Honda Cb550 Cafe Racer Bike Build

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Honda cb550 cafe racer bike build. Clean, tight, with components that help the bike handle, accelerate, and brake better than it ever did stock. We get quite a few emails from readers asking why we focus so much on pro customs, and not backyard builds from talented amateurs. The bikes are reliable, have great proportions, are easy to work on, have a massive after market and are pretty easy to find since honda produced tons of them. 1975 honda cb550 cafe racer custom build usd1,500 (auction) free bike insurance calculator free bike shipping cost calculator click here for more photos & details (message to seller or buy/bid) disclaimer:

May 04, 2010, 07:02:19 pm » i have always wanted a cafe racer, and had thought (in the day) my buddy's 550/4 was a great bike. This auction/buynow is held by our partner ebay. Blake and i both rode her cb550 cafe racer and agreed it was one of the smoothest riding and sounding vintage bikes we’d ever encountered. The federal moto boys share grant’s liking of classic lines and simple vintage accents, and a deal was done.

The honda cb is from day one a very popular bike for cafe racer builders. I'm sorry that i don't have much to tell about this honda cb550 cafe racer yet, only that it's build by our friends of nct motorcycles and that it got a lot of views, likes and comments on our social media channels. In the spring of 2014, i decided to start looking for a candidate for my build and settled on a 1974 honda cb550 that i had found on craigslist. The build was taken completely apart and built from the ground up.

1977 cb550 cafe racer, father/son build we’re excited to bring you this stunning cb550 cafe racer built by linden spencer of doncaster, uk. 1976 honda cb550 café racer. Honda cb550 cafe racer by nct motorcycles. With some cash burning a hole in my pocket and since i was in “training” still at work.

See more ideas about cb550, cafe racer, racer. I checked out the federal site and fell in love with the couch surfer as well.”. Donor bikes have become more expensive in recent years, but there is a large aftermarket to help the garage or shed build Five months later, fade to black was ready to ride.

July 23, 2016 mikael builds, flips, motorcycles. In the mid 70’s many manufacturers were still experimenting with their public offerings, including honda who already had the smaller cb’s (350. Owner kevin wanted a honda cb cafe racer and after owning the smaller cb350 twin he knew something a little larger from the same family tree was going to be right in the sweet spot for this project. See more ideas about honda cb, cafe racer build, racer.

See more ideas about cb550, cafe racer, honda cb. Until he was 28, chris swore that he’d never ride a motorcycle: This has been our show bike showcasing the kind of work we can do at our shop. The replica yoshimura race exhaust had a sound we absolutely fell in love with.

It was february of 2009. I didn’t necessarily love every bike in that collection, but. The honda cb550 is perhaps the perfect cafe racer candidate. Restoring, rebuilding, fabricating, spraying and bolting on shiny new stuff!

My honda cb550 k0 cafe racer / brat style build blog. Every nut, screw, washer, and bolt have been chrome plated. I paid $250 for the bike so as you can imagine the condition it was in. “one of the shops suggested i visit bike exif, and the bike at top of the homepage at that time was federal moto’s ace.what a fantastic build!

Honda cb550 cafe racer by meyerbuilt metalworks cliff meyer is a pediatric icu nurse during the day and builds motorcycles during his spare time. Inspired by watching motorcycle reality shows, cliff taught himself how to weld and fabricate metal. Selling our 1978 honda cb550 “grey ghost”. If there’s a style of bike resistant to trends, it’s the classic honda cb café racer.if you keep it simple, avoid the checkered stripes and the temptation to chrome everything, you can’t go wrong.