Topic: Pic Request - black wheels, hub, lower fork tube, and frame...

[uwjberg]

hey there everyone - trying to decide what to powedercoat black when i send the frame out so i can have everything done at the same time. thinking about the frame, triple trees, wheels, hubs, and lower fork tubes all done in black, then painting silver. anyone have a pic that fits the bill (even if it's a different color, or photoshop)?

trying to see whether i want to just do the frame and triples black, and keep the wheels, forks, etc. silver.

thanks!

[tsflstb]

I think I meet all the requirements:




This was before I did the wheels:

[greenjeans]

dig the black.....I voted yours BOTM

[eurban]

Black powdercoated alloy GL1000 rims.  Black shock springs and rear fender.  Shiny pipes, engine, front fender and fork lowers.  Proper paint job on the tank to be determined. . . .Kind of wish I had powdercoated the hubs black as I really like the look of the stainless steel spoke heads making contrasting dots along the perimeter of the of the hubs.  Looking nice tsflstb!

[uwjberg]

thanks! i do like the blacked out look the more i see it.

tsflstb - when you had everything powdercoated, what color/mix of gloss, etc. did you use? that looks great.

[tsflstb]

tsflstb - when you had everything powdercoated, what color/mix of gloss, etc. did you use? that looks great.

It's a gloss black.  Before I laced the wheels I put about 6 coats of wax on the hubs and rims so they'd be easier to clean later.  The fork lowers I painted myself with black "appliance epoxy" from Home Depot.  It's a pretty tough paint that you can lay on thick.  It looks just like powdercoat unless you get down and really stare at it.

[78CB750CAFE]

Wheels and forks rattle caned with DupliColor engine paints over self etching primer, top coated with a special DupliColor wheel clear coat that had a nice matting effect and has proven to be tough and resistant to brakeclean, brake fluid, gas, and fork oil.
Frame is rattlecan "universal black" in gloss

[xkillerbx]

Is that Line-X on the tank and seat?  What's the texture like?  Did it add a lot of weight?

[Kev Nemo]

My plan is simple-if it's not chrome, it'll be black

Any pix of black hub/spokes on chrome rims? My chrome is decent but the spokes are dingey.

[Jeff]

tsflstb, are those excel rims, or the stock rims you had just recolored? They look fantastic.

Jeff

[tsflstb]

They're shouldered Excel rims - a little wider than stock.  Thanks.

[timdhawk]

tsflstb, What type of blinkers do you have?