Just A Thought.
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Just A Thought.
Hammy Thu 14 Mar 2013, 10:41 am
Sometimes I just sit in the shed , peacefully, and look at the bikes. In my mind the silver 1250 looks ok but is not the looker that the red 1200 was. My thought is this. Get the wheels powder coated a different colour. Maybe a blue. That would go with silver. Orange would match but then it would be copying Honda. I don't wont to polish them. The bike is bright enough now. What colours do you think would go with the silver Bandit. And can someone put up a pic with different coloured wheels. I dont know how to do that stuff. 
Trying to think of old silver race cars that had race stripes, like the GT40. Kinda limited to black, blue or orange. Without going too outragious. Maybe a project for this winter.
Trying to think of old silver race cars that had race stripes, like the GT40. Kinda limited to black, blue or orange. Without going too outragious. Maybe a project for this winter.
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Ewok1958 Thu 14 Mar 2013, 12:04 pm
Hammy, if you have the Bandit calendar, you'll see Deke's Bandit with gold wheels and forks. I reckon it looks great and I'm intending to powder coat my wheels gold (later this year).
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T-Leaf Thu 14 Mar 2013, 12:39 pm
How about leave the wheels black then......
The Sticker Gixxer! This bike gets spotted riding around Toronto.
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Hammy Thu 14 Mar 2013, 2:03 pm
Ewok1958 wrote:Hammy, if you have the Bandit calendar, you'll see Deke's Bandit with gold wheels and forks. I reckon it looks great and I'm intending to powder coat my wheels gold (later this year).
I looked up from the computer screen, and there it is. Yes he has done a nice job. I'm not that keen on gold though.
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Hammy Thu 14 Mar 2013, 2:08 pm
T-Leaf wrote:How about leave the wheels black then......
The Sticker Gixxer! This bike gets spotted riding around Toronto.
That looks great . But maybe not for the Bandit. I'm thinking a nice blue. Not dark. Sorta old school .
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paul Thu 14 Mar 2013, 6:58 pm
You could always paint the bike to match the black wheels & gain that little bit extra power 
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reddog Thu 14 Mar 2013, 9:04 pm
@Hammy stop looking at the bike and ride it mate. The Bandit is never going to win a beauty contest 
In saying that I sparked up a conversation with a guy at a swap meet a couple of weeks ago. I was admiring his old Suzuki Katana and he came over and said gday. I mentioned that the Bandit was the newer version of that motor, maybe not so much the bike though. I still reckon bang for buck we can't whinge. My old mate Jimmy Bandit has a cool old '96 street fighter that has done bulk kms. Most people these days would rather look at there bike than ride them. The Bandit is a mile muncher and is pretty multipurpose. We've even ridden dirt roads on ours, doesn't do much for the paint work though.
In saying that I sparked up a conversation with a guy at a swap meet a couple of weeks ago. I was admiring his old Suzuki Katana and he came over and said gday. I mentioned that the Bandit was the newer version of that motor, maybe not so much the bike though. I still reckon bang for buck we can't whinge. My old mate Jimmy Bandit has a cool old '96 street fighter that has done bulk kms. Most people these days would rather look at there bike than ride them. The Bandit is a mile muncher and is pretty multipurpose. We've even ridden dirt roads on ours, doesn't do much for the paint work though.
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Reardo Thu 14 Mar 2013, 10:06 pm
What about a vinyl wrap
http://www.provinyl.com.au/gallery.html
I think this would suit you Hammy
http://www.provinyl.com.au/gallery.html
I think this would suit you Hammy
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Hammy Fri 15 Mar 2013, 8:26 am
Reardo wrote:What about a vinyl wrap
http://www.provinyl.com.au/gallery.html
I think this would suit you Hammy
How the F--K can you wrap wheels Reardo.
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Hammy Fri 15 Mar 2013, 8:28 am
reddog wrote:@Hammy stop looking at the bike and ride it mate. The Bandit is never going to win a beauty contest
In saying that I sparked up a conversation with a guy at a swap meet a couple of weeks ago. I was admiring his old Suzuki Katana and he came over and said gday. I mentioned that the Bandit was the newer version of that motor, maybe not so much the bike though. I still reckon bang for buck we can't whinge. My old mate Jimmy Bandit has a cool old '96 street fighter that has done bulk kms. Most people these days would rather look at there bike than ride them. The Bandit is a mile muncher and is pretty multipurpose. We've even ridden dirt roads on ours, doesn't do much for the paint work though.
Would do if it would stop bloody raining.
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barry_mcki Fri 15 Mar 2013, 8:35 am
Hammy wrote:
How the F--K can you wrap wheels Reardo.
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madmax Fri 15 Mar 2013, 9:05 am
What about getting them Blue anodised?
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Hammy Fri 15 Mar 2013, 9:43 am
madmax wrote:What about getting them Blue anodised?
Thank you MM. At last someone with some taste. That would look pretty good wih the silver. OK. next step. Finding a place locally that does anodising. Cheers MM.
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Hammy Fri 15 Mar 2013, 10:25 am
Righty O. Anodising it is. Found a mob down the highway that just does anodising. Here is their link: http://www.agradeanodising.com.au/Services.html Price . 50 bucks a wheel. I recon thats a bargain. The helpful lady told me that they do not strip paint off. But that should be easy. And the shinier the aluminium is then the shinier the finish of the anodising. Sounds like my winter project. Hey Ewok . They even do Gold !
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barry_mcki Fri 15 Mar 2013, 10:59 am
Anodising puts a thin (between 5 and 30 micron) oxide over the aluminium, for a longer lasting finish it would be best to protect it with a clear coat. The process also invovles a bit of acid etching but I don't think it would affect bearing surfaces, but might be worth checking that out as our wheels will be different to the normal car wheels they would see. Should look good though.
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Hammy Fri 15 Mar 2013, 11:21 am
barry_mcki wrote:Anodising puts a thin (between 5 and 30 micron) oxide over the aluminium, for a longer lasting finish it would be best to protect it with a clear coat. The process also invovles a bit of acid etching but I don't think it would affect bearing surfaces, but might be worth checking that out as our wheels will be different to the normal car wheels they would see. Should look good though.
I asked them if they do motorcycle wheels and they said " Yes, we do a lot of them ". I will enquire about the clear coating. Cheers.
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