anodizing?

[Anonymous]

Has anyone tried anodizing their engine side covers? I went to a specialty site, and was informed that it would not cause a heat transfer problem as many heat sincs are hard anodized. Anodizing would offer many color options as well as being harder than the aluminum surface underneath it.

[Anonymous]

anyone?

[joe.d]

you can put a transparent powder coat, that looks just like anodising for a cheaper price

[Anonymous]

With an investment of $150.00 or less, I can anodize my parts at home. The most expensive component to anodizing is something to create a current through the part you are working with. An automobile battery charger is sufficient and not very expensive.


An anodized surface is also more durable than powder coating. Anodizing basically produces a finish of aluminum oxide on an aluminum part. Aluminum oxide is one of the harder materials known to man.

Also, if I wanted the standard aluminum look that I would have with a clear coat I would just keep the parts polished, but I am interested in the variety of colors that anodizing offers as well as the common metallic sheen of those colors.

So I started this post to see if anyone had anodized any part of thier bike or engine, and how they felt about it. However, thanks for the suggestion Joe.

Thanks for any replies,
Billy Miles

[Anonymous]

I'd be interested in knowing more about the whole process, how it could be done at home, etc. Sounds interesting, my clearcoat is in bad shape. If you find out more, please post it.

83 GS750ED

[Anonymous]

If you are going to go the home-grown anodized route, you need to test some junkyard parts first. A couple of guys on a machinists forum I frequent have had both extremely good luck and bad luck with anodizing in the same run. Some alloys soak it right up, while some others just get splotchy pitting all over. I would hate to drop my only set of covers into the bath, only to find they looked worse than when they went in, once the process was finished.