What metal is a CBR250RR Frame made of?

**Coyote** · 20th January 2005, 07:48

Originally Posted by Blakamin

suprisingly its not anodised... PPG candy paint.. been on it for a coupla years without even chipping... cheaper than anodising... the owner is a local and I also have the painters number

you'd love their streetfighter collection...

The guy would've had to dismantle the engine to paint it wouldn't he? It would be too difficult to mask would it?

Streetfighter collection?

Gotta see that

**Coyote** · 20th January 2005, 08:31

Originally Posted by R1AaronKDX

isnt the idea of building a street fighter so you can wheelie stoppy and crash easier?? my mate built one out of a old school gsxr750...it wheelied ok b4 he did it but man was that thing fun after with the higher bars and no plastics...do cbr250's wheelie? i know they do meeaan stoppies

Haven't tried wheelies on it yet, haven't had the space to practice. I tried a few stoppies, first time I came about 1 foot off the ground, second time, nearly toppled over

**Coyote** · 20th January 2005, 09:16

If only I had the money:

http://www.oem-uk.com/shop/acatalog/CBR250RR.html

**vifferman** · 20th January 2005, 09:21

Originally Posted by alarumba

If only I had the money:

http://www.oem-uk.com/shop/acatalog/CBR250RR.html

You can buy all that stuff here (often sold on TradeMe) and probably cheaper'n in the link you posted.

**Coyote** · 20th January 2005, 09:39

Originally Posted by vifferman

You can buy all that stuff here (often sold on TradeMe) and probably cheaper'n in the link you posted.

I'll have to look out for them then. Where else can you find this sort of stuff?

**F5 Dave** · 20th January 2005, 10:14

Just to put a damper on things: Stripping a frame down suitable to anodise or paint is a huge task including all the relevant headset bearings etc which have to be replaced when moved. During powder-coating or painting all the areas like bearing holes & threads need to be masked up. In either process any earth points will need to be bared back.

Basically it isn’t worth it when you look at the expense & the time & well the bike ‘only’ being a 250 if you’ll excuse the slur.

Keep saving the dollars & buy decent riding gear & when the licence allows you may have saved enough for an R6/CBR/ whatever.

**Coyote** · 20th January 2005, 17:07

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

Keep saving the dollars & buy decent riding gear & when the licence allows you may have saved enough for an R6/CBR/ whatever.

I guess thats what I'll do. I'll save up for a good jacket

**TwoSeven** · 20th January 2005, 17:30

As far as I know the frame is made of mag alloy so probably wont anodise. The swingarm should, but without some kind of treatment on after will perish quickly, although many people polish the frames on those bikes - they come up ok if done right.

**Coyote** · 20th January 2005, 17:48

I'll be working with Fibreglass next year at metalwork, so I could make my own fairings and paint them. I'll posts some pics when I get around to doing it

**Blakamin** · 20th January 2005, 20:35

Originally Posted by alarumba

The guy would've had to dismantle the engine to paint it wouldn't he? It would be too difficult to mask would it?

Streetfighter collection?

Gotta see that

That gixxer was the dry clutch model so he made a custom cover... other than that he drained the oil, pulled the covers off, painted them, put them on and refilled the oil....
There's a couipla more gixers and a cagiva....

and there is a rumour that the painter is doing some famous NZ racers bikes... but you didnt hear it here..... (the fact the bloke (who may of won a TT) and the painter were discussing it at the show has no bearing on this rumour either)

**Syphon_Life** · 27th January 2005, 03:05

Ive done a full polish on my cbr250rr frame and swingarm, top yoke
and after 2 weeks or so i give it a good polish to keep it shiny,
ive never heard of someone anodising the frame but powder coating is an option like the new 04 r1
looks sexy,

Heres a pic
or half polished, half powdercoated!

in case if you havent discovered this forum yet it is awsome!
http://www.cr-x.org/cbr250/forum/

**Syphon_Life** · 27th January 2005, 03:13

wheelies are hard on this bike you need real good balance,
the back tail fairing on these bikes are so frail and crack easily,
jumping pedestrian crossing are more fun i think!

oh heres a pic of my bike...

http://www.bikepics.com/members/syphon/

**TwoSeven** · 27th January 2005, 09:58

Its surprising how close the cibby 250 frame is to the cibby 600 frame.

Oh, b4 anyone asks - It got lifted down.

I had mine blasted and powder coated (gloss for wheels, matt for frame). Engine I just cleaned really well and hit it with the engine enamel in a can, since its under a fairing - doesnt really need to be done too fancy (at the moment).

**Coyote** · 27th January 2005, 10:05

How much did the powder coating cost? And was it too hard to dismantle the bike to get to the frame then put it back together, or did you have someone else do it?