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Engine paint removal
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I have several restored bikes along with a 2006 Goldwing with a sidecar. My wife has a 2019 Suzuki DR 650 for on and off road.
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The time required to pull that off had to be extensive. We’re not worthy!!!This was painted black, a combination of good paint stripper, scotchbrite, a dremel wirebrush, and elbow grease did the trick. Not gonna pretend it was quick or exciting to do but the results speak for themselves I think.
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1976 KZ 900 A4 kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/613548-1976-kz-900-a4
1976 KZ 900 B1 LTD
1978 KZ 1000 B2 LTD
1980 KZ 750 E1
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If you're intent on stripping without disassembly, drive rubber stoppers, NOT wood corks, very firmly into intake & exhaust ports. Junk spark plugs in the plug holes. Do both regardless of method chosen.
Chemical - Aircraft Stripper. Do it outside, wear hazmat gloves & eye pro. Use a stand at working level, so you're not on hands & knees. Take your time; It's gonna take days, multiple brass toothbrushes, some Q-tips & flux brushes. And some cussin'.
If you can take it to a commercial surface prep operation, do soda blast. It won't change the surface appearance of the bare aluminum significantly, but must be neutralized afterward. Next best media would be crushed nut shell; takes longer $$. Dry crushed glass will leave a more polished finish. Sand blast will leave a very dull finish.
Honda used silver motor paint on some bikes, but we don't know anything about it. Surface prep would be very critical.
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After. used Jasco premium paint & epoxy stripper from Lowes. not sure if the product is still available. It's been more than a few years.
Then dremel w jeweler's brass wire wheels. needs more work. I didn't try polishing it w mothers or anything which might be all it needs.
It doesn't look anywhere near as good as the pic Mikaw posted. It was a lot of work.
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It helps to wrap it up in something. I used a large trash bag and let it sit overnight. Then I took my pressure washer to it.
It took some time but did a decent job.
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Was that the OEM motor paint?I stripped my engine cases down and this stuff did an OK job Citri Strip
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No. It's a GPz so it is getting the black treatment.Looks good. No matter what you use it can be a messy job. Are you going to have it vapor blasted now?
Jim
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Yes, plus some additional engine paint over the years.
Was that the OEM motor paint?I stripped my engine cases down and this stuff did an OK job Citri Strip
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Jim
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1974 Kawasaki H1
1976 Kawasaki KZ400
1979 Yamaha XS650 cafe'
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1965 Mustang
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