Ducati Monster Forum

Im about to have my bike apart and was toying with the idea of having my frame powder coated.. the question is if you have done it what did you do about the stickers with the vin on it and stuff thats on the frame? are those ok to remove? is there a stamped vin on it somewhere? Just wanna make sure i can keep things legal after doing the frame

thanks

Factory mc frames and engines come stamped. I dont know why the itals gotta do these funky stickers that are a pain to remove

the VIN is stamped on the yoke just like every other bike.

the EPA/DOT stickers are stickers just like every other bike, and they put the VIN on to match the frame and certify it is compliant.

You have to carefully remove the stickers and reapply them if you want.

I removed mine.  I think only California cares about them

One thing to be mindful of: if your painter/powdercoater isn't careful, it is possible to seriously obscure the frame VIN.  Mine is readable... but just barely.  If you get it redone, make sure the shop is mindful of it's location.

huge +1 on this sentiment...the P.O. of my bike PC'd the frame, and it was obscuring the vin just enough, so I had to go to the headstock with a dremel tool to take the layer of P.C. off to expose the VIN to make it readable and I then resealed it with some clear nailpolish, but more or less left it as it was...the stickers simply make it more easily identifiable for confirmation...I would pull them off very carefully and put them on a spare piece of wax paper and put them in the owners manual or with the title for to present to the next owner for to be applied if needed/wanted...

I recall someone who was planning to PC their frame taking a spring loaded punch to the VIN and beefing up each dot to make it harder to fill in with the powder

thanks for all the responses I'll make sure to talk that over with whoever i find to do it