Hi guys,
since my bike is completely teared down for restoration I've came up with the idea of painting the engine BLACK (yeah baby!!!  )!
What do you thing about that? Do you have any recommendations? What should I take care of?
I am thinking about using fire resistant spray paint. Is this suitable?

Regards,
Andreas

Mne was Chevrolet red-orange for about 12 years (maybe 13 or 14). Repainted the center sections black a couple weeks ago, painted the side cases aluminum (with pearl high heat paint). Scraping the head/head cover fins clean on their edges.

I use 500*F paints. They don't smoke as badly when curing as the 350*F paints tend to. The fumes off heat cured enamels are pretty strong.

For the exhaust system, use BBQ grill or woodstove paint. Expect to recoat it a couple times, the finish tends to solvent pop when it is curing if the base wasn't perfectly clean and lightly sanded before painting.

When I start reassembling my antique Honda race bike turned street bike I'll likely be color matching the outer cases to the fork sliders and the tins. British Racing Green. The rest of the engine will be black or silver, likely black inner cases, head and head cover, with a silver cylinder bank ( old parallel twin sloper 250).

Look at older custom motorcycle magazines from the mid 70s to mid 80s for your engine color scheme. Or go here...http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=28778.0 currently 10 pages long, some of the photos are long gone but there are a few absolute stunners...

The pic below has about the right amount of paint to alloy showing. I have one very similar going in one of my rides... Not a bike engine, but a good reference anyway.

I'm doing this, but in dark green, with a headlight and a brake/tail light. The red one is a 305, mine is a 250 with 305 shocks, forks and carburetors, plus street type low pipes and mufflers from a late 60s or early 70s aftermarket source (most likely Rocky or Nempco).

Make it yours, ride it until it falls apart, and repeat.

Depends, do you want it to look correct, or to have painted gasket edges. Some parts were factory painted separately, others once the sub-assemblies were bolted into a unitized assembly. So, actually, either way is "correct", just depends on the parts involved.

Pulled the side cases off my engine, wrapped the carb with a bread bag and sprayed the entire lump as a unit. Even left the starter on. Mine is rider grade, show grade finishes you pull the peripherals off the engine.

Wish I could claim the red one as mine, just an example of how my 1963 Honda is getting built up. Mine is dark green and in a zillion pieces scattered all over the forge. And my front yard... Mine has low mount side pipes.

The one I attached the pic of in an actual competition bike.

I don't know, it's the size of the attachment . I'm techno-phobic.

Wish I knew who built that L6. I'd get them to help with the 230 Plymouth engine for my 49 Dodge truck.

I thought you meant the bike...  Forgot I added the L6 flattie pic.

Mmmmm,, 390,,  one of the best Fords I ever had had a 390..

I cant afford a TRiumph,,