My First Build Ever, 81 XS650, Lets see how this goes...

View attachment 112771 So believe it or not after over five years of sitting in boxes I’m actually working on this project again. After a new house, career change and getting married hopefully I can actually get this done. Hitting it pretty hard lately and feeling optimistic.
Hi Nick and welcome back,
new house, new career, new wife and it looks like good ol' Obie is still waiting for the bike to get built, eh?
 
We will see if I can get it done this time, got more clean up done this weekend and parts delivered from mikesXS. Ordered up my stuff I need to powder coat the motor, should be picking up a free oven this week.
Just a few shots of cleaning up the cases and gasket surfaces with a dish wash at the end.
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Before on right and after cleaning on left
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Here's another caution about using soap....


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This is straight out of the Lycoming aircraft engines overhaul manual. They've been building aluminum case, air cooled engines for about a gazillion years. I (and the FAA) tend to take their cautions seriously. Oil is an excellent lubricant. Oil/soap foam..... not so much.
I would strongly suggest you do a couple more hot water wash cycles... without the soap. That or steam clean the parts...
 
Got some more powder coating done this weekend, gloss black is lookin sweet. Filled in some gouges with quiksteel and sanded them down we will see how the powder likes it when I get to it. Also sanded out some very deep scratches on some covers that turned out decent
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