My 81 gl1100 engine paint project

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My 81 gl1100 engine paint project

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I've owned my wing since day one. I take great care of it and recently afte 27+ yrs. and 110+k miles on it I finally yanked the carbs and rebuilt them. While they are out I wanted to clean and paint the top of the motor. I saw an earlier post about using duplicolor cast aluminium high temp paint which I did and it matched the OEM engine color perfect. I also hit it with some duplicolor high temp clear and it came out great. Here are some befores and afters. See what you think?
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Very Nice!!
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Thanks. I spent about 5hrs on it yesterday. Going to tackel the front engine cover next. It has seen at lot of road and needs a good freshing. Going to pull the heads and paint them as well and re-do the head gaskets. The comperession is running around a 145psi on all 4 so i'm leave the heads alone.
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Looking good ........ do you have a "before" picture of the whole bike ??
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My 81 wing

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I put on 83 wheels in 1991
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Oh yeah ....... nice looking rig you got there. Those wheels look sharp on there. Is that an '83 fork as well ??
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Nice paint job! I think I'll do the same. Very good job...
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Yes they are 83 forks,83 calipers as well. On the rear I had to swap the swingarm as well to fit the bigger tires. Everthing fit perfect. I didn't go with the the intigrated braking system the 83 had , just left the stock 81 brakes. Everthing works good as far as mph to rpm, still 4grand @60 mph like stock. Handles 100% better with the bigger tires and they ride the road better too! And the looks of the 83 one piece mags vs the comstar is no comparision.
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I preped the skins ,primed and taped and a friend who owns a bodyshop
shot it for me for $350. The color is black with blue pearl metel flake. In the shade you bet your life it was black ,but in the sun, the slight hint of
metal flake sets it off.
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