Blue Anodized Suspension - with Pics

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Edited Date/Time 3/4/2016 8:04pm
Here is a set of suspension we just finished in our shop in MN. Turned out pretty cool so I thought I'd share it. going on a 2016 YZ250f.







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Looks good, no dlc on the bottom?. Better hurry up and take pics off vital, posters will come soon,saying you dont need it. Sick Sick
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MXant15 3/4/2016 11:10am
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Those look great! How much did they set you back?
lostboy819 3/4/2016 11:37am
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Blue is a tough color to get right but they nailed it on those. They look really good.
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OR Racer46 3/4/2016 12:06pm
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Looks really good
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MR. X 3/4/2016 12:08pm
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Blue looks great ,my first thought was the 92 kawasaki .
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RandyS 3/4/2016 1:01pm
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MR. X wrote:
Blue looks great ,my first thought was the 92 kawasaki .
I've got a set of those if anyone is interested in having a set of blue forks without the distraction of them working well.
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Looks awesome!
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Anything special with the shock body? I was under the impression that since its rough cast, anodizing with colors is hard to achieve. The shiny CNC fork tubes anodize colors easily from what I understand but the shock is harder. Like wheel hubs.
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Would look good on a White Yamaha with blue trimming
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Looks good! I have a 1990 YZ250 with the original red uppers. A little faded, I plan on having them redone in red.
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Beautiful...
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This is a customer of mines bike, Ive worked with a local anodizer here for a couple years getting the process down as good as we can. With suspension parts there is always risks of hitting defects in the material but if its prepped right it helps with the outcome.




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You should have tagged this post NSFW because I just got a boner at work
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You lost me at the white frame???
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Spooner 3/4/2016 5:26pm
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newmann wrote:
You lost me at the white frame???
Yep. Maybe black but white will take a ton of upkeep to stay nice looking and not sure I like the look. I guess we should wait to see it all together.
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newmann wrote:
You lost me at the white frame???
What color is the frame on your 1990 YZ250?
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colson973 wrote:
This is a customer of mines bike, Ive worked with a local anodizer here for a couple years getting the process down as good as we...
This is a customer of mines bike, Ive worked with a local anodizer here for a couple years getting the process down as good as we can. With suspension parts there is always risks of hitting defects in the material but if its prepped right it helps with the outcome.




I'm doing white frame, swingarm, subframe on my YZ250. I had never seen it done before today, damn you. The triple clamps are a bit much though.

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aeffertz 3/4/2016 7:11pm
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Dude, that looks fan-freaking-tastic.
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pCp 252 wrote:
Anything special with the shock body? I was under the impression that since its rough cast, anodizing with colors is hard to achieve. The shiny CNC...
Anything special with the shock body? I was under the impression that since its rough cast, anodizing with colors is hard to achieve. The shiny CNC fork tubes anodize colors easily from what I understand but the shock is harder. Like wheel hubs.
Anodizing cast isnt anything special, it just finishes like the pics, matte. You can wet sand, buff and polish and get the color closer to a machined and polished surface, exact match is hard to achieve being dissimilar materials.

I love the blue, looks fantastic!! If i didnt have a 16 in yellow and black, i would be doing this. Instead im anodizing them bronze along with the stock hubs. After a nice polish job to match the fork tubes.
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colson973 wrote:
This is a customer of mines bike, Ive worked with a local anodizer here for a couple years getting the process down as good as we...
This is a customer of mines bike, Ive worked with a local anodizer here for a couple years getting the process down as good as we can. With suspension parts there is always risks of hitting defects in the material but if its prepped right it helps with the outcome.




white frame?? So... it's a wheelie boy, got ya... 

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Falcon 18 hours ago
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White frames are nothing new, guys. I don't remember my friend having a particularly hard time keeping his '97 YZ250 clean. 

1987yz250-copy.jpg?VersionId=j6QcLkYKp2
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MoogenKen 18 hours ago
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As long as we’re necro bumping 10 year dead threads, I’d give Ol Lefty for this White frame! 
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Timo 11 hours ago
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Falcon wrote:
White frames are nothing new, guys. I don't remember my friend having a particularly hard time keeping his '97 YZ250 clean. 

White frames are nothing new, guys. I don't remember my friend having a particularly hard time keeping his '97 YZ250 clean. 

1987yz250-copy.jpg?VersionId=j6QcLkYKp2

He have a guy in the UK that cleaned it for him? Boot cleaning was probably pro bono...

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I like how the Blue came out and all the white. I'm not sure I would want my bike to have those colors. But I do think it looks good and  I have been thinking about doing a white frome on a bike I have if I end up building a display bike. That shade of blue would work on one of the ways I was thinking of building it too. In the past I always end up not going wild with changing up colors like that because I prefer the clean look that most Factory race teams run.  

 

I think that the white will be easier to keep looking good than black. Black shows everything. White will hide light scratches and dust.  Just ask anybody who paints cars which is easier  to care for and or which one shows defects easier. 

 

Its kinda funny how  people will post replies on  Husqvarna photos  saying the frames should all be white on them. But are not a fan of the white YZ. I think its mostly because a painted frame of any color is going to be harder to keep looking good when compared to a bare aluminium frame. And people are used to seeing the bare frames on the Japanese bikes so its not the same thing when somebody wants to paint one of them as it is with the KTM brands since they are always painted.  But I do think it's kinda funny how that's the reflex reaction.    

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bvm111 10 hours ago
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this thread is from 2016 folks 

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uncledaddy69 10 hours ago
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Queen of Spodes is rubbing their hands together at these photos. 

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Old School Fool 9 hours ago
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uncledaddy69 wrote:

Queen of Spodes is rubbing their hands together at these photos. 

      That ain’t his hands he’s rubbing !

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Falcon wrote:
White frames are nothing new, guys. I don't remember my friend having a particularly hard time keeping his '97 YZ250 clean. 

White frames are nothing new, guys. I don't remember my friend having a particularly hard time keeping his '97 YZ250 clean. 

1987yz250-copy.jpg?VersionId=j6QcLkYKp2

Beaut Clark but think she’s an ‘87 YZ250

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