81 LH oil pan

[mack]

Anyone know if the oil pan was painted black originally?

[petejw]

ive got the 81 sports version,
similar to the midnite without the gold,
and the oil pan isnt painted, if thats any help.

[davidsymons53]

I just bought one on eBay. It is not painted.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310268977011&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

David

[cruiser]

Mine is all original. The oil pan is not, but the filter cover is painted black.

[Lamric]

Yamaha fitted that same part to all the XS11s, 2H7-13417-00-00, it's not painted.

[mack]

Good news

Thats good news for me. I thought the PO may have done some tinkering or hit something and needed to replace the pan. Finding several odd things as I'm stripping it down and this was one of them.

[MaximPhil]

Thats good news for me. I thought the PO may have done some tinkering or hit something and needed to replace the pan. Finding several odd things as I'm stripping it down and this was one of them.

Hi Mack,
had so much fun with the 79 you are doing an 81
Please keep track of all the subtle differences as there will be questions from others later.
Are you coming to the big city for the Toronto Motorcycle show in December?
it would be good to meet up again.
Phil

[mack]

Got the disease

Ya Phil, seems I got the XS bug restoring Hermes. Just seems such a shame to let one of these bikes sit and rot away because the PO hasn't the ability to bring them back to life. Just couldn't pass on this one. Not too far gone, just have fix some mistakes the PO made and get rid of the barn rust. Not sure what I'm going to do with the gold though. No one around here does gold plating.

[CatatonicBug]

Not sure what I'm going to do with the gold though. No one around here does gold plating.

Gold powder coating is actually more durable. Neither one is the "correct" color, but if you do all the parts, no one will notice unless they really know what to look for.

[mack]

Gold plating

Have you done it Bug?. What's involved with the prep for the powder coating. Bead blast all the pieces, sand smooth , then epoxy before paint?

[CatatonicBug]

Have you done it Bug?. What's involved with the prep for the powder coating. Bead blast all the pieces, sand smooth , then epoxy before paint?

I have not, but ex-member Bigfoot did. Didn't turn out too bad! The nice thing about powdercoating is that it fills in the rough spots, and actually does BETTER when the surface is not glossy smooth. The only issue is that the gold is translucent, so you do have to have the surface clean.

[crazy steve]

...Not sure what I'm going to do with the gold though. No one around here does gold plating.

Check locally for 'window tinting' services. Many of these guys offer a 'gold plating' process that applies a 'gold' finish on auto trim, don't see why this wouldn't work for you. You may have to have the parts re-chromed if the plating is damaged badly, but maybe not.

I don't think powdercoating will give the results you're looking for; I've tried some 'chrome' powdercoat and was less than impressed. The finish resembled a polished aluminum surface (with a milky clearcoat) more than anything, and shows scratches worse than 'regular' powdercoat, and much worse than paint. And unlike paint, it's nearly impossible to 'touch-up' or rub out defects in powdercoat.