75 Honda Cb550 Cafe Racer

Bike was taken clear down to the frame and painted.

75 honda cb550 cafe racer. 1975 honda cb550 cafe racer for sale. And yes, it’s been done over and over and over again. Building a cafe racer with a honda engine is evolution of the species. Along with the work done to clean up and simplify the honda an impressive list of custom parts went in to creating what david of e3 motorcycles.

“this thing (“bowie” the honda cb125s) was an impulse buy and was in pretty bad shape the day i took. To be honest, it’s pretty hard to surprise the custom scene with a cb750 cafe racer. Fuel tank from an old cb500t, stripped back to bare metal ; I am in the process of building a bike in that style from a gs1100 arguably one of the strongest engines ever built.

We started with the frame, which went in the bin! February 11, 2009, 04:26:19 pm » wow i just realized how puny that rear disc makes the rears on modern bikes look. If it races between cafe’s then yes. Motohangar is specialized in customizing and restoring japanese classics.

Cb550 cafe racer cafe racer bikes cafe racer motorcycle cafe bike classic motorcycle motorcycle garage classic bikes honda motorcycles vintage motorcycles. '75 cb550 rebuild, working toward cafe racer. The machine in question often looks like. This custom ’75 honda cb125s owned by jesse sotelo in san jose is the product of such a sharing of knowledge.

Low milage at just over 4k miles. Cafe racer seat pan retro hump for honda cb 125 450 500 550 650 750 900 bmw r45 (fits: 75 honda goldwing cafe racer (yes, gold wing cafe bike)….early first year vin #697engine #787clear title in hand the pic below with the faring and bags is what it used to like and now has been converted to a full cafe racer. Beautiful bike with many new parts.

The honda cb550 is a motorcycle often overlooked in favour of its larger sibling, the cb750. Fresh steel blue metallic paint. In today's episode, we wrap up the cafe racer build (for now) by installing the rest of the parts. Yes, the honda cb750 is probably the most popular base bike for a cafe racer project.

Bike is in excellent condition, and starts every time. Some of the custom parts on the cb550 cafe racer include: Refers to as a low cost build. Martin hodgson published on december 9, 2016 tweet.

This thought came to mind when we had a very rusty water damaged 1975 cb400 delivered to us for a full restoration/custom build. Metal gas tank and fiberglass steat. The ‘18 is a textbook example of an exceptional cafe racer, thoughtfully designed and beautifully executed. Trends in the custom scene may come and go, but i promise you in twenty years time when you come across a picture of this bike it.

I don’t have the figures exactly how many pounds the honda cb550 has shed, but it looks like a damn lot. Kott’s beautiful ‘75 honda cb550 una cafe’ racer con chiarisimi richiami ad alcune moto degli anni 60/70 bellissima questa sella “bassa”, con un codino “corto”, non mi convince molto quella protezione cromata, troppo “invadente”. The speeds modern bikes can achieve means that bodywork makes them faster so is a turbo’ed hayabusa a cafe racer? Sadly it was too far gone so we sourced a replacement and got welding.

Yet another cool honda cb750 café racer by motohangar based on a ´75 cb. 1975 honda cb 550, full cafe racer conversion! The phrase “unfinished project, 95% complete” is one you often see when trawling the internet to find an old car or bike to buy. Kott’s beautiful ‘75 honda cb550 cafe.

See more ideas about cafe racer, honda cb, honda. This seems like a bit of a shame to me as there’s a lot to be said for the 550 and if the 750 had never been invented, its smaller relative would doubtless be an order of magnitude more famous. A father/son team who combined different skills and overlooked differing taste to create one hell of a tidy little cafe racer. The seat, gas tank, and 4 into 2 peashooter exhaust are all from benjiers cafe racer, one of the best cafe racer websites.