Oh, one other thing, looks like I'll be removing the intake manifold prior to paint. I thought about painting it black too, but I'm worried about the rubber seal seating properly between the manifold and the carb. Plus the silver accent will look good.

 

looking forward to your transformation.

is this gonna be a bobber?

 

I'm hurtin thinkin about the tedious nature of the paint you'll be doin. Are you trying to black out the entire engine without takin it all off?

 

Alright, this is going to be pic HEAVY, but painting is done. I'm going to let it cure overnight and tomorrow remove the tape and what not. @BlackBettyXLC it was a TON of work. Pics below with some description:

Continuing to mask:



Off-side. You can see the head I've scuffed up and the one I haven't. The right one looks pretty nasty compared to the left:



Up close left:



Up close right:



I tried to scuff up the derby cover and make it look uniform. I think it looks pretty good.



All masked up, also, scope my paint booth. So sick!



Off-side masked:









First coat:





Second coat:





Third and final coat:









Can't forget about the sprocket cover:

 

Nice!!!

 

All unmasked. Doesn't look too bad if I do say so myself. The hardest part of taking the tape off was around the lifters. Freak that hurt my fingers.

 

All that taping really paid off!

 

Couple more pics. I took off my oil cover and painted it the same as the engine. It had some pretty hefty nicks in it and the paint was pretty scratched up. Figure this will hold up a little better.

 

Got a few things done today and a TON of packages while I was gone in Orlando. Gonna start putting stuff back on this weekend!

New parts:





Tires removed ready for paint:




And look at these beauties! Makes me love my springer even more!

 

Nash Pudgy Gimps just showed up. Only went 12" since I liked the height on other bikes. Not sure what size of cabling I'm going to need quite yet. Have to see once I get everything together. Probably will do +4 just to be safe. Also allows for a little bit of upgrade for the next owner if they want to get a little more height.