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Offline stuartni

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bike almost finished for mot tomorrow




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fantastic looking bike!!! 8)

Offline JamesH

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Wow. Superb job you've done there. You should be very proud.

Offline LesterPiglet

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If you have the time you could take it to the Elim Custom Show tomorrow.
It would be a nice debut. :)

http://www.bangorelimshow.com/
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Offline stuartni

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thanks for all the great comments really happy with how its turned out this is the first bike ive ever built so really happy with it

yes would of loved to take it to the show but mot is at 3pm then need to tax it and get insurance

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Wow!

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Just beautiful.

I keep going back and forth on black vs silver cylinders on mine. Since my headers will be black I am thinking that black is the way to go.
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Very pretty indeed, well done ! Be prepared to get splashed on a rainy day with that wee mudguard !

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nice job! how do you like the pipes? i have the same for my build 75 cb550
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Offline stuartni

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i know vfourfreak but hoping it will never see any rain  8)

sf i love the pipes this is the exhaust i always wanted for looks performance and sound will upload another video of my ride out on it before mot

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Very nice.  :)
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Very pretty, I like it and the seat is very nice as well. I hope it is comfortable. It is thicker than some guys make them, which I like, and it has the potential to be comfortable for more than 20 minutes...

Is she ready for BOTM nomination?

Have you rejetted/tuned the carbs for the pods and exhaust? Tweakin and a few others (Tighe, forget his UID) have similar setup but on 750s. Can't recall someone with a 550 and the Yoshi pipe and pods with std PD carbs. Greggo maybe?

That paint scheme would look good in silver and blue.  Paulage has a red and white scheme that is killer but, he has a Ducati vintage repro fairing on his bike.
Great work! You will have long stops for gas because everyone will be asking questions about your bike.
I hope the pipes stay looking that way and not dull, really adds to the look. Does bwaller, Brent, run those pipes on his race bike? Motogp made those, right?

Funny that you said would look good in blue and silver because I was gonna ask if I can borrow the scheme for my blue and silver.

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Absolutely amazing!
Do you have any Audio/video clips of what the pipe sounds like? For my tastes, you have built the perfect CB! Congratulations on a job well done.
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I can honestly say this is one of the most impressive looking bikes I have seen. You are one of great vision! I can only hope mines looks even half as good when I'm done.

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excellent work.   gorgeous.

Offline stuartni

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thanks for the great comments really proud of the bike  8)

http://youtu.be/fX5ojvPGmW0

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theres a link to the bike running on the new exhaust will upload new videos when home as im on holdays at the moment  ;D

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theres a link to the bike running on the new exhaust will upload new videos when home as im on holdays at the moment  ;D

Honda cb550 cafe racer Yoshimura exhaust project
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Thanks for the link. Sounds great!
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THAT SOUNDS AWSOME! I like those pipes
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I'm dying to know how much of a remortgage he got to buy the Yoshi.
'Then' and 'than' are completely different words and have completely different meanings. Same with 'of' and 'have'. Set and sit. There, their and they're. Draw and drawer. Could care less/couldn't care less. Bought/brought FFS.


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Offline stuartni

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they where $705 i bought the last one they had in stock for the next 3 months best thing i ever bought ;D

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just a few photos i currently have will get better ones asap





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Re: Northern ireland cb550 cafe build bike finished
« Reply #98 on: June 07, 2013, 06:32:13 AM »
I nominate it for BOTM!!!!
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Offline stuartni

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Re: Northern ireland cb550 cafe build bike finished
« Reply #99 on: June 07, 2013, 07:06:37 AM »
I nominate it for BOTM!!!!

yes seen that thanks very much tews17  ;D