engine heat

[gimpy limp]

what temperature do bike engines generally reach? Can you spray the block with normal 2pack bodywork paint? I know car rocker covers you can but the actual block you can't. Do they get as hot as car engines? (i've already got the paint save me having to buy more paint if I can use it)
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[dainesefreak]

Mine doesn't I use cold fusion.

[gimpy limp]

much difference in heat between air cooled and water cooled?
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[killa]

I had an air cooled AR50 bored to an 80 with CDI ignition thing. It rev’d to around 12 grand, and it did 65mph and after a short trip to town you could feel the heat coming off it.
You could easily cook an egg on it

The temp gauge didnt work but i'd say over 90 degrees or something.
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[Bendy]

Hot enough to heat the frame up so it burns your legs. Ow.

[gimpy limp]

shame, that'll be too hot then hammerite time I think
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[dainesefreak]

[Claud 14.7 to 1]

[gimpy limp]

people use hammerite on car engine blocks all the time, not sure what gets the hotter bike or car engines, water boils at about 70/80 iirc so car engines (and in theory watercooled bike engines should be the same) should be around the same as that.

in theory
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[EuropeanNC30R...]

You want to see the rhs NC30 frame when it gets hot. If you dropped the bike on it's side I'm sure you could fry an egg on it.

[Kickstart]

[Claud 14.7 to 1]

OK use Hammerite then, I don't mind it's not my engine.

Before you do though, be sure to read the side, where you'll find it says do not use for high temperature applications.

[mchaggis]

Barbecue high temperature black. It works on exhausts, so there's no reason to suggest it shouldn't work on the engine. That's not to say that if it's an air cooled engine it won't overheat though.
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[Davo]

Had the temperature guage on the R6 hit 104 degrees today, just whilst filtering through heavy traffic, soon dropped off when I got on to the dual carriage way.

[hustler]

Reading the manual for my GSXR it says:

"When the coolant temperature is higher than 120 degrees C the display flickers and the indicator light (6) comes on. Futher if the temperature exceeds 140 degrees C the displays "HI" and the indicator light at (6) remains on."

I'd say that was hot.
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[gimpy limp]

[Claud 14.7 to 1]

You specified Hammerite paint, this won't work.

Hammerite Products Ltd. do do a High temperature version, so I suggest you look out for and use that.

Just so you don't choose the wrong one and mess up your engine. Good luck.