Hey guys, new to the forum,
Just thought I'd share the work I've been doing on my 550k. It's been a 3 year process so far. Mainly because I fell off the wagon, but now I'm back on and have got some big things out of the way and it's starting to come along!
Just finished painting it two nights ago. The main time consuming part was probably rebuilding the engine and fabbing up a custom tail section.
Let me know what you guys think. Hopefully progress should move swiftly now, but I still have a lot of plating I want to do before I start bolting things up
Here she sat before gettin tore into.
Now partway through
Fabbed up a new tailsection
rebuilt the motor, painted and polished some bits,
I beadblasted the frame, and tank, then primed and painted it all. First time doing some stripes... Turned out okay but not 100% pleased with the results. Just happy I was able to do it all myself instead of farming it out.
Close up of the metallic on the frame
Custom tail section lookin good
My Spray booth got a little foggy after finishing the clear
So I think I'm finally over 50% complete. I have some goodies ready to fit, like some nice Tarozzi rear sets that I had to custom fit to my frame since they don't make a specific set for the 77 CB550, I can elaborate a little more in a bit.
Ciao for now
Kyle
Just thought I'd share the work I've been doing on my 550k. It's been a 3 year process so far. Mainly because I fell off the wagon, but now I'm back on and have got some big things out of the way and it's starting to come along!
Just finished painting it two nights ago. The main time consuming part was probably rebuilding the engine and fabbing up a custom tail section.
Let me know what you guys think. Hopefully progress should move swiftly now, but I still have a lot of plating I want to do before I start bolting things up
Here she sat before gettin tore into.
Now partway through
Fabbed up a new tailsection
rebuilt the motor, painted and polished some bits,
I beadblasted the frame, and tank, then primed and painted it all. First time doing some stripes... Turned out okay but not 100% pleased with the results. Just happy I was able to do it all myself instead of farming it out.
Close up of the metallic on the frame
Custom tail section lookin good
My Spray booth got a little foggy after finishing the clear
So I think I'm finally over 50% complete. I have some goodies ready to fit, like some nice Tarozzi rear sets that I had to custom fit to my frame since they don't make a specific set for the 77 CB550, I can elaborate a little more in a bit.
Ciao for now
Kyle