ok so i've decided to get my swing arm and all the other silver things on my bike powder coated black... my biggest concern is how to support the bike while the swing arm is off... the only thing i could think of is remove the underbody fairing anduse a 5 gal. bucket under but that doesn't seem like it would be very stable and obviously i don't want it to fall..

so anyone thats had the swing arm off let me know how you did it

 

Easy man, get you two bolts from Autozone or a local hardware store that have the same size like the bolts on the swingarms, you can use those new bolts for support while the swingarms are off.

 

that would work, but how do i support the bike while i'm taking off the swing arm? wouldn't i have to get the swing arm off before i could put bolts in there?

 

I would jack up the bike from the oil pan, mount my bike on jack stands via my frame sliders, run straps down underneath the subframe and jack up the rear, then lock the staps. then your bike is rock solid and while the swingarm is out you can runa steel rod of some sort through the swingarm mount to lower it back down.

 

woody thanks for the suggestiong, thats looking like my favorite way of doing it

 

can you post pics when its all said and done with the powder coat......I was thinking of doing it but havent seen it done yet!

 

yea i'll post picks of it when its done, should be about 3 weeks. there are a few people on here that have it done... i'm in the middle of making everything on the bike black and orange, powder coating and a windscreen are all i left to do... man its been a long winter

 

I was thinking the same but red. I was going to take all the stickers off and paint honda red on the bottom. I look to do it while I spend my first winter in germany. Not a whole lot of riding then...lol

 

I seen a few bikes and loved it.......im sold! I have to change the stainless yoshi to acarbon fiber. Whats a good price for the powder coat so I dont get taken for a ride?

 

i'm getting it done for free, i have a buddy that does it for a living