My GS teardown and cleaning, some more pics.....

[Jethro]

Ah ha! If i'm seeing things right, looks like the carb bodies and the driver footpeg mounts are now the all mighty BLACK!

I actually really like the look of the natural motor witht the black cam end covers.

[Hoomgar]

I like the mix man. The contrast looks awesome. Keep going down your own path mate

[Road_Clam]

Ah ha! If i'm seeing things right, looks like the carb bodies and the driver footpeg mounts are now the all mighty BLACK!

I actually really like the look of the natural motor witht the black cam end covers.

Yup! There is still one chrome component on an '82 that I painted black that you missed........

BTW, I didn't paint the carb bodies, those are stock '83 bodies "BLACK/PUKE/BARF" !! I butchered my set of '82 silver ones trying to get the mixture plugs and pilot jets out.

[outofcontrol]

You painted the shock bodies.

Clam, I've read about 10 different methods of cleaning an engine, and I don't know what to do. I would love to make my engine look as good as yours, and you did it "in frame" and you claim it was a snap if I remember right. I just can't find the description of how you did it. Did you use 5" 3M wheels on a drill?
I also thought I saw that you taped off the exh and intake ports on the head. Did you paint the engine after you cleaned it? I think you have a cleaner engine to start with, but you seem to have good methods

Sorry if you put this info somewhere else.

Great job by the way, that bike looks killer.

Are you doing to swap out any wheels or suspension?

-K

[Road_Clam]

You painted the shock bodies.

Clam, I've read about 10 different methods of cleaning an engine, and I don't know what to do. I would love to make my engine look as good as yours, and you did it "in frame" and you claim it was a snap if I remember right. I just can't find the description of how you did it. Did you use 5" 3M wheels on a drill?
I also thought I saw that you taped off the exh and intake ports on the head. Did you paint the engine after you cleaned it? I think you have a cleaner engine to start with, but you seem to have good methods

Sorry if you put this info somewhere else.

Great job by the way, that bike looks killer.

Are you doing to swap out any wheels or suspension?

-K

Kevin,
I used gray medium 3M scotchbrite pads, and a special concentrated cleaner called "Zep Formula 50". The F50 stuff is the SHIZZ for removing grime, problem is it will slightly eat into the paint. After all the scrubbing all's I did thereafter is strip all the side covers, tape up the frame real good, and paint the engine with NAPA ceramic high heat silver. My bike was definately stored in a garage, as it was fairly clean and corrosion free to begin with. If you want I can send you some of the Zep F50 (I get it from my work, we buy it by the 55 gal barrel). It a concentrate, so you would have to mix it at 50:1 (50 parts water/ 1 part F50)
Rich