My two babes... Yeti and Grizzly

[johntmax]

Blue is the colour!!! for coolant and barnett...

 

[wildweasel_pt]

Blue is the colour!!! for coolant and barnett...

I need to check the coolant market to see color availability... :rofl_200:

 

[johntmax]

Liquid ice coolant is very BLOOOO. (dont add water).

 

[wildweasel_pt]

I actually like the fluorescent green...

 

[wildweasel_pt]

It looks like a bomb has blown in my garage... Some overhauled/cleaned/polished parts. And some new ones waiting for assembly... So many things to do and so little time...

 

[wildweasel_pt]

Well good news
What better birthday gift than going to get my freshly painted engine? Big smile in my face. Color came out better than i was expecting... Compare to previous pictures to see the upgrade. I want to thank all that gave me their inputs regarding paint type. This was done using 2K primer, paint and varnish. Final result is below. Cheers dudes

 

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Fred, did you polish the differential yourself?

If so, I'd take any pointers you can offer. I'm thinking about doing this. I don't think I'm ready to invest in the cost of chrome for it but I don't mind spending some time to polish it myself.

 

[FootNote]

Damn that is a nice looking motor.

 

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Quite a nice stash you've got there.

 

[ninjaneer]

Fred, did you polish the differential yourself?

If so, I'd take any pointers you can offer. I'm thinking about doing this. I don't think I'm ready to invest in the cost of chrome for it but I don't mind spending some time to polish it myself.

+1, that is one HOT looking case...not to mention one hell of a SICK motor! man's got skills i wished i had.

 

[wildweasel_pt]

Fred, did you polish the differential yourself?

If so, I'd take any pointers you can offer. I'm thinking about doing this. I don't think I'm ready to invest in the cost of chrome for it but I don't mind spending some time to polish it myself.

No i don't polish major items like this. I take it to a local polisher that polish all my hard parts like diff, calipers, forks, etc Look below the forks he polished for me. When its parts that may get moisture on them i polish and then clearcoat them with a 2K varnish to last longer. No one does proper alloy chrome around here so i need to do it this way...

 

[wildweasel_pt]

Assembled the radiators and the rear end to see how the final result will be. Polished the handlebar controls but i thought it was common to do it so i decided to paint them in gold as well. They're gonna match pretty well with the golden grips and levers i ordered yesterday. Now waiting for them to get everything assembled as well... Slowly but moving... Its an endurance race... :biglaugh:

 

[FootNote]

Extended the radiator? I am liking it!

 

[wildweasel_pt]

Extended the radiator? I am liking it!

No mate, its an oil cooler... It connects behind the oil filter, check engine pics...

 

[FootNote]

Ahh gotcha. Ok rather than keep bugging you in a PM I will open my ignorance to the fora.

What kind of effect will the oil cooler have? Will it simply keep the engine cooler during use?

 

[wildweasel_pt]

Yes it does. More oil heats less and passing by the cooler improves the "coolness" :biglaugh:

I have an override fan switch and i never need to use it... And on the other bike that doesn't happen...

 

[PDWeyand]

I see lots of time and money there. Looks like it paid off too. Nice rides

 

[wildweasel_pt]

Well started assembling it again... Here's a couple pics.

 

[wildweasel_pt]

New pics from my bling... Slowly but moving...

 

[06VMAXIMUS]

And that's all polishing....no chrome? Looks killer! Somebody's got sore fingers after polishing all that stuff to a mirror finish!