10-09-2020, 06:41 AM
shahyaan, welcome to the forum. Back in 2013-14 when the CB1100 first went to the UK, there was an UK-based CB1100 forum. It died from lack of interest, although I think that was a lack of interest in the forum rather than the CB1100.
Anyway, there were many reports on that forum of what members called 'fin rot' which seemed to be more of a problem in the UK than the US. Maybe it was because the early bikes had the paler coloured engine of N4RN's bike. We have that colour in Australia and my bike has many a chip on the engine; mostly, I suspect, because I ride it more than I maintain it and flying rocks and debris will have their way.
Search is your friend on this forum. Somewhere there is a post by Pterodactyl on restoring a scratched engine part. I thought it was [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2802] this thread , but alas it was not. I can't find it, but you could search. As I recall, he painted the part with a high-temperature resistant paint and baked it in the oven for a while to cure it.
Anyway, there were many reports on that forum of what members called 'fin rot' which seemed to be more of a problem in the UK than the US. Maybe it was because the early bikes had the paler coloured engine of N4RN's bike. We have that colour in Australia and my bike has many a chip on the engine; mostly, I suspect, because I ride it more than I maintain it and flying rocks and debris will have their way.
Search is your friend on this forum. Somewhere there is a post by Pterodactyl on restoring a scratched engine part. I thought it was [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2802] this thread , but alas it was not. I can't find it, but you could search. As I recall, he painted the part with a high-temperature resistant paint and baked it in the oven for a while to cure it.