Stripping black finish off of 2017 engine case and cylinders

[pekingduck]

Stripping the black paint off the engine is a tremendously painstaking and time consuming task. A proper job would mean taking the engine out of the frame, whether you do it chemically or by blasting. There are hundreds of little nooks and crannies, and then you have a bare surface that will corrode without coating it. I see a potential disaster.

Painting it silver would be the easier solution, but again, so hard to mask it off everywhere, it's much easier done out of the bike.