Modern black/brown frames - is it hard anodising?

[slip]

I'm curious as to how modern frames are finished. Gold, black, brown - most modern sportsbikes have a black frame nowdays, and Aprilia has used some cool colours.

Is this hard anodising, powdercoating, some other form of coating?


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[Shadowzone]

Black is generally powdercoating the rest? I haven't seen myself, but anodising is well beyond the powedercoated look and looks metallic whereas powdercoating looks plasticy

[Bear]

Anodising is a chemical process like electroplating, and I think it's only done with alloy and it's relatively soft, whereas powder coating is exactly that - baked powder hard coat on any metal.

[slip]

I know what both processes are, and how they differ. Bear - anodosing and hard anodising are different. Hard anodising is just that, hard. Just trying to find out what treatment is on modern sportsbike frames.

I have searched google, but didn't find out. That said, I'm shit at searching for some reason.

[gibbo]

Definately not anodised, my guess is powdercoat but not absolutely sure as it is very thin and not really very hard.

[zx12argh]

Yupp definite powdercoating - at least on a ZX12r.

[Bear]

Cool, slip. Let us know what you choose and how it goes. Piccies too! :D