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Many guys remember my post from last year... bare frame, built from the ground up.
This year, I made it a point to strip it down to bare frame again, as always, but to take care of some un-finished business. And that was to Powder Coat the frame.
I decided to go with what is called "Jollipop Red"
Chrome base coat with a translucent red underneath. It will match my graphics on my fenders and the color just flat out looks good on many sport bikes. The guy who did it did 3 other frames for me in the past. He did a great job.
Along with the powdercoat, I cut off every last one of the brackets and tabs I no longer use on this frame before I had it sandblasted and painted. This included stock exhaust tabs on front and rear, TORS bracket, etc. I lightened it up about 5-8 pounds once again.
Anyways, I had this frame done back in September right before archery season started, and I picked it up during the first or second week of the season. It sat in the garage bare as skin since then.
Yesterday the project began... I started the assembly process.
I decided I will not take as many pictures this year, as last year I included every part and every step. This year I will just include updates as I finish up each session.
Below is what I did yesterday afternoon in about an hour or two. I'm not in any hurry as I will not ride until around June or so. But this year I got a much quicker start than last year. I started last year the end of May, and had it done by the first week of June I believe.
I plan to work much slower this year. I also need a few parts for this years project to get it up and running.
Below are the pics of where I am at... as well as what the bike looked like last year.
Enjoy... I will update as I progress
This year, I made it a point to strip it down to bare frame again, as always, but to take care of some un-finished business. And that was to Powder Coat the frame.
I decided to go with what is called "Jollipop Red"
Chrome base coat with a translucent red underneath. It will match my graphics on my fenders and the color just flat out looks good on many sport bikes. The guy who did it did 3 other frames for me in the past. He did a great job.
Along with the powdercoat, I cut off every last one of the brackets and tabs I no longer use on this frame before I had it sandblasted and painted. This included stock exhaust tabs on front and rear, TORS bracket, etc. I lightened it up about 5-8 pounds once again.
Anyways, I had this frame done back in September right before archery season started, and I picked it up during the first or second week of the season. It sat in the garage bare as skin since then.
Yesterday the project began... I started the assembly process.
I decided I will not take as many pictures this year, as last year I included every part and every step. This year I will just include updates as I finish up each session.
Below is what I did yesterday afternoon in about an hour or two. I'm not in any hurry as I will not ride until around June or so. But this year I got a much quicker start than last year. I started last year the end of May, and had it done by the first week of June I believe.
I plan to work much slower this year. I also need a few parts for this years project to get it up and running.
Below are the pics of where I am at... as well as what the bike looked like last year.
Enjoy... I will update as I progress







