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XJ550 street fighter Project, "pic heavy"... Finally DONE!!!

Discussion in 'XJ Modifications' started by low-1-5-0, Dec 31, 2006.

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  1. low-1-5-0

    low-1-5-0 Member

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    Re: XJ550 street fighter Project, "pic heavy"... Finally DON

    THANKS everyone, a lot of time and thought (and mind changes :roll: ) went into it, now I got to find something else to do on those raining and winter days :roll: :lol:
     
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    Dude... seriously. You should be very proud of yourself. And just think. You'll never have to hear "oh yeah, I got one of those too"
     
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    Very very cool! great job
     
    invader_gir05, Aug 11, 2008
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    Re: XJ550 street fighter Project, "pic heavy"... Finally DON

    Time for the dumb question.
    Why doesn't rain water drain into the gas tank?
    It looks like the gas cap is sitting in a depression.
     
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    Re: XJ550 street fighter Project, "pic heavy"... Finally DON

    not really a dumb question, it's something I had to consider...

    the gas cap 'is' sitting in the depression, but is on enough of an angle not to enter the fill hole, plus the tank is a GSXR tank graphed on the stock maxim tank so theres a hollow between the two and theres a small drain hole by the bottom of the gas cap, any water build up just drains down between the the two tanks and out under the seat to the ground...
     
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    low-1-5-0 Member

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    Re: XJ550 street fighter Project, "pic heavy"... Finally DON

    just a couple of pics with the cage on...

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    low-1-5-0, Sep 1, 2008
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    Wow! The cage looks great with the rims!! Awesome looking bike, Dude!

    Dean
     
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    Re: XJ550 street fighter Project, "pic heavy"... Finally DON

    Man that is awesome. nice work. 8)
     
    artgostick, Sep 1, 2008
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    What the...?
    I thought I responded to this... Guess it got deleted??

    Anyway bro, awesome. Love the cage.
    The whole bike came out wicked.

    Hope I get a chance to see it on the road this season!
     
    Ease, Sep 1, 2008
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    do you have the r6 pipe on one side and nothing on the other?
     
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    Re: XJ550 street fighter Project, "pic heavy"... Finally DON

    yes, R6 pipe is on the right and I blocked off the end of the crossover on the left, my crossover is just a hollow box with 4 pipes in and 2 out so it was easy :D
     
    low-1-5-0, Sep 2, 2008
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    so you essentially made yourself a 4 into one system?
     
    matthawkinson, Sep 2, 2008
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    yeah, but should be better once I make a 4 into 1 collector to replace the crossover this winter coming
     
    low-1-5-0, Sep 2, 2008
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    do you have any videos? i would love to hear how it sounds i dont know what im going to do for exhaust yet. im thinkin that i might get some harley sportster pipes my buddy did that on his gl500 it sounds pretty mean

    and did you actually raise your tail end with shocks or did you just do the frame fabbing?
     
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    try and get a vid later today... as for raising the tail, I did both, made a new mount for the shock on the swingarm that gave a 1" lift and I fabbed up the rear frame
    the lower bolt is where the shock use to mount, upper holes is where it mounts now:
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    here you can see where I pie cut the frame, bent it up and welded it back together, then I welded on the new frame rails
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    low-1-5-0, Sep 2, 2008
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    thats awesome i wish i knew how to weld... but the good news is i have access to a welder at work so i should just start practicing on junk parts lol (i work at an auto shop)
     
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    that's all it should take, a few days fooling around trying to spell your name on a piece of metal with a welder and you'd be surprised what you can learn...
     
    low-1-5-0, Sep 2, 2008
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    do you paint with a gun or rattle can it? cause all of your paint looks awesome
     
    matthawkinson, Sep 2, 2008
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    copper was done with a can, the rest was done with a HVLP gun...
     
    low-1-5-0, Sep 2, 2008
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    even the rims?
     
    matthawkinson, Sep 2, 2008
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