Powder Coating the PAINT TECHNIQUE that is ABOVE the RESTWritten by Maricon Williams
The paint can make and unmake looks of your motorcycle. A wrong choice of paint can make you laughing stock of your rider’s club. So be very careful in choosing your motorcycle paint.Have you ever heard of powder coating? Do you have any idea just what it is? Well if you don’t, then this article is just what you need. Powder coating is one of best painting technique out there however not everybody is aware of it. In powder coating preparation is very important if you want to have best paint job results. The preparation includes stripping of motorcycle parts of all its paint. It is very important that motorcycle parts to be coated must be entirely stripped of any remaining paint, dirt, oil and any other substance. Sandblasting is required to completely clean motorcycle parts. Afterwards, motorcycle parts are going to be baked to get rid of moisture from metal. The motorcycle parts are now treated with degreasing solution to prevent from rusting. The process of powder coating is used especially for selected motorcycle parts in which they are coated with fine powder of resin as well as pigment which is more of a ground up paint grains that form a powder-like substance. The items being coated are then hanged on a rack which grounds item. A spray gun is then used to spray powder onto motorcycle parts. Afterwards, spraying on motorcycle parts, these are then baked on a large oven in order to cure coating. The usual temperature used for curing is between 400 and 450 degrees. Another purpose of curing and baking motorcycle parts is to melt pigments, melt gel in order to come up with a hard-wearing finish. The end product is an even coating.
| | What Matters Most in MOTORCYCLES?Written by Maricon Williams
Just what matters most in motorcycle? Is it speed or is there something more? Motorcycles are probably one most accessorized mode of transportation there is. Many motorcycle owners spend countless of dollars just to increase engine performance of their bikes. And some of these engine performance parts include exhaust, fuel injection, mapping system and many more. Aside from that, countless accessories not only for bikes but also for owners are required only to be disappointed at end. Such disappointment is due to fact that they have not gotten desired performance they want. Take for example trail riding wherein speed is not at all times required due to jaggedness of terrain. Additional accessories designed for speed may create some problems along way. Like your motorcycle may end up too much for you to handle. And some expert bikers say that some motorcycle accessories may even render your bikes to become slower. Likewise, some motorcycle accessories may even cause you, rider to meet an accident. An example of which is buying taller tires without considering geometry of your motorcycle. Such may cause a rider to lose balance and that can be fatal especially during trail riding. Now, this doesn’t mean that you are not going to buy any accessory for your motorcycle. However, it is imperative that you know just what motorcycle accessories you need and suppose to buy. Here’s a list of must have motorcycle accessories:
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