Painting The Nightster Motor.....Who's Done It??
#21
10-23-2011, 03:14 AM
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Painted my motor last winter. Got two cans of Harley Davidson Textured black paint.
Here is the before:
Taped up:
After close shot:
After all tape removed:
Took me about 4 hours to tape. Then 30 minutes to paint. I bought two cans from the local Harley Dealer at $22.95 a can. Only used half of each can. Because it had to be shaken and I thought one can screwed up but it was only because I didn't keep shaking it in between sprays. But I don't think it is a bad job for $50 of paint, free newspaper and a $2 roll of tape. After a year paint it still in excellent shape. I may go back this winter and paint the jugs.
Here is the before:
Taped up:
After close shot:
After all tape removed:
Took me about 4 hours to tape. Then 30 minutes to paint. I bought two cans from the local Harley Dealer at $22.95 a can. Only used half of each can. Because it had to be shaken and I thought one can screwed up but it was only because I didn't keep shaking it in between sprays. But I don't think it is a bad job for $50 of paint, free newspaper and a $2 roll of tape. After a year paint it still in excellent shape. I may go back this winter and paint the jugs.
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10-23-2011, 08:39 AM
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08-30-2012, 01:35 PM
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Did you tape each indivdual bolt?
Painted my motor last winter. Got two cans of Harley Davidson Textured black paint.
Here is the before:
Taped up:
After close shot:
After all tape removed:
Took me about 4 hours to tape. Then 30 minutes to paint. I bought two cans from the local Harley Dealer at $22.95 a can. Only used half of each can. Because it had to be shaken and I thought one can screwed up but it was only because I didn't keep shaking it in between sprays. But I don't think it is a bad job for $50 of paint, free newspaper and a $2 roll of tape. After a year paint it still in excellent shape. I may go back this winter and paint the jugs.
Here is the before:
Taped up:
After close shot:
After all tape removed:
Took me about 4 hours to tape. Then 30 minutes to paint. I bought two cans from the local Harley Dealer at $22.95 a can. Only used half of each can. Because it had to be shaken and I thought one can screwed up but it was only because I didn't keep shaking it in between sprays. But I don't think it is a bad job for $50 of paint, free newspaper and a $2 roll of tape. After a year paint it still in excellent shape. I may go back this winter and paint the jugs.
#27
08-30-2012, 04:06 PM
I know its not a Harley but here a pic of my old VTX. I painted the motor in frame. I first used engine cleaner and cleaned the hell out of the motor underneath also. I use a leaf blower and dried it well and let it sit a day of 2 to make sure it was dry as a bone. Next I remove evrything I could without leaking oil and masked off every thing else with blue painters tape, tin foil, and plastic wrap. The more time you spend preping the better it will turn out. I used Duplicolor 500* engine paint about 3 coats if I remember right then left it alone for a day or so. Then I reassembled everything. I put around 16K on the bike untill I had to sell it during a divorce and it never chipped, faded, or any problem with the paint at all.
After painting a V twin you can always come back with a dremmel moto tool and polish the fin edges for an even more finished look. I just thought it looked great all black. The caption under the pic is that of another forum I helped run.
After painting a V twin you can always come back with a dremmel moto tool and polish the fin edges for an even more finished look. I just thought it looked great all black. The caption under the pic is that of another forum I helped run.
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08-30-2012, 04:17 PM
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Lot of folks with gray or just polished covers would like to go chrome; if you're willing to go to the trouble of swapping, I'm sure there are others that would, too. Just might not find them locally. I've never had good luck trying to paint over chrome, but admit there are some new products on the market now that might do it ok.