of interest and questions, I videoed myself powdering a part tonight, so I can explain it, i'll post it up in a bit
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Since the powder coating discussion sparked a decent amount of interest and questions, I videoed myself powdering a part tonight, so I can explain it, i'll post it up in a bit 
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e: i posted this then went back to the control panel and got really excited because i saw this thread at the top. 
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I'll finish editing tonight and post it. Promise!
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Ugh my renders of the video have no sound!! Apparently I'm running into this: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1056445 Video still coming!!
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Ugh my renders of the video have no sound!! Apparently I'm running into this: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1056445 Looks like from that thread it may just be an issue with the latest version of Creative Cloud and you can workaround by installing an older version of Premiere - grab Premiere CS2 from here: https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cs2-product-downloads.html?promoid=19SCDRQK And install it using the keys on that site (There are free downloads of unlocked CS2 versions of all their software on that link - Adobe shut down the auth server for that version and they made those unlocked versions available for download so users would not be prevented from using their copies of CS2, but anyone can download them by creating an account using a throwaway email; CS2 is effectively free for anyone at this point)
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Drained the oil, changed the oil filter (after much loud swearing), pulled the timing coil cover and made a start on scraping off the old gasket, replaced the o-ring on the plug bolt for the main crankcase oil drain line (which I'm fairly certain was the source of the leak coating my boot). There was a ton of instant sealant in there, I've got my fingers crossed that's the reason it was leaking and PO tried to take the easy way out instead of replacing the o-ring and torquing the bolt down.
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Coydog posted:Now, I am bikeless. 
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Yeah, I woke up this morning and my first thought was "I need to go on a rid-OH NOOO"
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HotCanadianChick posted:Looks like from that thread it may just be an issue with the latest version of Creative Cloud and you can workaround by installing an older version of Premiere - grab Premiere CS2 from here: https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cs2-product-downloads.html?promoid=19SCDRQK Gonna try this because 
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Did my 5k mile oilchange today. (Yeah, I know the interval is 8k, but I'm normally lazy but felt like doing poo poo today.) Pro tIp: If you're doing this outside on a windy day, put some rocks in your drain pan. The wind picked up the second I pulled the drain plug and blew the drain pan halfway down my driveway. After that fiasco, I just did my monthly general inspection, clean the bugs out of the crevasses, clean and re-grease the chain, etc. Re-adjusted the back brake lever and shifter for my new chunkier boots. Also installed the new USB-C quickcharger for my Nexus 6P.
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Since my aborted road trip about a month ago, my bike's chain was still sounding weird so I decided to get a closer look. I've been dealing with a bunch of personal and business crap so I haven't been riding at all since I got back, which is probably a good thing seeing as the sprocket was the source of my noise after all. Swapping out both sprockets and a new chain got rid of the sound. It's easier to see in person than in the picture, but the teeth are starting to hook slightly. Google's showing me plenty of sprockets with worse wear, but was I right to turn back after all? I probably could have made it the extra 500 or so miles but the last thing I wanted was to be stranded on a highway in Florida during august. e: quick edit to explain where the hell I was. I was about 500 miles from home when I decided to stop, so another 500 miles to get back. It would have been another 250 to my destination, so total distance would have been ~1500 miles. I noticed the sound around 300 miles into the trip and couldn't ignore it any longer. As Nero Danced fucked around with this message at 00:08 on Sep 11, 2016 |
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I had a good run of projects crossed off the list for today. New upgrades/installs on the DRZ are as follows. Installed the 'case savers' covers. Hopefully the masking tape is strong enough to hold it as it cures. Installed a mirror to at least attempt to get my bike looking legal-ish. I still need to figure out a permanent mirror solution, but for now I just have a little bar end tucked into my bars to give me at least some vision. New tail light assembly. I ditched the integrated unit the PO installed (with smoke colored lens) because it was too dim to see even at night. The new system is the basic thumper talk unit, and it works much better. Also, my O-ring set just arrived, so tomorrow is going to be carb-overhaul-day. Time to learn more about motorcycles.
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Fishvilla posted:Installed a mirror to at least attempt to get my bike looking legal-ish. I still need to figure out a permanent mirror solution, but for now I just have a little bar end tucked into my bars to give me at least some vision. If you have any sort of handguards, get this. They are cheap, bolt in fast, and work really well. https://www.amazon.com/PowerMadd-34289-Trail-Handguard-Mirror/dp/B00E62MUYM
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As Nero Danced posted:Since my aborted road trip about a month ago, my bike's chain was still sounding weird so I decided to get a closer look. I've been dealing with a bunch of personal and business crap so I haven't been riding at all since I got back, which is probably a good thing seeing as the sprocket was the source of my noise after all. Swapping out both sprockets and a new chain got rid of the sound. It's easier to see in person than in the picture, but the teeth are starting to hook slightly. Sprockets don't wear out that fast and you'd probably have been fine for another 500 miles, but that one is definitely on its last legs, yeah.
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Sagebrush posted:Sprockets don't wear out that fast and you'd probably have been fine for another 500 miles, but that one is definitely on its last legs, yeah. It's worth noting that this is true, unless we're talking an aluminum sprocket. edit: As another note, never buy aluminum sprockets.
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