Post by goggo234 on Aug 13, 2023 5:49:38 GMT 1
Here a past build I thought I’d put up. This one I was adamant to do as much of the build as possible myself. Also, I wanted to investigate the quality of coatings to protect the bike as it was going to be used.
powder coating has benefits, and some detractors. Such as touching up, water ingress when chipped and rotting the bike from the inside out without knowledge.
I got the bike as a basket case - non runner. As this is exactly what I wanted bc I’d purchased every other bike as a runner and then found they needed a full build or the motor blew. This resulted in over paying for the finished bike.
So, this bike was a real basket case. It took me 2 months to pull apart and remove the crap from everything - I had to soak everything in a degreaser bucket for a week minimum and sometime 2. Then the rusted items I derustes in an electrolyte bath and also tried my hand at zinc plating. I reserved the zinc plating for small items - the bulk I stripped and dropped at a plater. For $50 it just wasn’t worth the time to do myself.
www.flickr.com/gp/198995947@N08/0s32794xmz
powder coating has benefits, and some detractors. Such as touching up, water ingress when chipped and rotting the bike from the inside out without knowledge.
I got the bike as a basket case - non runner. As this is exactly what I wanted bc I’d purchased every other bike as a runner and then found they needed a full build or the motor blew. This resulted in over paying for the finished bike.
So, this bike was a real basket case. It took me 2 months to pull apart and remove the crap from everything - I had to soak everything in a degreaser bucket for a week minimum and sometime 2. Then the rusted items I derustes in an electrolyte bath and also tried my hand at zinc plating. I reserved the zinc plating for small items - the bulk I stripped and dropped at a plater. For $50 it just wasn’t worth the time to do myself.
www.flickr.com/gp/198995947@N08/0s32794xmz