Lot of work to keep an alloy finish

POR-15 would be easiest and quickest. When it comes to bringing long neglected items back to life POR rocks and is very durable

Clean it, hit it with metal prep and paint it

They also make a product called Glisten for alloy finishes. I have never used it but hear it is an excellent product

Oh, and I'm a dick ????

Did'nt get a lot done today.A bit more paint removal and also took the exhaust system off.



I think there's potential here.Thanks G:thumbup:.





I'm going to clean up the garage tomorrow in prep for removing the motor.

Cheers
A2

Having several bikes you probably have a rear wheel stand. If so you can use that as a motor stand.
Maybe don`t use a hammer in front but something more stable


(found on the internet)

G.

McTool,

The pear cider was a disaster, tasted like vinegar, complete shite. However, only have 33 l of it (48 bottles worth). Will have another go this year, have come across someone who makes it regularly, so with some expert assistance we should be good.
Cheers,

Fraser.

Hi,

On the 600 single exhaust I can tell the diameter is smaller compared to the system we have.

Good luck fixing your bike!

Greets Joep

...And I can tell you that the stock header pipes on the Paso and Sport are smaller than for later model 900 motors and aftermarket. Although I haven't tried it, the headers from a 900 motor should work, but you may have to trim the back pipe going into the collector. The angle at the exhaust flange seems to be unchanged, but the added stroke moves the heads a bit farther apart.

The one 2 into 1 exhaust that was made for the Sport was the Gia-Ca-Moto. I have one on my bike. I think Conti made one also.

If you search the aftermarket pipe manufacturer's websites, you can see how interchangeable their pipes would be.

For routing, anything that fits later SS models should fit the Sport. This is not true with the Paso, as that swingarm configuration lead to a very unique header pipe. Of course the rear hanger attachment would need to be modified, but that's easy enough.

Well the whole project nearly came to an end on Wednesday when a certain jealous lady tried to kill me...yes I'm talking about you.


I went for a .....lets say "fastish" ride up my favourite winding mountain road which was good but coming back down the back end came around and it nearly ended in tears.Very close.Then to top it off I went inside this afternoon for a couple of minutes and when I came back out she was on her side throwing a tantrum.Italian women

Now back to the Sport.I dropped the motor today.It all went easy...too easy .The swingarm came out ok.






Everything seems ok.Disconnected a few bits and pieces and the motor came out without a problem.






I then put the engine on my pre-fabricated engine stand which is a bit different from the photo that G put up .









I spent a bit of time cleaning as much old paint off that I could.Unfortunately I've still got these stains on the alloy which I can only get rid of by using something like this.


That's ok for the parts that are easy to get at bit there's to many areas I can't reach with it so it looks like the bare alloy finish I wanted won't happen unless someone can come up with an idea.I've tried different cleaners but nothing seems to work.






This is the finish I can get with the above tool....


....but how to get into all the nooks and crannies.

Here's the engine number if it means anything to anyone.Does it tell what number off the line it is or anything?.


I'll spend another day on it tomorrow as I don't seem to have time to do much through the week.

Cheers
Andrew

P.S. feel free to add any comments or suggestions.I can only tell you to bugger off

ok, you asked for it. Go back out in the garage, look for a wire and tie that rear caliper to the frame - now. You may also replace that rag in the engines swingarm bushing with tape as the rag won`t really protect from dust.
Nice engine stand btw.
So what`s the story about the other bike, what happened ?

G.