Well, do you think you can get the quality of powder coat as good as the thunderbird 500? That is at a whole new lever compared to the one we can get done.
Well, it would make a difference if a pan was covered by a paper or two if it isn't stuck to the pan well. A slight air pocket formed ( if ever ) will pocket heat in it. Your bike, your wish. My suggestion is what I would have done if I was in your shoes.



Well, wasn't it a tough job.? And you have to agree that you can't sand down the engine between the fins properly and that is the place where the powder coat tends to form a thicker layer than the ends of the fins. Won't plating be much better any day.?

You could use a thick quilt or a thin pashmeena blanket, it is almost the same. It isn't the thickness of the blanket that matters but how well the blanket or bedsheet traps the air between you and the blanket.
To know whether the engine overheats or not, touching it from the outside won't make you feel the difference. You should rip your bike, then park it and after say 15 mins, remove the spark plug and check to see. Touching a person over a blanket to see if they are running a fever doesn't make sense.

It may not make too much of a difference but I am a person who things in every fine detail before doing anything. And even a small negative quality is undesirable for me. It's your bike, your wish. :thumbup:

If you insist so much on a powder coat, atleast don't go in for black..

Thanks to bbsrailfan , aeroblade and adityajohanan for their insightful replies .
The bike in question is a 1986 air cooled engine . Its in quite a messy state now , and as you can see from the pic it was painted when it came from the factory . I will be going for silver paint .

Now that is a badass bike !!!!

Well it was not an easy job I'll admit but In the end it was totally worth it. Here is a picture to prove it

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The engine was coated by a friend, as for the rest is my handiwork. The bike was over 3 years old when this pic was taken.

But I'm guessing for his enticer it would be a much tougher job since its 27 years old :| We cannot make out the surface conditions from the picture properly.

As for second part of your post, my cousin who lives in Bangalore makes lots of trips home (over 800 kms) at least once every month and he would keep the bike going at 110-120 (which is the limit) all though out except for couple of breaks for himself. The bike works just fine with out any problem. I do not understand what checking the spark plugs would do though :\





Thanks and good luck mate

But I'm guessing for his enticer it would be a much tougher job since its 27 years old :| We cannot make out the surface conditions from the picture properly.

Thanks and good luck mate

Thanks to bbsrailfan , aeroblade and adityajohanan for their insightful replies .
The bike in question is a 1986 air cooled engine . Its in quite a messy state now , and as you can see from the pic it was painted when it came from the factory . I will be going for silver paint .

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Could sand / media blasting be used to remove the old paint ? I'm asking this as there seems to be some surface rust on some of the fins .

Where on earth did we get a 27 year old Enticer from?????

Jokes apart, the RTZ's fins are actually bigger than any 4-stroke bike's - so that would need additional effort I guess. Goodluck mates, ProjectRTZ (for your RTZ)and Kent (for your Enticer). Do update pics once the project is done!