1977 CB750 F2 Powder Coating

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So I got the wheels apart with a little help from the local mechanic with a proper bearing puller.

Plan on spending $150 for powder coating and looking over wheel options.

I've tried to read as much as i can on the boards and talked to a bunch of powder coaters in the area.

Anyone have some not so obvious pointers on powder coating comstars?
 

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Only that because their assembled out of multiple pieces, you could in theory end up with cracking on the coating.

Comstars are of course pretty darn rigid, and I don't know how much tolerance powder has for minor flexing (should be pretty good I'd think).

One of our members Joe (JRK5892) is a powder coating professional and would likely have an opinion. You might even consider sending him the rims to do the work :)
 
I didn't even think about flexing, added to questions list.

I did check out JRK5892's site and if I lived in Chicago land instead of Rochester I would be calling him up.
 
Not to be a complete stalker, but looking at tires and noticed you sold one champion deluxe awhile ago. Any chance of still having the other?

Looking for a tire that doesn't ship from FL or CA
 
Have you got these coated yet? I have a pair of comstars that could use a coat of paint any pointers would be much appreciated.
 
I had my comstars powder coated by a well respected coater in the UK TripleS. I asked about any issues with Powder coating comstars as I had similar concerns. They assured my they had 100's over the years and have not been made aware of any problems. I supposed if powder coat was to crack then paint would too, so get polishing. :)
 
I dropped them off at the coaters a couple of week ago, still haven't gotten them back. They said the same thing about cracking, Im not worrying.


They did say that coverage would be light in the tighter spaces between the spokes, electricity, flow and ions and what not.


I spent a good 2 hours with soap and water and acetone to clean them just to get the grease and gunk off and they still needed to
be sandblasted just for me to feel comfortable spraying them. At that point i realized for $150 i would rather have them coated.
 
Yea, mine are a bit thin on the powder between the spokes. Any decent coaters would blast them no matter how clean they looked.
Hope they come back gleaming.

I'm in the UK and I got charged £100 which near as damn it $150, nice to know that some prices in the UK are comparable and not 30% more, that is usually the case.
 
Welp. here they are. Still looking for tires.


Got the bearings in and tightened down, but they still feel sluggish.
 

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Wheels look great! I'll have to add that to my todo list for the F3. I run Avons on my F and love 'em. Got them from Motorcycle Superstore with free shipping..

Respect
CD
 
Tim said:
Only that because their assembled out of multiple pieces, you could in theory end up with cracking on the coating.

Comstars are of course pretty darn rigid, and I don't know how much tolerance powder has for minor flexing (should be pretty good I'd think).

One of our members Joe (JRK5892) is a powder coating professional and would likely have an opinion. You might even consider sending him the rims to do the work :)
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Flexing is not an issue with powder like paint is. As a sample when customers ask me about flex I usually have some 4"x4" pieces of aluminum foil that I have powder coated and some painted. you can wad the pieces up and unfold them and the powder is intact. infact the foil will fail and tear before the powder fails. Do the same with the painted ones, wad it up once, unfold it and watch all the paint chips fall to the ground. $75-$100 is the going rate per wheel here in the states. There's no excuse for light areas though, especially with a satin black finish. Good, what color are they done in?
 
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