went and got the new engine!
the donor heart waiting to get grafted in.


got then engine clean.

after i wore my fingers to the bone getting all the crevases in the engine with scotch bright and engine degreaser a bussy told me about easy off. i could have saved my fingers. it etches the aluminum some, but tha tis okay for me as i am going to paint it anyway, but it didnt eat the painted covers...

All foamy


Now it is all clean. i have all the holed blocked off and after i took the picture i finished masking the wires and plugs.



I got the whole thing primered and the gold parts done (except for the alternator cover which will be swapped from my bike due to the scratches) Now it will have dried for a whole day and i will mask off the gold and paint the rest black.



thought i would show a little honda pride... i think it makes the tank look a bit more "finished" the red pinstripe still has to go on.


and i got the engine painted for real. I am letting it dry all day and tomorrow morning. hoping to pull the old engine out tonight, and put the new one in tomorrow. the bike will also be getting a top to bottom cleaning while i have it all apart.

i love how the bike is lurking in the background...


and after struggling with the engine for about an hour i called my brother and he came and helped me get the engine in...
starting to button everything back up. new coolant, new oil new oil filter...



got everything mechanical together and hooked up. i swapped out the cam-chain tensioner, so when i starts up i hadn't adjusted it yet, and this is a cursory adjustment as it will get tweaked further when the bike has a chance to warm up.

this is the first time i tried to fire the bike up. and it is running on starting fluid and about 2 oz. of gas i put in the fuel line hence it wanting to die at the end of the video.