Author Topic: Show me your engine pics (Read 9163 times)

736cc · « **Reply #25 on:** August 05, 2011, 07:33:16 AM »

a little artistic liscense w/ motors...

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Lostboy Steve · « **Reply #26 on:** August 05, 2011, 08:50:52 AM »

Quote from: Elan on August 05, 2011, 06:41:37 AM

now I just need the bike to work!

Not only does that blacked out engine look awesome but i see you use the same thing for a work bench as i do. (That is an old outside table isn't it?)

Elan · « **Reply #27 on:** August 05, 2011, 10:10:40 AM »

Quote from: twistedengineering on August 05, 2011, 08:50:52 AM

Quote from: Elan on August 05, 2011, 06:41:37 AM
now I just need the bike to work!

Not only does that blacked out engine look awesome but i see you use the same thing for a work bench as i do. (That is an old outside table isn't it?)

Yep! hehe. never enough room right? I just moved and had to leave behind an 18ft long workbench. But no matter what the size, theres never enough room...

brandEn · « **Reply #28 on:** August 05, 2011, 10:50:09 AM »

Quote from: Elan on August 05, 2011, 06:41:37 AM

now I just need the bike to work!

WOW, that looks great! How did you do the polished fins?

Elan · « **Reply #29 on:** August 05, 2011, 11:19:46 AM »

Quote from: brandEn on August 05, 2011, 10:50:09 AM

Quote from: Elan on August 05, 2011, 06:41:37 AM

WOW, that looks great! How did you do the polished fins?

Thanks! I used vht satin black on the halves and cylinders. Afterwards i used some sandpaper to the fins. at first I used a vibrating sander and it started flaking off paint where it shouldnt have. Doing it gently by hand seems the way to go. Its such a thin area you dont really have to polish it, I just used maybe 200 grit. The finned covers I masked each fin and powdercoated.

millerza · « **Reply #30 on:** August 05, 2011, 02:23:11 PM »

dhall57 · « **Reply #31 on:** August 05, 2011, 03:07:05 PM »

My Cb750K6

the technological J · « **Reply #32 on:** August 05, 2011, 09:37:09 PM »

Quote from: Elan on August 05, 2011, 11:19:46 AM

Quote from: brandEn on August 05, 2011, 10:50:09 AM

WOW, that looks great! How did you do the polished fins?

Thanks! I used vht satin black on the halves and cylinders. Afterwards i used some sandpaper to the fins. at first I used a vibrating sander and it started flaking off paint where it shouldnt have. Doing it gently by hand seems the way to go. Its such a thin area you dont really have to polish it, I just used maybe 200 grit. The finned covers I masked each fin and powdercoated.

i wiped mine when wet then used 400 then 800 grit on mine...

dave500 · « **Reply #33 on:** August 06, 2011, 02:54:09 AM »

rat engine,this ended up really nice.

after this happened to it

the durability and finish of any paint will depend on your prep of course.

Scott S · « **Reply #34 on:** October 23, 2011, 12:29:15 PM »

Bringing this one back from the dead. Still looking for inspiration, especially paint detail. I generally lean toward polished side covers but I'm itching to do something different this time.
Here are some pics I nabbed off the web; one from this board and a couple from the Joker Machine site. If my 550 had a valve cover I could polish like the 750 does, it would be an easy choice. Just having a hard time visualizing the 550 head/valve cover on a fully painted engine, though.