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Speedo007
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Sent the headers and slip-on to the paint shop for the ceramic coating. Was quite surprised to see how rusty the headers were near the engine. Probably something worth looking into once in a while. As my bike is only 1 year old, 20000km on it, always sleeps under a cover and I can't imagine how bad the headers would have been in 5 years at that rate. The ceramic coating will certainly help with the rust management...should receive the parts next week, can't wait to see it all installed on the bike.
FZER
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Oh my god that looks good. I know the guy who painted my radiator guard paints exhaust too. I might have to look into getting mine painted.
FZ1inNH
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I think I'm going to keep the forks gold for now, as if it's the only color on the bike I think it looks decent. If I find a great deal on a replacement fork I might go for it, but I think it's enough spending for now hehe
If you go with black forks, look for a set of 2002-2003 R1 forks. They will bolt up with the same fender and brakes and adjustable for preload, compression and rebound. They are a little shorter than the FZ8 forks but this will drop the front in make the bike turn in a lot quicker. This would be a quick swap.
The other option is the 2009 FZ1 forks which are also black and a direct replacement for your bike.
Speedo007
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Another option is to put gold elsewhere? Rearsets maybe? Regardless, it's going to look killer!
http://www.779cc.org/forum/fz8-mods/638-gold-accent-thread.html#post6210
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I wouldnt want the front to be any lower as ground clearance is already a concern in high speed curves. But yeah I have an eye open for the 09 FZ1 forks, but I'll wait to see the bike with black exhaust line before deciding if I hate the gold forks enough to swap them
I'm doing an fz1 fork swap and you'll be needing the 320mm fz1 rotors, front wheel from an fz1 or r1, and the fz1 axle. It's definitely not as easy as I thought it would be.
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With the forks and rotors I was at $300, then I found out that I needed a whole new wheel and that was another $200. I think I'll be happy with it though, but some mupo cartridges would only have $750.
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That's gonna look awesome. You really should get the forks done.
Panther
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Going for Yoshi R77 Carbon soon. Considered Akra but everyone seems to have this over in UK so I'd prefer to stand out from the crowd. For me the Yoshi looks better and sounds better and perhaps even provides a better torque curve. The Akra, however, has titanium internals which are obviously superior to Stainless Steel.
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Hoover
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Sharp. However, I'm not so sure I am going to like them on the bike. The contrast between flat black and gloss is not my thing. If the bike was a different color, I think I would prefer it. They did a really nice job though.
Speedo007
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It's satin black, so it should match the engine, frame, swingarm and all the rest. Only the tank tail and fenders are shiny, the rest is already all satin black...but we'll see once it's all assembled, but I'm pretty confident though that it will look better then the visible welding and brown spotting from before I had them ceramic coated
There was the option for matte black, but the matter the paint the lighter it becomes, and I wanted them to look black and not dark grey. So if some of you do decide to have this done, make sure to ask for satin black and not matte black. Matte black will make it look like BBQ paint and it isnt that dark. I put it side by side with the stock exhaust and finish is nearly identical, if something it's 5% shinier then the stock one.
There was the option for matte black, but the matter the paint the lighter it becomes, and I wanted them to look black and not dark grey. So if some of you do decide to have this done, make sure to ask for satin black and not matte black. Matte black will make it look like BBQ paint and it isnt that dark. I put it side by side with the stock exhaust and finish is nearly identical, if something it's 5% shinier then the stock one.
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