anondize the forks black or gold?

Started by M900, November 03, 2010, 02:59:06 PM

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Charlief

I did my forks last year and looked into all my options. I ended up doing hard coat black and glad I did. Still looks great and I get all kinds of compliments on them.

Just make sure you go "hard coat" nor else your black forks will turn purple over time.

jc.cyberdemon

Quote from: M900 on November 03, 2010, 03:00:41 PM
another view with the Hyper in the background wondering why she doesn't get ridden as much.




where can i get the ducati wing emblem you got there?


He Man

how much does it cost to anodize your tubes anyway? I would love to go for gold....

DucHead

Quote from: He Man on November 07, 2010, 11:01:03 AM
how much does it cost to anodize your tubes anyway? I would love to go for gold....

Ducati Omaha did mine several years ago for about $500.
'05 S4R (>47k mi); '04 Bandit 1200 (>92k mi; sold); '02 Bandit 1200 (>11k mi); '97 Bandit 1200 (2k mi); '13 FJR1300 (1k mi); IBA #28454 "45"

M900

Quote from: DucHead on November 07, 2010, 05:26:45 PM
Ducati Omaha did mine several years ago for about $500.

Is that just to anodize, or to tear apart, etc?

M900

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where can i get the ducati wing emblem you got there?


I bought it from eBay.  The seller was from Thailand, but it's been awhile, and I can't find them

He Man

Quote from: DucHead on November 07, 2010, 05:26:45 PM
Ducati Omaha did mine several years ago for about $500.

there is no way id make the beast with two backsign pay $500 bones to get my shit anodzied. sorry, i rather front another $500 and just throw down for an ohlins at that point...

I can remove my forks and tear them both down in less than an hour so how much of that is labor/actually anodizing? 300labor/200 anodizing???..... I thought it would be something like $150 for both tubes or something.  :P

1KDS

I'm sure that was for teardown, ano, rebuild
Every bike I've ever owned.

Charlief

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I'm sure that $500 was for a rebuild.  I hope so!

My tubes were ano'ed with other parts fir a batch price of $75!!!  

A wicked deal!  But they only do hardcoat clear or black.





He Man

hardcoat black!!!!! how was the fit and install?

Can u get me a number?? that looks dope!


did they mask-off the inside of the fork ? or does that coating not even attrack the coating?

Charlief

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Quote from: He Man on November 08, 2010, 04:43:45 PM
hardcoat black!!!!! how was the fit and install?

Can u get me a number?? that looks dope!


did they mask-off the inside of the fork ? or does that coating not even attrack the coating?

I want to add that dealing with them was not a normal purchase. I dropped my stuff off.... Never got a price quote... But was told it will be reasonable. LOL

http://www.cenmet.com/Staff_Directory.html

The actual plant is in Windham, NH. That's  who you have to call. But I don't think they do mail order.   No need to mask anything. The thickness added is negligible.  

DucHead

'05 S4R (>47k mi); '04 Bandit 1200 (>92k mi; sold); '02 Bandit 1200 (>11k mi); '97 Bandit 1200 (2k mi); '13 FJR1300 (1k mi); IBA #28454 "45"