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    Painted my engine today

    Hi all,
    Well I spray painted my engine in situ today using high temp. engine paint.

    I cleaned it last Monday, using a wire brush to take of the old loose paint and masked it all off with tape and old newspaper! A bit of a D.I.Y job but it looks so much better for it I think.

    There are a few pics of it after de-masking in my photos if you want a look.
    Its not as silver as I would have liked, but it really cleans it up alot.

    I also got a new (but old retro stlye) Irish number plate made up, nice a plain, but very happy with it.

    What you think?
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    #2
    Originally posted by Seanie View Post
    What you think?
    I think it would be nice to see the pictures.

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    mine: 2000 Honda GoldWing GL1500SE and 1980 GS850G'K' "Junior"
    hers: 1982 GS850GL - "Angel" and 1969 Suzuki T250 Scrambler
    #1 son: 1986 Yamaha Venture Royale 1300 and 1982 GS650GL "Rat Bagger"
    #2 son: 1980 GS1000G
    Family Portrait
    Siblings and Spouses
    Mom's first ride
    Want a copy of my valve adjust spreadsheet for your 2-valve per cylinder engine? Send me an e-mail request (not a PM)
    (Click on my username in the upper-left corner for e-mail info.)

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      #3
      Cant figure out how to attach pics to this post?!

      There are some if you click on my user name though...

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        #4
        Rather than make others slog through your profile to find your album where you have the pictures, why not just post them?

        Here, I'll do it for you:












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        mine: 2000 Honda GoldWing GL1500SE and 1980 GS850G'K' "Junior"
        hers: 1982 GS850GL - "Angel" and 1969 Suzuki T250 Scrambler
        #1 son: 1986 Yamaha Venture Royale 1300 and 1982 GS650GL "Rat Bagger"
        #2 son: 1980 GS1000G
        Family Portrait
        Siblings and Spouses
        Mom's first ride
        Want a copy of my valve adjust spreadsheet for your 2-valve per cylinder engine? Send me an e-mail request (not a PM)
        (Click on my username in the upper-left corner for e-mail info.)

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          #5
          Looks good, did you paint the engine on or off the bike?

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            #6
            Cheers for that Steve!

            I painted it on the bike..I had a day off work today, so had the time to do it.
            It took a bit of time to mask up this morning, as I didnt want that paint anywhere else! And its quick drying, so I gave it 4 coats.

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              #7
              I should add as its hard to make out I didnt paint any of the covers...

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                #8
                Me likee.....
                1983 GS 1100 Guided Laser
                1983 GS 1100 G
                2000 Suzuki Intruder 1500, "Piggy Sue"
                2000 GSF 1200 Bandit (totaled in deer strike)
                1986 Suzuki Cavalcade GV 1400 LX (SOLD)

                I find working on my motorcycle mildly therapeutic when I'm not cursing.

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                  #9
                  That really cleans it up, for sure. That's a nice looking bike. Is that the stock colour that was sold in your part of the world? We didn't get that one here (Canada), that I'm aware of and its really attractive.

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                    #10
                    The bike was imported to Ireland in 2006 from the U.S, Ive been looking on google and have yet to find the same colours elsewhere. Nice though.

                    I re-sprayed the side panels two weeks ago, again just to clean them up a bit, and the silver/grey stripes on them are done with a decal tape.

                    Maybe early next year I will get the whole tank, tail, and side panel painted by a pro.
                    I saw a lovely black and yellow on here somewhere and it blew my mind!

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