Honda Cb550 Cafe Racer Short

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Honda cb550 cafe racer short. An average looking mid 70’s bike, andre was able to see past the duct tape on the seat, and the almost novelty oversized factory indicators, to see a bike that could one day grace an article on pipeburn. The café racer look is forever associated with 1960’s london. Six appeal – honda cbx1000 cafe racer. Café racers (or better “rockers”) wore black studded jackets with drainpipe dark blue jeans and heavy boots.

May be suitable for other models with 40mm on center mounting holes. This honda cafe racer was built in a nyc apartment i’ve always thought the cb550 is a better deal than its bigger and more famous brother, the cb750. Below exhausts you will find a big collection of honda mac exhaust, such as for the honda cb 350, cb 360, cb 500, cb 650, cb 750, cb 900, cb 1100 cbx 1000.we also have for the honda gl, vt, vf several motorcycle parts.order all your honda specific parts online, such as gasket sets, complete wiring harnesses, ignition coils, brake switches, starter engine revision kits and carburetor revision kits. The honda cbx1000 was the companies flagship model when it was released in 1978.

Controls have been minimized and the ignition relocated. This highly polished shorty front fender gives a retro cafe racer look and offers significant weight savings over the stock fender. A lovely cb550 café racer belonging to victor sultana of grand rapids in michigan. Build was finished fall of 2019 and only ridden for a short 2020 season.

An entirely unique cafe racer built from a 1971 honda cb350.the most defining feature is the custom hardtail fabrication work and the solo saddle that hovers just above the rear tire. Duckbill seat universal seat base that has pocket in back for battery. See more ideas about cafe racer, racer, cb550. It needs new clutch pads and has a short in the starter switch.

1977 honda cb 550, this cb550 has new seals, rebuild carb, new rear tire, cleaned drive, new oil filter, valves have been turned for seating with new valve springs, air pods (filter box removed). The honda cb series of motorcycles are perhaps the world's most popular cafe racer platform. 1973 honda cl450 cafe racer new custom tank black new fuel lines, petcock and gas cap 7/8″ cafe. See more ideas about cafe racer, racer, cb550.

8,594 likes · 26 talking about this. It’s one of those bikes that’s just “right”, and it put a smile on my dial as soon as i saw it. Our goal is to build a community of honda enthusiast that. Lots of people have already “cafe racer’d” them so there's plenty of examples, resources, parts etc.

The cb series bikes were designed mainly for commuting and cruising, though many have serious sporting potential or racing Cafe racer kits and cafe racer spare parts. Say hello (and goodbye) to the ‘mellow supershot’ 1976 honda cb550 four cafe racer. With a whopping 6 cylinders and 105 bhp, it was a beast of a bike.

The tank had been lined but it needs to be completely cleaned. In the world of social media, instagram, pinterest etc you're not short of visual inspiration. Andre looked for a base for a café racer project, and found it in a honda cb550/4 in ontario, 7 hours drive from where andre lives. Serving honda café racer enthusiast with tutorials, reference pages and a community.

“we are opening a new shop in the coming weeks. I’m starting ourâ top 10 honda cafe racer list with a model that doesn’t often pop up in the custom scene. Our opening small talk with flo, mellow’s ceo, uncovered some unexpectedly cool news. The honda cb550 was introduced in 1974 and remained in production for five short years until 1978.

The cb550 was in some respects a “bug fix” model descended from its predecessor the cb500 and made to not only improve on power but to remedy the technical faults that had dogged the cb500. When i started my honda cb550 cafe racer build i didn't think the rear wheel rebuild would have such an elaborate post but, like most things on this project, it was far tougher than expected! I decided on a honda cb550 as i don't want a big bike and power isn't really important to me.