New!! CarbonDry PROTEC Coating Service!!! Cmon modders, this will inspire you.

[BellissiMoto]

Hey guys,

Just wanted to let you all know about the new PROTEC service we are offering from CarbonDry, as it is really, really, really cool stuff.

Seriously, just think about the possibilities, and try tell me you aren't getting ideas.

http://bellissimoto.com/CarbonProtec.html

[Slide Panda]

That page says all items must be sent to Japan - that right? 

It's very cool... but a tank costs 84,000 jpy, about 930 USD// plus the costs shipping a gas tank to Japan and back - but then you're homing in on the price of a real carbon tank. 

Like I said, very cool - but the shipping to japan is going to be a deal breaker for a lot of folks.  Or have they set up a production facility in the US?

[booger]

Why ship a part to Japan just to get it treated with this wierd carbon 'coating' when you could have a real carbon part right along with the weight savings. My apologies for putting it to you this way, but this just seems beyond stupid to me. It won't go over very well with the people who can actually afford it.

[BellissiMoto]

You could ship to us here in SC, and we could send to Japan, but then you would pay more.

This direct shipping offers you a discount in overall cost, and time.

Anyways I don't think you could show me a quality, new, carbon fiber monster tank that you would trust for 1000$

[BellissiMoto]

If you are looking for custom modifications to set your bike apart, send in any part you can think of, from brackets, to gas tanks, to wheels.

If you want FUNCTION and PURPOSE, along with Beauty and individuality, consider having the frame, and swingarm coated.

Remember, Protec increases the strength of the item by 300-500%, paint and powdercoat cannot do that.

[Triple J]

Pretty trick, but also pretty expensive. A frame costs $2,900 plus shipping! 

Remember, Protec increases the strength of the item by 300-500%, paint and powdercoat cannot do that.

I don't buy this. The data says it increases the strength of a piece of Aluminum plate anywhere from 43% (single layer) to 493% (triple layer...triple cost too?). That is far different from a wheel, or a frame, particularly if the material changes...like a steel frame.

I'm sure it increases the strength some...but how much is really unkown...unless of course you're getting an Aluminum plate of the same thickness they tested coated for some strange reason.

Good luck though...I'd like to see a coated piece in person sometime.

[ruester007]

This seems to be a pretty cool/innovative product. I'll have to see what I can do .

[BellissiMoto]

For the record,

Plastic parts can not be coated through this process.

The ThermoCompression treatment will warp the plastic items.


On a side note, I just sent off my passenger rearset brackets to get this treatment - I can't wait to see the result.

[tbird245]

Can you do that to my wife?

[MAXdB]

although i agree with the others regarding the tank, I think the point of this is the ability to cover things that normally would be very difficult to make/ cover with carbon fiber..
on a side note, apparently the porsche carrera gt uses cfrp for the engine frame and a lot of other parts..  http://www.americanchemistry.com/s_plastics/doc.asp?CID=1080&DID=6591

[DucHead]

This would be of interest if it were (1) done domestically, and (2) 1/10th the price.

Can you do that to my wife?

 

[Raux]

what i didint understand is there statement that some parts can be lightened? is this a translation issue? I could imagine an engineer making a part less strong (lighter) and then coated it to give it the needed strength, thereby being lighter. but a stock part coated, will always be heavier. and why would you add weight to unsprung parts?

[OverCaffeinated]

I think a single sided swingarm would look good with a carbon coat.

[BellissiMoto]

what i didint understand is there statement that some parts can be lightened? is this a translation issue? I could imagine an engineer making a part less strong (lighter) and then coated it to give it the needed strength, thereby being lighter. but a stock part coated, will always be heavier. and why would you add weight to unsprung parts?

There exists, in rare circumstances, a possibility to lighten certain parts, because the weight of the PROTEC coating can be at times, less than the actual weight of the layers of paint/clear/powdercoat/etc... that are removed in the first step of the treatment process.

[corey]

^^^i'd like to see a SSA coated in this stuff.