Anodizing forks

[He Man]

Would I need to disassemble my forks to anodizing the outter shell? (What's that part called?) Could I just anodizing the surface of it, or should I sand it down first?

I want to andozing it gold, but all the andoziers have no idea what I'm trying to say.

[Capo]

You will have to strip them, then take the stanchions to the shop and tell them you want them gold.

[Duck-Stew]

Complete disassembly required.  You'll also need to get most all of the oil off of the surface (or at least that's what my anodizer tells me).

AND whatever anodizing you have done....be sure it's *hard* anodizing.  That way, it won't color fade and will provide a much tougher coating to the fork leg.

My local guys only do two colors of hard anodizing.  Black and clear.  But, the clear isn't *really* clear....it's a brownish/grey color.

Shop around...  A lot of production shops only carry what sells in volume and a lot of their customers don't give a shit what color things are so long as they have the right surface hardness and characteristics they want.  You'll (most likely) need to find a shop that's more into it and would have the color you desire...

Best of luck!

[DucHead]

I shipped my assembled forks to Ducati Omaha.  They disassembled them, had the stanchion tubes anodized (black), reassembled with new oil and shipped them back.

[Ducati_FR]

I shipped my assembled forks to Ducati Omaha.  They disassembled them, had the stanchion tubes anodized (black), reassembled with new oil and shipped them back.

How much do they charge?  If you don't mind me asking.

Thanks

[Bogie]

+1 on the charge.

[TAftonomos]

I dunno what DO charges, but anodizing (hard) shouldn't cost you more than $100.

[He Man]

I dunno what DO charges, but anodizing (hard) shouldn't cost you more than $100.

+1 but i guess he also had to pay for them being taken apart. I luckly live by 5 anodizers (yay nyc!). I just didnt want to waste $30 in fork oil just to get them anodized. all they do is dip them in a solution to clean it, then use it as an anode in a solution of the color you want it, pull it out and let it drip dry. (yes i know theres more to it, but not that much more). I was told colors are all organic, except for gold, so you could get by with regular anodizing if you are doing gold. everything else fades. I want to p/c my wheels a bit darker than these rims and get gold forks. then get candy apple sparkling red gas tank.

[DucHead]

How much do they charge?  If you don't mind me asking.

Thanks

The whole deal (including shipping) was under $500.

[Ducati_FR]

The whole deal (including shipping) was under $500.

Thanks.  I'll have to check it out.  I'll look for pics of your bike.

[DucHead]

Thanks.  I'll have to check it out.  I'll look for pics of your bike.

Here's two:

[Bogie]

Sharp pics.  I don't know if I understand this thread completely though.  I was always told that you needed to take apart the the forks to get them annodized and that is where the expense is incurred.  Now I have nonadjustable forks (Monster 900 Metallic) and if I am reading this correctly the forks don't need to be broken down completely.  Is that correct?

[Capo]

No you have to strip them completly that includes seals etc.

[Dareduc]

black and gold.... so nice! just post pix... but you will have to beat the guy who added the gold swing arm... he is my hero

[He Man]

black and gold.... so nice! just post pix... but you will have to beat the guy who added the gold swing arm... he is my hero

That bike is the shit! But i wouldnt want to cop his design. he polished the nanodize his bike didnt he? make the beast with two backsing insane amount of detail in hat bike.