1980 WR 390 Rescue...

$weet!

Yeh... I'll now have more in the shocks than I spent for the initial purchase of the bike.

Not abnormal for some of these bikes we save.

I could of drank the money and pistt'd it away or went to the casino..?

Well the last Ohlins I bought two years ago for my BMW was just North of $900 for ONE shock so you gotta put things into perspective.

Yup! Drew does great work. Those Ohlins will be better than the other old suspension options out there.

A little bling for the engine...

That looks really nice. What paint did you use on the engine?

PJ1 Satin Black Case Paint...

5oo f, ever tried it on exhaust? I do like it. Think ill order me some up for my case.

For the exhaust, I am going to use Rustoleum 2000 degree primer and paint
I have used this on gas fireplaces that the paint peeled around the frame for the glass, I used the 1200-1500 degree and it also peeled the 2000 degree paint used with the primer stays on.

https://www.rustoleum.com/product-catalog/consumer-brands/auto/primers/high-heat-primer

I am using the Ultra High Heat Semi-Gloss for the finish... I think the Semi-Gloss is closer to the factory finish than the flat.

https://www.rustoleum.com/product-catalog/consumer-brands/specialty/high-heat-ultra/

Semi or satin..... Not flat

Update... Shocks are en route to Drew... I discovered "something" floating around inside my pipe during the stripping process. I assume it is the dreaded inner liner or parts of it that have come loose. Waiting for my buddy to call me back... he is not only my welder but has a bore scope so we can look inside before cutting the pipe open to repair it.
Best case scenario is we can pull the loose parts out through the inlet... worst case we filet the pipe, retrieve the loose liner and weld it back up.

I wish mine would blow out! My 79 is so quiet I can't stand it, it almost sounds like a 4 stroke at times . It just don't have that high pitch ting ting sound its more of a low muffled good neighbor sound.

Well... my curiosity got the best of me today and I decided to forgo the borescope inspection and did exploratory surgery.
Fileted the pipe in the least conspicuous place (best I could figure) and started extracting the loose inner liner pieces. I still have one piece that is hanging on by a thread that needs to be removed but the loose pieces are out.





The two large pieces were just floating around in the pipe... The two smaller ones I broke off as they were just hanging in there. One more piece and it's ready to weld back up.

Wow, I wouldn't want that bouncing around in any of my pipes...possibly could of caused some damage. Nice job

Looks like it maybe part of the double skinned front section if it's a genuine WR pipe ?

Seems that it is not just the front section that is internally skinned. The skinning runs in the entire "Cone" section of the pipe. (Or it did)

Interesting find, Ive been curious to see what and how these pipes were made . I know it sure makes them quiet.