Spray painting motorcycle disc lock

eidolon · 16 Dec 2013 at 10:18

I'm using a Xena XX14 alarmed disc lock at the moment which is great. It's solid and reliable however it's not very visible so I was thinking about spraying the body of it something bright so that thieves can spot it.

What sort of primer and paint would you suggest I use as obviously disc locks get scratched a bit so I don't want something which will flake off the first time I fit the lock.

* I know a disc lock reminder cable would help but the space under the seat of the Street Triple and ZX6R can barely fit the Xena in so there's not really the extra space required by the cable.

VoG · 16 Dec 2013 at 10:31

No matter what you use it will chip & flake, the only way around it is to wrap it using a sticky vinyl film.

PieEater · 16 Dec 2013 at 10:42

Could you get it powder coated?

Yaayuh! · 16 Dec 2013 at 11:25

If you just want it to stand out, i would just mask up the locking and alarm parts and take it to a powder coating place and get it painted fluorescent green/yellow.
Won't look great but will be noticed.

Dogbreath · 16 Dec 2013 at 16:38

PlastiDip tool coating might be useful here, especially if you can dip the lock rather than spraying it to get a thick coating.

eidolon · 16 Dec 2013 at 23:19

Plastidip is a good shout, think I'll give that a go.

Snaggle · 17 Dec 2013 at 03:05

i would use summit like http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2013-Refl...SportingGoods_OtherSports&hash=item2eca33c2d5