s'pose it is a how long is a piece of string, but how much does it cost to prepare and powder coat a frame and swing arm ?

saw it done on the telly with wheel for a vintage car . . looks quite hard work so guess it is expensive. Also not knowing anything about the process are the different types of coating and is there anything to watch out for ?

and is it specialist for bikes or will I get a similar result from anyone I pull out of the yellow pages ?

s'pose it is a how long is a piece of string, but how much does it cost to prepare and powder coat a frame and swing arm ?

saw it done on the telly with wheel for a vintage car . . looks quite hard work so guess it is expensive. Also not knowing anything about the process are the different types of coating and is there anything to watch out for ?

and is it specialist for bikes or will I get a similar result from anyone I pull out of the yellow pages ?

I used triple s in bingley

http://www.triple-s.co.uk/

they have an online price list, do a superb job, just degrease your frame and swing arm and they plug all your holes and blast and paint it. Classic Motorcycle Mechanics use them a fair bit.

drew

Hi mate i used to work for a company that had a powder coaters

and had alot dealings with it and who ever you use make sure

you talk to folk who been there and had work done!!

As if its not done right its a expensive nightmare but a good

hard wearing finish if done right.

And take all bearing of because its baked on after powered

put on and it drieds the bearings and melts any rubber

seals on the bearings.

thanks . . for the info and the prices at SSS don't seem half bad . . I guess I will start with the frame and add a bit at a time ..

thanks . . for the info and the prices at SSS don't seem half bad . . I guess I will start with the frame and add a bit at a time ..

if you buy Classic Motorcycle Mechanics they advertise in there and you can get 5% off with the ad, at the very least you end up getting the mag free

Make sure that you put bolts in all the threads so they dont all get killed!!! and be very careful when taking the bolts out that you dont slit the coating

Make sure that you put bolts in all the threads so they dont all get killed!!! and be very careful when taking the bolts out that you dont slit the coating

triple s plug all the threads for you as part of the service

Wish they had done that for the first frame i got powdered!

Triple-s in bingley are brill... they plug all areas that dont require any coating and pride themselves on show quality coatings. The one thing they do ask is for you to remove all oil/grease. They will clean but you will pay for it! They also do not coat office furniture or garden fences so its not an industrial bead blasting your frame gets.

Sorry im not a Yamaha owner but was looking for Triple-s web address and stumbled across this forum.

Cheers and beers

Nigel