Wheels are going to the powdercoater tomorrow - color ideas?

[philosopheriam]

Folks,

The wheels to my 1978 GS1000E are headed to the powdercoater tomorrow. Although I am restoring the bike to a near original state, I wanted to get a smidge creative with the wheels.

I was going to have the inners done in gloss black and the outers (machined surface on the original wheel) done in gunmetal.

I know this is a question of taste but I'm curious as to what the audience thinks...

 

[Guest]

I vote for 'Stock'.

Save the $ for brakes & new rubber.

 

[philosopheriam]

What you cant see in the photo is that the wheels are corroded and the paint on the center spokes is heavily faded. So, no matter what, they are going to the powdercoater.

Restoring the bike without prettying up the wheels will be like serving someone a steak on a garbage can lid.

PS: I already have a set of Pirelli Sport Demons and Salty's twin-pot brake upgrade sitting on my workbench :-D

 

[philosopheriam]

This photo shows some of the corrosion and fading much better

 

[Guest]

Well good on ya in the brake & rubber dept. (I'm always for function over fashion)

I suppose a lot of your decision is based on what color plans you have for the bike itself.

IF the tank is red or maroon, I would say green is out for rim color choice.

I'm probably not the best person to ask, just piping in....

I always think stock looks best in nearly every occasion.
Having said that, I would go for low gloss black inner and silver outer.

White rims look good on some bikes, but they just get dirty so fast.

I dunno....but let us know what YOU decide.

 

[philosopheriam]

The bike is being brought back to stock color - gloss black with original decals.

I want to do the inner spokes in gloss black, however, I'm waffling on the outer color - a lighter silver or a darker one.

My thinking is that I can get a bit creative with the wheels without having the bike deviate too far from the stock color scheme and thus look "weird."

 

[Guest]

I'm waffling on the outer color - a lighter silver or a darker one.

I say go the masochists route and polish the outer portion back to shiny aluminum.


Mark

 

[jwhelan65]

Powder coat is called Speedway black with Casper clear

 

[850 Combat]

Powder coat is called Speedway black with Casper clear

That's pretty good. I ws going to suggest something like that. My personal experience is that i'm inclined to damage the edges leds me to want to leave them uncoated.

 

[FLHGSRay]

Powder coat is called Speedway black with Casper clear

I really like that. Is the clear sprayed on from a can or???

 

[JEEPRUSTY]

The speedway black looks lovely

looks like graphite

 

[philosopheriam]

My Yamaha FZ6 has a black on the frame and various other parts that is very similar to the speedway black - its a satin black with a hint of silver metallic in it.

I want the wheels on my GS to really stand out yet not deviate too much from the original appearance - this is why I'm keeping the two tone.

After talking it over with my coater, who does specialty two tone, three tone, etc wheels all day long, he explained that it would be much easier and cheaper to use two different color powders than to try and blast/polish the outer and then coat the inner. The original GS wheel was painted, machined, and then clearcoated.

Basically, I cant decide whether I want the outer color to be a lighter silver metallic or something like a darker gray metallic/gunmetal. I'm going to keep the inner gloss black.

 

[sinkankan]

This is a GS850 rim painted with a rattle can, took hours to mask it.
I polished the alloy with a cordless drill and white buffing wheel, and the masked the spokes and centre hub. All with the tyre on as well.

 

[jwhelan65]

I really like that. Is the clear sprayed on from a can or???

Clear is done by the powder coater

 

[dorkburger]

Im not a big fan of shiny things, but if I ever did mine, the machined silver parts would polished, and the black would be redone to a gloss black. Ive never been a fan of body colored wheels, and I also find fully black wheels to look generally bada$$.
Personal taste obviously. Do what you like......

 

[halz426]

Its gonna b tough to get two tone with powder. I would not recommend it.

 

[GateKeeper]

Its gonna b tough to get two tone with powder. I would not recommend it.

not really......

 

[halz426]

Nice, guess it was just the company i worked for. My bad then. I used to paint with powder.

 

[GateKeeper]

Nice, guess it was just the company i worked for. My bad then. I used to paint with powder.

no worries.....it just shows how times change......

even I didn't think a two tone could be done, never mind what that above company can do.....

.

 

[tkent02]

There are different techniques, some are better than others.