Rookie Yamaha R5 engine rebuild
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VonYinzer
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You can't use the stock pegs as rearsets. You'll need to buy/fabricate a set or adapt a set from a modern bike. Yamaha FZR rearsets are really easy to make work and can usually be had pretty cheap. There are a ton of threads on here that go into detail on how to do it, no matter what route you choose.
VonYinzer
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Yes, that paint Will work. Check the can for specific directions as far as priming. One thing you need to remember though, is that you need to clean the parts you plan on painting VERY well. That aluminium is porous and has been covered in road grime, oil, gasoline and who knows what else for decades. Youll need a heavy duty degreaser at minimum. Some guys use oven cleaner, but unless you have a spare oven behind the garage to bake the parts in that's a no go.
VonYinzer
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Sorry... Poor word choice. I mean IN the metal. Aluminum is porous, meaning that it absorbs oils and dirt. You can media blast the exterior layers of crap off, but there is still all that nastiness inside the metal itself. If you lay paint over it, eventually the oil and dirt will force the paint to peel and flake off.
