Powder Coating Mag Rims...

[Blackdog 15]

A friend of mine with an independent Harley repair shop has been having this done for a while...Has a great powdercoater...they did a Lindby Engine Guard for me..turn out great...coated over chrome...they sandblast it first....He does wheels all the time....

[gruss]

Originally Posted by Pete

Spokes look great! The problem is if you get a flat tire, there is no practical way to plug or patch it alongside the road. Harley needs to develop and sell some wheels with spokes that can take a tubeless tire.

dont know who exactly, but i did see a bike shop on tv, laying up a silicone membrane on spoked wheels, to run tubeless tires, hell theres probably a kit for it now.....it would make great sense.....but since we share the same wheels, i say paint, or powder....dun

[Tennjack]

Originally Posted by Pete

Spokes look great! The problem is if you get a flat tire, there is no practical way to plug or patch it alongside the road. Harley needs to develop and sell some wheels with spokes that can take a tubeless tire.

i keep a patch/plug kit in my tool bag and a handy little hose that where you take out a spark plug screw the adapter in crank up the motor and it airs up the tire. it gets you home .

[twidget]

Originally Posted by Tennjack

i keep a patch/plug kit in my tool bag and a handy little hose that where you take out a spark plug screw the adapter in crank up the motor and it airs up the tire. it gets you home .

That sounds like fuel air mix is in the tire... is that right??? Sounds dangerous...

[bluefeet]

I have an old (89) blacked out sporty - but for the 'clown shoes' red wheels. I get mine back tomorrow, having them powder coated black.

The shop I took it to has done great engine work getting the bike running great, but I'm not convinced powder coating is their specialty. It's been a couple weeks now. He had suspected that the prior paint job was of the spray paint can variety - underestimating the work in getting the old stuff stripped.

Turns out the red was powder coated as well. He had to ship the wheels to a nearby town/shop better equipped to strip the old.

Long story short - I'm paying $175 (original quote, despite thier new found personal struggles). I have no idea what is reasonable frankly, but fit my budget ok. I'll repost a before/after when I get it back....

[ruby4me]

Go Billet

[twidget]

was that 175 for both wheels?that sounds pretty good...

[Tennjack]

Originally Posted by twidget

That sounds like fuel air mix is in the tire... is that right??? Sounds dangerous...

no its vented its a kit made for bikes just pumps . check out Dennis Kirk parts book 2009 theres one on page 940 part number H28-260 ive used one like it for yrs. grab a cpl c clamps to break down the tire and a cpl tire spoons you can fix it beside the road . its 26 bucks of well spent money .

[twidget]

Originally Posted by Tennjack

no its vented its a kit made for bikes just pumps . check out Dennis Kirk parts book 2009 theres one on page 940 part number H28-260 ive used one like it for yrs. grab a cpl c clamps to break down the tire and a cpl tire spoons you can fix it beside the road . its 26 bucks of well spent money .

Wow... just went to the website and looked up the part... Very interesting... Does the engine run on only one cylinder during this?? and is that safe?

[bluefeet]

Originally Posted by twidget

was that 175 for both wheels?that sounds pretty good...

Back now, looks better. Um...it ended up being $250 for the set. He hit me up for the unexpected stripping dilemma. But he through in some labor, doing some clutch/carb tweaking though that I've been meaning to have done.