Black engines?

[midnightcafe]

not a gs, but a 1980 yamaha xs850 project. Used high heat semi gloss black rattle can picked up from advance auto parts. scoured with steel wool/3m pads, prepped with some oops cleaner (lazy back then-still worked!), it came out clean.

[NetBSD]

that is sick looking

[simon kuether]

that is sick looking

Have to agree there.That looks the gear.Cheers,Simon.

[bwringer]

Lordy, this is an old thread, but anyway...

Here's my GS850 with a 1980 engine rebuilt and painted black with polished covers to ape the original '83 engine paint scheme -- I use PJ1 Satin Black:




Here's a GS850 engine I rebuilt for a friend and painted all black. Sets off the stainless nicely, methinks:

[Baatfam]

Mine...........

[renobruce]

I'm going with all black on my current project: