Bleeched paint

[mdude]

I'm suffering from the same problem, a faded pork chop on the right side and a perfectly nice red one on the left side.  My question is, what will happen if the one on the right side is completely removed?  Will hundreds of needle bearings go flying around my garage?  Will the bike sink to the floor like a camel?  Will the earth stop rotating on its axis?  Or something worse????  Inquiring minds want to know.  Help!

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read the thread from the start. apparently the key is to support everything, then you can remove one at a time.

[biesel]

Does anybody have photos which show a motorcycle lift with these Dunwell V11 support brackets attached?

It seems that Dunwell does not exist anymore.

I wonder how this is done. With older Guzzis it seems to be easier because of the flat oil sump.

(http://www.guzzitech.com/GuzziLift-Jeff_B.html)

[callison]

Does anybody have photos which show a motorcycle lift with these Dunwell V11 support brackets attached?

It seems that Dunwell does not exist anymore.

I wonder how this is done. With older Guzzis it seems to be easier because of the flat oil sump.

(http://www.guzzitech.com/GuzziLift-Jeff_B.html)

 

[biesel]

@callison: Thanks a lot!

 

And the orange bracket is all?

No support on the front end (under the oil sump)?

 

Kind Regards

Jan

[slowkitty]

My pork chops' red chipped and flaked. Dismantled both and sending it for powder coating. Will try to post pics if I can.

 

Propped up in th meantime with a size 19 spanner.

 

Cheers

 

Cat

[Skeeve]

@callison: Thanks a lot!

 

And the orange bracket is all?

No support on the front end (under the oil sump)?

 

Kind Regards

Jan

 

If you look at the picture again, it's pretty clear that the front of the oil pan is resting on the rightmost of the two arms of the ATV lift [if you were looking down at the lift from above in the position you would be when using it], while the Dunwell attachment is fastened to the leftward of the two lift arms and catching the frame under the porkchops. [sorry for the shoddy description; just go back up to Carl's post & look at the pic again! ]

 

[biesel]

@ Skeeve:

Does anybody have detailed images of the Dunwall bracket?

Did Dunwell export this part to Europe?

 

 

BTW, I have found the manufacturer of the lift:

SFA Pro-Lift

I have also found the lift in Ebay.

[Guest Brian Ash]

Are the 'porkchops' painted? My local powdercoating place thinks that they are powdercoated, and said it would probably take a while to sandblast the old powdercoating off. If they are painted, it should be pretty easy to get it to come off. Their standard red powder looks like it matches the frame perfectly, so I think I will probably go that route.

[biesel]

Here´s how I didi it:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is a 4 layer paintwork with a clear coat that was dyed to match the Rosso Corsa red.

All parts were sandblasted before.

[AndyH]

I've noticed that the 'paint' on my 2000 V11 Sport pork chops is actually a plastic coat which is probably why it's not so durable. And yes, it's sunbleached to a girly pink, both sides, which makes it look like it's by design. I'm not too concerned about the match to the rest of the red bits, 'cos you can't really see much red apart from the chops. So the frame at the front doesn't match the chops, but that pink has to go...

 

Removing pork chops? If youre going to the trouble to remove them you might as well hoik the wheel, shaft and swingarm off and do a proper job (on all of them). After all it'll cost more to treat (blast Paint, powder coat, anodise) the chops one at a time. I was worried that removing them would cause a critical collapse of the bike but it seems the engine holds the rest of it together. When you support the bike in the proper place - i.e. the lower rear engine mounting stud, and of course, remove the wheel, shaft and swingarm, the whole shooting match doesn't in fact collapse when you take off the chops.

 

This is where I'm up to now. I've degreased and scrubbed them down: so will spray paint stick to the plastic coating or will it crinkle up and drop off? I'll let you know. It's winter and I've got a month or so to experiment.

 

BTW, to support the bike, well, I'm stingey/broke so bought some cheepo ratchet axlestands from the local auto store and put rubber mats on the cups to protect the frame paint.

 

Wife understandably wouldn't help support a 500lb bike while jacking it up so... using a trolley jack under the sump with a piece of ply to protect it, lifted the bike up gradually on the side away from the kickstand and ratcheted the opposite axlestand up one notch into position and lowered that side. And then changed sides. Takes time but perfectly safe as long as you crank it up swapping sides, notch by notch. Lower it by the reverse process - don't hurry it up or down because it will topple.

 

However I will shell out the hundred quid for the proper stand one day, if it gives me an easier life.

[rossi46]

[AndyH]

This is where I'm up to now. I've degreased and scrubbed them down: so will spray paint stick to the plastic coating or will it crinkle up and drop off? I'll let you know. It's winter and I've got a month or so to experiment.

 

Keyed the plastic coating with fine grade paper and sprayed car acrylic. Several coats later it seems to have stuck well and not crinkled. Glad I kept the old coating on as a base now... saved myself quite a lot of grief.