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Title: JUST FOR LOOKS OR IS THERE A REASON? Post by: SwampMonster on August 04, 2011, 06:26:18 PM I am at the point of doing some paint work on my motor case. As I started prepping couldn't help but to wonder if there is a reason beside ascetics that the cylinder is painted black on my M900? (heat dissipation, avoiding the Apocalypse or maybe that's what keeps the sky blue) Just had to ask. Thanks
Title: Re: JUST FOR LOOKS OR IS THERE A REASON? Post by: ducatiz on August 04, 2011, 06:36:13 PM (http://westerlund10.wikis.birmingham.k12.mi.us/file/view/galta-sadhu.jpg/194539910/galta-sadhu.jpg)
Title: Re: JUST FOR LOOKS OR IS THERE A REASON? Post by: zarn02 on August 04, 2011, 07:09:59 PM ↑ [laugh]
That gentleman in the picture, an ascetic, determined that black was the color which helped minimize your desires. Also, he believed it gave the motor greater aesthetic value. (So, for an actual answer to your question, it's black because somebody liked how it looked. The cylinder heads on my '00 900 were the same gray as everything else.) Title: Re: JUST FOR LOOKS OR IS THERE A REASON? Post by: truckinduc on August 09, 2011, 04:10:12 AM paint helps the cast iron cylinder not turn brown. You can paint it silver if you wish.
Title: Re: JUST FOR LOOKS OR IS THERE A REASON? Post by: ducatiz on August 09, 2011, 04:11:22 AM paint helps the cast iron cylinder not turn brown. You can paint it silver if you wish. cast....iron??? I thought this was a Ducati thread....? Title: Re: JUST FOR LOOKS OR IS THERE A REASON? Post by: junior varsity on August 12, 2011, 02:26:32 PM cast....iron??? I thought this was a Ducati thread....? hahahahaha +1 these betches be aluminIum! Title: Re: JUST FOR LOOKS OR IS THERE A REASON? Post by: He Man on August 12, 2011, 03:51:37 PM not mine. i have cast iron frame. its really pregnant dogin.
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