08-01-12, 08:24 PM
Fazerider - I have never painted an engine before, but my neighbour is in the powder coating type industry and gave me some pointers. The prep took a good 4 hours to get rid of all the crap. I then jet washed the engine with it running and let it dry. I used a hairdryer to finish it off then gave it a first coat after letting the engine cool down a bit (hold your hand on the fins for around 10 seconds, if you can do that without pain, its good 
. I let it dry for 24 hours as instructed, then ran the engine for 10 minutes to get rid of any condensation on the engine. Let it cool down...and gave it another coat. The paint is nice and thick and freshens the engine up. I would have liked to remove it to do the job, but there is only so much time/money to invest in a 12 y/o bike. Over all I am happy with the outcome, although maybe some people may not be. Glad you, like me, enjoy the benefit of a little head on the hands during the winter. I found on my CBF that the addition of hand guards, it is even better. The guards break the wind and keep the worst of the rain and snow off, allowing a litter vortex of heated goodnes for my hands to get a proper sweat going, which is always nice 
. I let it dry for 24 hours as instructed, then ran the engine for 10 minutes to get rid of any condensation on the engine. Let it cool down...and gave it another coat. The paint is nice and thick and freshens the engine up. I would have liked to remove it to do the job, but there is only so much time/money to invest in a 12 y/o bike. Over all I am happy with the outcome, although maybe some people may not be. Glad you, like me, enjoy the benefit of a little head on the hands during the winter. I found on my CBF that the addition of hand guards, it is even better. The guards break the wind and keep the worst of the rain and snow off, allowing a litter vortex of heated goodnes for my hands to get a proper sweat going, which is always nice
Not quite sure what to do with my early mid-life crisis. Ideas on a post card to P.O.BOX 150...