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 Post subject: Elsinore engine paint
PostPosted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 7:47 pm 
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Has anyone found a close match for the brownish gray engine paint for the lower half of the engine? It appears to me that the case is that color and the cylinder and head are black. Is that correct?


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PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 6:57 am 
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What year? Elsinore's are red.


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PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:13 am 
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I have a 75 MT250. I thought the engine paint was the same for all the pre-1976 bikes.


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PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:32 am 
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Marbles Motors has the dark-brown MT engine paint - it's about 3/4 down the page:

http://www.marblesmotors.com/partsforsa ... erosol.htm

It looks pretty close from the photo. It's not hi-temp, but I've never seen temps above 260F on my air-cooled bikes' cylinders or heads, so I'm not sure that's really an issue as it would be with exhausts. He's also got two Honda silvers and the black frame paint. None of it's cheap.

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:57 am 
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That is pricey! Wonder if there is a duplicolor on the shelf at autozone that would be close.


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PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 6:48 pm 
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Can anyone tell me what color the 1973-74 CR250M engines were painted? And, was the entire engine the same color or were parts (ie. top end vs lower unit) of it different?


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PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 6:11 am 
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Good question Super Honda. On my bike, the cylinder and head appear to be black. However, I saw a photo online of a guy's MT125 that he said he's owned since new and the whole engine looked brown.

I was looking at Duplicolor's site and they have a Magnesium Brown wheel paint. I may give that a try and see if it is close enough.


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PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:10 am 
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The first year of MT 125 and MT250 (1974) had brown engines; bottom end, cylinder and head.
After complaints about ugliness Honda switched to black the next year.


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PostPosted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 5:43 am 
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Has anyone ever powder coated their engine cases, side covers and cylinder? Can it be done and is it a better alternative to traditional painting? Appreciate anyone's thoughts on that.


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PostPosted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:02 pm 
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SuperHonda wrote:
Has anyone ever powder coated their engine cases, side covers and cylinder? Can it be done and is it a better alternative to traditional painting? Appreciate anyone's thoughts on that.

I wonder if that would be advisable for the side covers, since they are magnesium? As for the cylinder, I would think the powder coat thickness would make it run hotter.


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PostPosted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:42 am 
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Rattle cans?

Duplicolor high heat black has a slightly brownish tint to it and a matte finish to boot. Cure it either for a day or two in a solar oven, for an hour on a hot plate over a 1/4" plate of steel, or a proper industrial oven. Otherwise it will get all soft and yucky at first running.


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PostPosted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 8:42 pm 
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I'm thinking the Rustoleum dark bronze this guy used on his bike might work: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=40404.0


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PostPosted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 6:07 pm 
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Found this thread on a search, updating it to see if there any new confirmed matches for that MT brown paint. Marble Motors price markup won't be paid by me, and I don't know why he says a clear coat is required. Were the MT parts cleared originally? Seems wrong to me.

Or has anyone found a powder coat match?


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