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slayer61 said:
Thanks Russ! Much appreciated! If you are still looking for some Astralites, I just happened to come across these while surfing eBay
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Astralite-w...single&POS=viewandbid&viewandbid=331039327297

Not cheap, but they're available. Paul
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Damn I need a set of those. With the shipping though....yikes.
 
Ok...it's dang hard to post after that one. My 78' got a bit of a face lift this year.

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Still a couple of things I'd like to do; shorter front chrome fender, bit more of a corbin/race seat, painted black aluminum swing arm, and get these magnesium rims painted or powdercoated

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Not sure if I want them black and silver like the stock ones or go with the traditional gold
 
azr said:
Ok...it's dang hard to post after that one. My 78' got a bit of a face lift this year.

IMG_2013103059865.jpg


Still a couple of things I'd like to do; shorter front chrome fender, bit more of a corbin/race seat, painted black aluminum swing arm, and get these magnesium rims painted or powdercoated

IMG_2013092817752.jpg


Not sure if I want them black and silver like the stock ones or go with the traditional gold
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Azr - I would say silver black or just black on the wheels. Are those Morris mags or Lesters? I have Morris's on my '78. A bit of advice; if you do decide to powdercoat have them spray with a primer first. We had to do my wheels 3 times. The porous nature of the magnesium kept letting air bubbles form. They eventually sprayed with some type of primer which did the trick.

What type of exhaust is that? Marving?
 
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azr said:
Ok...it's dang hard to post after that one. My 78' got a bit of a face lift this year.

IMG_2013103059865.jpg


Still a couple of things I'd like to do; shorter front chrome fender, bit more of a corbin/race seat, painted black aluminum swing arm, and get these magnesium rims painted or powdercoated

IMG_2013092817752.jpg


Not sure if I want them black and silver like the stock ones or go with the traditional gold
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Bike looks great.

If you do ever want to part with that front fender I would be interested in it. Mine is the same but has a dent on the back bottom side. In fact, I could but it of short on both ends and we could just trade ;)
 
Thanks for the tips on painting magnesium Russ and indeed they are Morris rims. I will definately be posting a thread when it comes time to paint them. The exhaust is Marving, great sound and retains the centre stand. Hey 'Gregory' thanks for the compliment, unfortunately my front fender is dented as well, in the same spot I believe :(, that's why I'm not hesitating to cut it. Although I'm not sure how to cut it and create the turned lip that is on the stock ones.
 
azr said:
Thanks for the tips on painting magnesium Russ and indeed they are Morris rims. I will definately be posting a thread when it comes time to paint them. The exhaust is Marving, great sound and retains the centre stand. Hey 'Gregory' thanks for the compliment, unfortunately my front fender is dented as well, in the same spot I believe :(, that's why I'm not hesitating to cut it. Although I'm not sure how to cut it and create the turned lip that is on the stock ones.
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I had been thinking about that too. Actually was wondering if I could cut the bad spot off and turn it around, but haven't checked to see if it will fit backwards yet.

Rather than rolling the edge I was considering taking some small diameter round tubing and tacking it on the underside (may burn chrome) so glue an option... but don't know how to re-chrome the tubing. Maybe plastic chrome?
 
azr said:
Thanks for the tips on painting magnesium Russ and indeed they are Morris rims. I will definately be posting a thread when it comes time to paint them. The exhaust is Marving, great sound and retains the centre stand. Hey 'Gregory' thanks for the compliment, unfortunately my front fender is dented as well, in the same spot I believe :(, that's why I'm not hesitating to cut it. Although I'm not sure how to cut it and create the turned lip that is on the stock ones.
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I can turn that lip for ya Rob.
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russr33 said:
I beg to differ sir....
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you'll get some powder folks back away from the job.
some freak about any combustion potential during curing
others claim the result is brittleness
I don't know the facts ... just used to source powdercoating in work situation, and recall the magnesium hesitation during discussions.
Be great to know the FACTS (?)
 
ptexotik said:
you'll get some powder folks back away from the job.
some freak about any combustion potential during curing
others claim the result is brittleness
I don't know the facts ... just used to source powdercoating in work situation, and recall the magnesium hesitation during discussions.
Be great to know the FACTS (?)
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Interesting. Mine has held up great no problems at all.
 
It is true that solid magnesium can burn under suitable temperature conditions, but those temperatures are higher than 400 Celsius - no powder coating oven goes that high. Molten magnesium is the stuff that needs to be handled carefully, not a solid mag wheel.

Brittleness? Why do people say things like that? If anything, the magnesium alloy would be annealed and made softer. In any case, powder coating ovens don't get to high enough temperatures to cause any serious heat treatment effects.
 
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