More powdercoating fun.....

[Warchild]

Since that no-good, worthless Honda corporation has apparently abandoned the hyper-bike class and has stopped North American sales of the Blackbird, I am going to some fair lengths to upgrade mine on my own. So while the forks were off to Traxxion Dynamics, I decided to do a lot of the same 90% gloss black powder-coating game I did on my FJR durings its rebuild.

Todays fun: muffler hangars and rearsets!

Here are the stock muffler hangars/passenger footpegs just after cooling off from the oven:

And some shots of the hardware installed back on the bike. Unfortunately, these are some unusually crummy photos; they don't do justice to how killer the powder-coating job looks in the flesh:

 

[twowheelnut]

You really need AFD* therapy... :blink:

[SIZE=8pt]*Addictive Farkle Disorder[/SIZE]

 

[Luke]

Must have Harley-owner blood running in his veins.

No, wait... at least he didn't chrome them!

 

[Rogue]

You got to love pics of WC's bikes... Clean, newly powder coated parts... with a layer of crud right below them on the swing arm!

 

[Windjammer]

You really need AFD* therapy...

Or just a pair of black chrome slip-ons, that'd cure it fer shure.

 

[kaitsdad]

You got to love pics of WC's bikes... Clean, newly powder coated parts... with a layer of crud right below them on the swing arm!

Yeah, but thats EARNED crud !!

 

[Warchild]

You got to love pics of WC's bikes... Clean, newly powder coated parts... with a layer of crud right below them on the swing arm! 

Heh.... when I showed the XX dudes a photo of my forks after they returned from Traxxion Dynamics, I got a lot of similar comments....

 

[Bounce]

The XX has a proportioning valve down on the forks (between the 2 calipers?)?

Interesting.

 

[Warchild]

The XX has a proportioning valve down on the forks (between the 2 calipers?)?
Interesting.

That is part of the Linked Brake System (LBS); it has nothing to do with the forks.

 

[OrangevaleFJR]

Doesn't all that baked on powder add a LOT of weight?

Slowing it down without increasing night time visibility...I don't get it :lol:

 

[GunMD]

Doesn't all that baked on powder add a LOT of weight?
Slowing it down without increasing night time visibility...I don't get it :lol:

The coefficient of friction for powder coated parts is better than without...offsetting the increase in weight.

:reading:

 

[Mike-H]

Question :blink: ..if it doesn't make the bike handle any better, stop any faster, or go any quicker....then what's the point :dribble: notjoking....seriously...nor kidding here...just asking an honest question?????

 

[vectervp1]

Question :blink: ..if it doesn't make the bike handle any better, stop any faster, or go any quicker....then what's the point :dribble: notjoking....seriously...nor kidding here...just asking an honest question?????

Becaues it looks purty. :wub:

 

[Mike-H]

Thank you vectervp1 for that insight ...but I was hoping the almighty warchild would enlighten me with his pearls of wisdom B)

 

[Warchild]

The classic response to the question "Why Iron Butt Riding?" is a fitting one here:

"I can explain it to you, but I can't make you understand it".

In other words, why do anything to a bike after it leaves the showroom floor? The reason: because you want to. Simple.

 

[Mike-H]

Glad to see the mirth in your answer benevolent dictator :blink: .... so in other words a fashion statement (personal taste in customizing) if you will... thanks for favoring me with an answer

 

[OrangevaleFJR]

In Warchild's case, the need for the neato powdercoating is possibly the strangest of contradictions. Dirty/shiny/ride more get dirtier/make another pice shiny.

Maybe one piece at a time, this is his way of cleaning his bike :haha:

 

[kaitsdad]

Question :blink: ..if it doesn't make the bike handle any better, stop any faster, or go any quicker....then what's the point :dribble: notjoking....seriously...nor kidding here...just asking an honest question?????

Hmmm....

Perhaps 'Facets on a diamond' comes to mind......

 

[twowheelnut]

The reason: because you want to. Simple.

Nope, wrong. The real reason: Because you need to.

You forget; we're farkle addicts.

... and judging by my Visa statement received today, I need some serious 12 step help!