hard anodized fork lowers

[Murray Dochstader]

Kurt: Just a question on the new 650 Beemer - I was under the impression that the power was no longer Rotax, and that BMW had moved engine production "in house". Am I wrong? Murray Dochstader B.C. Canada.

[Steven Timm]

Murry, You are right BMW is now making there own engine for the F650. Steve Southern BC

----- Original Message ----- From: "Murray Dochstader" To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 17:01 Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Digest Number 986 > Kurt: > > Just a question on the new 650 Beemer - I was under the impression that the > power was no longer Rotax, and that BMW had moved engine production "in > house". Am I wrong? > > Murray Dochstader B.C. Canada. > > > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... > Let's keep this list SPAM free! > > Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com > >

[Dash Weeks]

> >Dash, would you mind giving us an oration on hard anodizing... >Anyone tried it on the KLR? > >Rich

OH man you don't want that... I'm bored at work this morning too....... Oh yeah and my orations are strictly between my wife and I. Hard anodizing is the same as normal anodizing. The difference is in the temperature of the anodizing bath. The colder the harder. Not cold mind you. The layer is actually an aluminum oxide (ceramic if you will) that grows perpendicular to the surface of the aluminum. That's why most anodized parts aren't designed with sharp corners, as there is no protection at the point. They will all have a radius, it doesn't have to be a large radius since the later is thin... you get the point. Hell I don't have time for this ..... Here's a bunch of links... browse away. A couple are for Powder coating (at home), and couple are for anodizing at home. I do anodizing at home and it's not difficult at all. YMMV. The Caswell plating site is very good. http://www.danco.net/ http://www.anodizing.org/ http://www.hotcoat.com/ http://caswellplating.com/aluminum.htm http://www.pcfpowder.com/index.html http://www.colorsinc.com/ http://www.pkselective.com/ As far as doing it to your forks. Someone (sorry, I have a terrible memory) mentioned earrings on a pig, and that's not far off. I never got a 100% definitive answer on it's benefits, but here's what I gathered, mixed with my knowledge and opinion. Hard anodizing benefits the inside of the lower leg, it's not for the outside (although there are benefits). No matter the finish inside the tube, the hard anodize will preserve that finish longer. It will only be highly polished if you highly polish it before anodizing it. It will last longer if you get grit in the tube, it will last longer if your oil is dirty, it will last longer if your oil is over-heated. Aluminum scratches more easily when it is hot. (We're talking way hotter than you can get it under normal use, so .... take it with salt) I can do this at home and .... well I didn't do it. Not that I'm an authority or anything, but I did look into it once upon a time and decided that I wanted to ride worse than I wanted anodized fork tubes. There's way better things to spend your money on.. but if your just itchin to spend some, I'd really like a new fork brace and an IMS tank. Email me for my shipping address. laterZ Dash