rhinoliner on clutch cover?

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Edited Date/Time 1/29/2012 9:02am
my clutch cover is super beat looking, and i was wondering what you people's thoughts were on painting a clutch cover (and possibly ignition) with truck bedliner? i figured it would hold up better than paint, and at the worst it just ends up looking as shitty as it already is! Tongue

oh and what about painting triple clamps, bad idea? or would they hold up decent? my numberplate is the cycra stadium, so it totally covers them from roost from the front or anything like that.

anyways, thanks for the input!
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I'm sure it would work ok, but I painted my skid plate (on my KLR) with some spray-on bedliner and it is very heavy after a few coats.

I'm talking super-duper heavy! Looks good tho.
TheNewOriginal 1/26/2012 6:32am
1/26/2012 6:32am Edited Date/Time 1/26/2012 8:43am
Might consider the heat transfer issue. My son went through 4 sets of discs on 125 a few years ago. We replaced everything in the clutch (hub, basket, plates, etc) and were still frying them within a raceday. Finally, swapped the carbon fiber cover (after a comment from another racer's dad about how hot the bike still was after sitting for about an hour from the previous moto) and problem went away completely.
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motofab36 1/26/2012 6:38am
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TheNewOriginal wrote:
Might consider the heat transfer issue. My son went through 4 sets of discs on 125 a few years ago. We replaced everything in the clutch...
Might consider the heat transfer issue. My son went through 4 sets of discs on 125 a few years ago. We replaced everything in the clutch (hub, basket, plates, etc) and were still frying them within a raceday. Finally, swapped the carbon fiber cover (after a comment from another racer's dad about how hot the bike still was after sitting for about an hour from the previous moto) and problem went away completely.
Thats interesting. Do you think a powdercoated cover would hold more heat than a stock or anodized cover?
crashnburn11 1/26/2012 6:41am
1/26/2012 6:41am
motofab36 wrote:
Thats interesting. Do you think a powdercoated cover would hold more heat than a stock or anodized cover?
Yes, it certainly would. Powercoating is a better insulator than plating or anodizing.

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IceMan446 1/26/2012 9:53am
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TheNewOriginal wrote:
Might consider the heat transfer issue. My son went through 4 sets of discs on 125 a few years ago. We replaced everything in the clutch...
Might consider the heat transfer issue. My son went through 4 sets of discs on 125 a few years ago. We replaced everything in the clutch (hub, basket, plates, etc) and were still frying them within a raceday. Finally, swapped the carbon fiber cover (after a comment from another racer's dad about how hot the bike still was after sitting for about an hour from the previous moto) and problem went away completely.
Using the clutch too much, maybe?

Never fried a clutch on any bike. 80s included.

I did notice on my 04 YZ125 the back plates didnt get as much oil as the outter plates. My dad drilled some holes in the hub to allow more oil into the plates and it relieved that issue.

I remember it being a pain in the ass to do though, had to make sure the hub was still balanced and everything.
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bullpen58 1/26/2012 10:51am
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don't do it. The heat will be an issue. Not a good idea.
TheNewOriginal 1/26/2012 11:09am
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TheNewOriginal wrote:
Might consider the heat transfer issue. My son went through 4 sets of discs on 125 a few years ago. We replaced everything in the clutch...
Might consider the heat transfer issue. My son went through 4 sets of discs on 125 a few years ago. We replaced everything in the clutch (hub, basket, plates, etc) and were still frying them within a raceday. Finally, swapped the carbon fiber cover (after a comment from another racer's dad about how hot the bike still was after sitting for about an hour from the previous moto) and problem went away completely.
IceMan446 wrote:
Using the clutch too much, maybe? Never fried a clutch on any bike. 80s included. I did notice on my 04 YZ125 the back plates didnt...
Using the clutch too much, maybe?

Never fried a clutch on any bike. 80s included.

I did notice on my 04 YZ125 the back plates didnt get as much oil as the outter plates. My dad drilled some holes in the hub to allow more oil into the plates and it relieved that issue.

I remember it being a pain in the ass to do though, had to make sure the hub was still balanced and everything.
No, he was actually easy on clutches; that's the only bike with which he ever had a problem, from RM80's all the way through 450's. I actually installed a Hinson hub, basket, new bearings, changed oil brands, every part of the clutch including the cable (getting desperate). I also drilled the hub to flow more oil. (This was a new bike that the local dealer had on display with all kinds of carbon fiber parts, including ignition and clutch cover.) Not saying that replacing the carbon fiber clutch cover was the problem, but when we replaced it, the bike lasted an entire season on a set of clutch plates (before we went through 6 sets in 6 weeks.)
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GODMODE 1/27/2012 4:18pm
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alright, what about paint? how would i paint it and how well would it hold up?
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Cygnus 1/27/2012 4:23pm
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GODMODE wrote:
alright, what about paint? how would i paint it and how well would it hold up?
Nothing is going to hold up to well on the clutch cover. I would bead blast it. Then if it starts looking like shot all you have to doo is hit it with a blast and it looks good as new again.
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70sSuperstar 1/27/2012 4:36pm
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i would just ride the thing, never really cared what i looked like as long as everything performed well.
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chuck317 1/27/2012 4:40pm
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70sSuperstar wrote:
i would just ride the thing, never really cared what i looked like as long as everything performed well.
jeff you have always had some of the best looking bikes
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70sSuperstar 1/27/2012 4:51pm
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70sSuperstar wrote:
i would just ride the thing, never really cared what i looked like as long as everything performed well.
chuck317 wrote:
jeff you have always had some of the best looking bikes
thanks chuckybaby, next time you not busy, look on my facebook page at that methadone stash.
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Wolfman 1/27/2012 5:21pm
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70sSuperstar wrote:
i would just ride the thing, never really cared what i looked like as long as everything performed well.
My dad always said "The bike that is winning looks the best." Once I quit worrying about every detail and just rode the piss out of em, I realized he had been right!
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Elbows 1/27/2012 6:15pm
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I just stripped the paint off of mine and went over it with a scotch brite pad. It looks pretty good. I just hit it with the scotch brite every time I wash it.
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FIREfish148 1/28/2012 1:54am
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Not trying to hi-jack this, but does anyone have good ideas for protecting magneto covers while were on the subject?
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SEEMEFIRST 1/28/2012 2:26am
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Really? Y'all are worried about what your case covers look like? Dudes! I had Hondas that said "HOND" after 1/2 a season.
I'm not talking about wearing off paint. That was about .06" of aluminum. God almighty, what has happened?
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Walter 1/28/2012 5:34am
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If heat is really an issue, paint it with a thermal dispersant (not barrier) coating. Looks great, helps with the heat greatly, and is very light.
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Camp332 1/28/2012 6:32am
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Wire wheel on the end of a drill to get rid of the residue.

Then after you wash it, hit it with scotch brite.

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Ghost of Jabroni 1/28/2012 6:52am
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GODMODE wrote:
alright, what about paint? how would i paint it and how well would it hold up?
I would answer your question but Im too mesmerized by the cat attack.
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SEEMEFIRST 1/28/2012 6:57am
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FIREfish148 wrote:
Not trying to hi-jack this, but does anyone have good ideas for protecting magneto covers while were on the subject?
Do Y'all ride these things?
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rsmith569 1/28/2012 7:09am
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motofab36 wrote:
Thats interesting. Do you think a powdercoated cover would hold more heat than a stock or anodized cover?
crashnburn11 wrote:
Yes, it certainly would. Powercoating is a better insulator than plating or anodizing.
Wrong, I do powdercoating in the LED lighting industry through heat testing with our lab and the UL lab. Coated parts dissipate heat faster than parts in the raw form. Reasoning behind it is powdercoating is a porous material and allows heat to escape through the pours and the powder absorbs the retained heat that is left over. temp ranges in raw form were 15-25 degrees higher than the same coated parts.
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GODMODE 1/29/2012 9:02am
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haha well there's snow on the ground here... so currently, no, my bike hasn't been ridden for 3 weeks Sad trying to get some money together to go down to southern utah and ride down there tho! haha so my bike is just sitting, and i got a surgery next week (broke my nose) so i'm out of riding for at least another few weeks, so I was just looking for a little project to do pretty much! haha plus there's nothing wrong with making a bike look good! it's my baby Smile

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