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Offline Lostboy Steve

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My Project 200 dollar storage find.
« on: July 06, 2011, 08:14:25 AM »
1977 cb550k 7000 original miles.


Check out those jet hot coated pipes. They came out a lot better than i thought.
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Re: My Project 200 dollar storage find.
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2011, 08:40:31 AM »
They look pretty good.  I'm not familiar with the "Jet Coat" procedure, can you explain?
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Re: My Project 200 dollar storage find.
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2011, 08:51:55 AM »
That's just what they call it. Its a high temp coating along the lines of powder coating. There are a huge selection of colors.

From Cerakote:
    Excellent corrosion protection
    Increased hardness over conventional finishes
    Excellent color stability
    Maximum adhesion
    Scratch resistant
    VOC exempt in all 50 states
    Smooth, consistent finish
    Wide range of colored and metallic finishes
    High temperature clears also available
    Made in the USA

I've had it done to my yz250f pipe and its held up really well through the woods and dirt.
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Re: My Project 200 dollar storage find.
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2011, 08:54:54 AM »

The day i brought it home.... about 2 weeks ago. Been sitting in a storage facility since April 1991.
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Re: My Project 200 dollar storage find.
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2011, 08:59:14 AM »
My only regret so far is not taking before pictures of the inside of the tank and carbs. A lot of acid and lacquer thinner were used. Also, not having a good camera other than my iphone and gopro.
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Re: My Project 200 dollar storage find.
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2011, 09:35:07 AM »
$200 after sitting for 20 years, about the right combo. ;D
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Re: My Project 200 dollar storage find.
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2011, 10:07:04 AM »
I've wanted one of these since I was 11. So its about time.
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Re: My Project 200 dollar storage find.
« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2011, 10:36:06 AM »
Thanks for the info on Cerakote
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Re: My Project 200 dollar storage find.
« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2011, 05:42:17 AM »
I cleaned the fork tubes and polished the rods up to get rid of a few little tiny marks that could cause seal leakage.  Against my better judgement, I'm painting the tubes with epoxy hard black enamel from pj1. This stuff dries very hard and actually looks good. It also fills minor blemishes. I may put a more modern front end on later and my powder-coater is taking forever so I didn't feel like waiting 3 more weeks for my stuff by adding things to his to do list.


 I'm also chopping the fender. I was going to not use one at all, but if i feel like getting sprayed in the back with dirt and rocks I'll just take my Buell out for a spin.

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Re: My Project 200 dollar storage find.
« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2011, 05:45:11 AM »
The seam will be directly under the grab bar. This should provide me about 5 inches of usable fender. Also a good spot to mount a taillight using the factory holes.
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