The stock paint on the engine is powder coat......if you want to strip it you need to use the aircraft stripper.  You can eventually get the paint off - but it will be a tough fight.

The existing paint will be a good primer, provided you scuff is up and get all the dirt and grease off.

The wrinkle paint will be very tough to maintain and keep clean.  You are much better off with a satin or semi-gloss paint.  It should be a heat resistant paint like engine enamel or caliper paint.  I am not sure how durable those paints are when compared to the stock "very tough" powder coat.

You might want to see if Harley Davidson makes a wrinkle coat paint for engine cases.  It would most likely be more durable than something you get at a hardware store.

Yeah, don't use it on your head. Be looking like a shar-pei.

Nah, you can get engine paint in lotsa colors.

Boogie_with_Stu wrote on 08/08/15 at 20:13:36:


So how resistant to oil/gas/chipping is BBQ paint?

Some of the paint they use on show bikes look great.....as long as they stay in the show.  Get them out on the highway and put some miles on them, get caught in some rain, ride through some gravel......and before long the "wrong" paint will begin to look pretty raggedy.

The original powder coat on the engine is pretty tough....most stuff out of a spray can won't be nearly as durable.

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 08/09/15 at 09:06:35:


Not too much.....The paint isn't that great of an insulator and transfers the heat pretty efficiently.