Anyone taken the oil strainer out of the bottom of their frame? Tried removing it yesterday, so i could check it, and get frame ready for powder coat, but could not get it to undo. Tried interlocking two spanners to get a higher torque, but still no joy. Any tips on removal???

As the title says, im busy getting frame ready for powder coat. Does any one know what size fittings can be used to plug oil ways to keep out the bead blast. Or any other ideas of things i can use??

Dutch dirtbike wannebee Alp - lots of pics thread Hi there, my name is Edwin, living in a small village called Schijndel which is in the Netherlands. In my younger years I was a semi fanatic dirtbiker and I was thinking catching up this a little bit. Not as dirtbiker only, but more semi so...

Hi all . Starting rebuild RD04 Need recondition ... frame is rusted to f**k nothing new . Was wondering what's best way to go powdercoating or painting ? Or is there anything else ? Val 2 bikes , twice is happy

these are a pr of 1980 cr80 rims , originally chromed , were quite rusty after 30 years ,,,,,,,,,,,,, chrome chemically stripped off , back to bare steel base coated and powdercoated in chromacoat powder ,,,,,,,,,,,, Welcome - sfx wheels if youre going to have chrome stripped off old rims...

Hi Im stripping my LMF engine tomorrow and plan to either paint or powder coat it ....... any ideas or suggestions as to which one to go for ?

Can you powder coat wheel spokes - my rims are shot but the spokes are just dirty.

tube less nipple spoke kit £185.00 powder coat hubs £20.00 per hub powdercoat rims £30.00 per rim strip wheels £20.00 per wheel build wheels £30.00 per wheel remove , refit and balance tyres £10.00 per wheel www.sfxwheels.moonfruit.com

All sorted now, Thank you Foz Anyone got a rear hub for sale for an @ from 1997? I'd like to powder coat it and then have it built into a gold Excel rim so that it matches my front wheel* that has had had the same treatment, cosmetic condition isn't important and neither is the condition of...

Not in any rush, but i've a spare swing arm (to powder coat?) and was wondering is it possible/easy to remove/paint the spring on the rear suspension, & if so... what with... spring! crack! thanks.

Hi I've just put my A/T back together after a complete strip down, powder coat and rebuilt but i am having problems with the clutch cable, which ever way i'am routing it it seems to long and i can't get the slack out of it any suggestions PS I didn't remove it:thumbup:

Hello; I have a 2001 RD07 with 15k miles, it has lived indoor mostly.. there small spots of rust here and there,, what is the best way to tackle this, fine wet and dry paper and repaint?? or just leave it and when it's really bad do a powder coat.

OK: as some may have seen in my other maintenance thread, the rear end is in pieces. Only the swing arm to go. I now have some tasks that I need input on before taking stuff apart. I will powder coat the swing arm. Rear Linkage: is it worth blasting, then powder coating the various shock...

hi, i've been into bikes for most of my life, i currently own a 2009 bmw r1200gs adventure which i use for touring. back in 1994 i owned a transalp which i did quite a lot of work on myself, so i can do the usual maintainance on my bikes but i have never stripped & rebuilt one. now i've always...

So when my new chain arrives, it looks like I'll take the opporutunity to whip out the swingarm for a new skin. Paint or powder coat: not decided yet! Anyway, whilst it is all out I'd like to replace the bearings in the swingarm, as well as any in the shock linkage. Can anyone tell me the...

Started out as a sort of bodge it and see all worked well and made out of bits that were hanging around so very cheap in fact cost nowt ;) added some nice stainless screws and locking nuts courtesy of Ebay for a couple of quid ,did quick powder coat on the bits at work to make them pritty...

Thinking about getting my frame stripped and painted, was going to go for powder coat but read something on ADVrider suggesting that paint was more flexible so less easily chipped, and easier repaired so better suited to adventure bike frames? Any thoughts? David

I am currently stripping down my XR400 2003 (excluding the engine) and it will be ready to be sent to the powder coat company by this evening. Thinking of things to buy for the bike, just some choice proven extras for example: Sump guard (not the lower frame bar protectors that are tubular...