engine re-paint, silver

[nick crisp]

A damp squib  :lol

[bludclot]

looks like some really good work going on. the top fairing and everything else will take overspray if not masked....

[red98]

Cheers bludclot...out on my 600 today so no work on the thou, great ride though, engine just needs a wipe over with some panel wipe and its ready for painting, got some old blankets to wrap the rest of the bike in, quick and easy ....

[red98]

CAUTION....wet paint....please do not touch......

[devilsyam]

Very nice

[fireblake]

Looks very good Red. Did you manage to get behind the block, below the carbs easy enough? How many coats did you use?
I really need to do mine.


Mickey

[unfazed]

Looks very good red. :thumbup

[red98]

Cheers guys  ......day off today, so scotch bright all over and gave it another coat.iam using HYCOTE VHT paint, not used it before, not a bad match colour wise, coverage is really good and no runs...will leave it now untill the weekend to fully harden and then start to put things back together .

FIREBLAKE....back of the engine was ok so didnt paint, I just blended in on cylinders 1+4.when I de-mask I'll take a piccie of that area and post here...

[red98]

Cleaned the rad bottom center bracket tonight, the one that bolts to the centre of the engine, sprayed with grey primer in readyness for a top coat of black, hung it up to dry and then brushed by it and knocked it too the floor    :o...I'll start again tomorrow  :rolleyes

Fitted the slotted timing cover plug to see what the colour match is like, I haven't painted the plug, not perfect but not bad ....

[bludclot]

looking great red.


painting can be a nightmare - i finished my r6 wheels with their final coat of lacquer on my garage floor, stood up and knocked a spanner off the shelf which fell into the rear wheel and bounced around it before settling, took a step backwards in horror at what i had done and back heeled the front wheel which fell off the wooden supporting blocks and put a load of marks into the rim!

[red98]

morning bludclot....nice to know iam not the only one  :lol .....just given the bracket a rub down and another coat of primer,off to work now so now chance of any more damage 

[fireblake]

Me and Bludclot. Brother from another Mother

[red98]

Removed masking, fitted genie cover, sprocket cover, thermostat housing , cam cover,top two coolant hoses and plug leads, oh...kicked the timing cover across the garage floor just so I could re-paint it again  :o :o :o

not going to re-fit the AIS as ive been given some blanking plugs , hand crafted from the original pipes by RED CERI....cheers buddy  :thumbup

[red98]

Bit more fazering tonight, found a good fitting plug for the air box, where the AIS was fitted, also made a plug for no4 inlet rubber for the same reason....fitted oil cooler and pipe work and also the front engine mounting bar.....oh, and fitted a new oil filter 

[old son]

Paint those rusty nuts!!!!

[Red Ceri]

Looking good Paul.....................................now you know what you need to do for an engine re-paint, I'll drop mine off at yours and you can turn it around in a few days   Could be a business opportunity re-painting engines.


You could become the Falcon269 of engine re-paints

[red98]

:lol :lol :lol.....not sure about that ceri  :lol.........be interesting to see how long it lasts, I'll post a piccie after a few miles.

so whats left to do.............clutch cover
                                                Timing cover
                                                Exhaust
                                                Rad
                                                Tank
                                                  Seat
                                                  Oil
                                                  Forks
                                                  Calipers
                                                  mudguard

think thats it, renewed the insurance on monday so keen to get out.oh, one more item to add to the list.....tax  :rolleyes
                                                   

[unfazed]

:lol :lol :lol .....not sure about that ceri  :lol .........be interesting to see how long it lasts, I'll post a piccie after a few miles.

so whats left to do.............clutch cover
                                                Timing cover
                                                Exhaust
                                                Rad
                                                Tank
                                                  Seat
                                                  Oil
                                                  Forks
                                                  Calipers
                                                  mudguard

think thats it, renewed the insurance on monday so keen to get out.oh, one more item to add to the list.....tax  :rolleyes
                                                 

Are you going to paint them all silver?  :eek    :lol :lol :lol

[red98]

:lol :lol :lol......think that might be a little to much for me.....I am a bit worried with the amount of silver I've added to the bike over the last couple of weeks, I recon its got to amount to an extra 25 bhp, remember my bikes bodywork is also silver, all in all I think the beast will be pushing out close to 250 bhp by the time iam finished....




just fitted the clutch and timing cover, also painted the exhaust mounting flanges.........yep, more silver  :eek

[red98]

Bit more done tonight, cleaned up the exhaust collector box, serviced the exup and fitted the downpipes.....slowly getting there