Flying J CB550 Atomic #13 DONE! Vote at BOTM

[MBS]

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I can't wait to see how you polish up the engine stuff to match. Are you going to go with a base color for the cases? Good stance on your bike, the engine looks perfectly positioned. Those headers look to be in pretty good shape too.

 

[ffjmoore]

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the headers are in decent shape but im not going to use them. Not sure what im going to do for motor paint. Im thinking i might do it black. Atleast the jugs will be.

 

[ffjmoore]

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In the mail on its way across the pond.

 

[Tim]

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Nice! Is that coming from Germany?

 

[MBS]

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A perfect match for the tank! Whats the damage for that?

 

[ffjmoore]

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Its coming from wales. 240gbp or around 450us

 

[MBS]

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$450 Bucks?!? Wow, way too rich for my wallet. It is super nice though.

 

[ffjmoore]

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By no means is this a budget build. I have done a low budget build but this time i wanted to do it all out, so its taking me a little longer.

 

[MBS]

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You are doing a great job on this gem!

 

[OneWheelDrive]

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UPDATE!?

 

[ffjmoore]

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Update?...You got it.
Well i took my bike to LA to have exhaust built for it. Hopefully a nice 4-4 stainless set of pipes. So i dont have my bike to work on. The seat came in the mail but i cant doing anything with it until i have the frame back. I think i might start working on the engine since i cant do anything else. So im starting to collect parts for the motor.
I have a ported head and a hotter 650 cam. I just received a set of CB750 pistons modified to fit a 550 with a bigger cam. It will bring my bike up to about 592cc. Pistons were ceramic coated on top and the skirts were coated in teflon.

Sorry nothing to exciting, but as soon as the guy finishes my exhaust there were be pictures for sure.

 

[jeffreyhardy]

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fantastic build so far. can't wait to see the seat pan on the bike.

 

[scioncb450]

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I like!!! keep it up!

 

[ffjmoore]

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Here are a few pics i received from my pipe guy.

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[ariel.714 o/c]

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Those pipes look sweet who did the work?

 

[ffjmoore]

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Chris @ MotoGPwerks
he used to build carpys yosh replica exhaust and just made some nice 4-1 for cb550s
there are pictures on his page



http://www.motogpwerks.com/index.html

 

[Swagger]

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Those are some damn fine pipes mate!

 

[Ringo]

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Those look great! Can't wait to hear them!

 

[tdc57]

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Wow.. this is a really nice build you've got going here sir.. I'm looking forward to seeing how it all turns out..

 

[valvesprung]

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Ringo...the Gulf bike MUST get those pipes...