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Snagged a set of FPPs

#1 Post by 75RD350rider » Tue Aug 22, 2017 1:10 am

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My Toomeys are in dire straights and in need of some dent removal and crack repair. I was lucky and found these very cheap. I am told that FPP and Toomey are very simiilar performance wise. These have some damage too but not as bad as mine. I bought them to use while I get my Toomeys fixed....They are scheduled to arrive tomorrow. Have anyone here ever run a set?
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#2 Post by Zedixe13 » Tue Aug 22, 2017 6:19 am

Yes and they are LOUD , I went back to the standard pipes after only 30 min. of riding .

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#3 Post by T.RexRacing » Tue Aug 22, 2017 8:33 am

Yeah I'd repack the cans before fitting. They are similar to the Toomeys in delivery and output.
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#4 Post by 75RD350rider » Tue Aug 22, 2017 9:54 am

Thanks for the info. My Toomeys were loud too until I repacked the cans like you said. Will do. Good old UPS sent notice just now that the delivery for today has been rescheduled. They are coming out of Delaware so they should be here in a day or two...
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#5 Post by 75RD350rider » Wed Sep 06, 2017 4:34 pm

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Had a cracked flang so we welded it.
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#6 Post by 75RD350rider » Wed Sep 06, 2017 4:35 pm

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The bike went down on the right side and the axle punched a hole in the can.
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#7 Post by 75RD350rider » Wed Sep 06, 2017 4:40 pm

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My dear friend Doug Bell who is 75 years young and tough as a pine knot made a patch and we couldn't get a bead to run to save us. He said dirty metal was the culprit even though I scrubbed the can inside and out in the parts washer so we tacked the patch at four corners and I headed home to JB weld the patch and seal the hole.
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#8 Post by 75RD350rider » Wed Sep 06, 2017 4:41 pm

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tacked
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#9 Post by 75RD350rider » Wed Sep 06, 2017 4:44 pm

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24 hours later no more hole. Not pretty but not noticeable when installed. Leak checked in a bucket of water with low pressure air. No leaks.
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#10 Post by 75RD350rider » Wed Sep 06, 2017 4:56 pm

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Installation was easy as the Toomey flanges are the same as FPP. I had to use the FPP spring as the perch is different...
I took the carbon fiber look tape and FPP remnants of the decals off. Then I sanded starting at 600 and worked my way to 2000 grit wet or dry tri-mi and then polished with red, then white rouge.
Initial riding impression ( only 10 miles round trip to town and back).
Maybe a bit less right off idle but quicker from 7000 to rev limiter at 10.5.
Need more seat time but farm work intervened. Not bad for $208 shipped and now I can fix my Toomeys at my leisure. The exhaust tone is quieter and deeper as well.
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#11 Post by Evans Ward » Wed Sep 06, 2017 8:19 pm

They look great Tim and that was a bargain you got them for. Eventually I will rebuild my RZ and put my original Toomeys on. I have two projects ahead of it scheduled for my lift.
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#12 Post by 75RD350rider » Wed Sep 06, 2017 9:24 pm

Thank you Brother Evans!!!
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#13 Post by 75RD350rider » Thu Sep 07, 2017 5:27 pm

I got my farm chores for today before work done early and was able to fit in a 30 mile ride.... Seat of the pants the FPPs do everything as good or better than the Toomeys except taking off from a dead stop. The FPPs require more revs to move off...
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#14 Post by 75RD350rider » Tue Sep 19, 2017 10:42 am

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A short romp with the FPPs...
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#15 Post by hondaror » Tue Sep 19, 2017 12:18 pm

Looks like they go good at upper rpm.
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