Honda Cb550 Cafe

This adventure began when my partner bet me that I wouldn’t get my MC license. After I proved him wrong I quickly became addicted to motorcycles. It was an outcome that surprised us both. The one day Blake showed up with a beat up Honda CB550 for me and my cafe racer project was underway. Read on for the full story.

Honda cb550 cafe. Ivor Demetlika is a 45-year-old Fireman living in Sydney, Australia, and his wild looking Honda CB550 has a history steeped in motorcycle racing. After acquiring the bike he discovered that it had swapped hands amongst some big names in the Australian racing so he made plans to race it himself. Of course, this CB550 is fully packed with their own products and I think the bike deserves a listing in our Top 10 Honda CB Cafe Racers. #9: Honda CB500 by Kikishop. This bike is a collaboration between French motorcycle apparel brand “The Royal Racer” and the French “Kikishop Customs“. A beautiful approach on the 1973 classic Honda CB. 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). It needs new clutch pads and has a short in the starter switch. Honda evolved the CB450 ‘black bomber’ twin into a CB500 twin to compete, but soon replaced it with a 4 cylinder 500 version. It wasn’t long before the 500cc mill was taken out to 544cc to create the CB550 Four, but it took until ’75 or ’76 for Honda to iron out most of the early issues with this model. This left only few years where.

- 1973 Honda CB550- Engine is free, haven't started it in awhile but it runs- Some rust but it has been stored under a tarp- Seat is in great shape, no tears- Tank is in decent shape only a couple minor dents- Engine looks great will clean up real nice- Great project bike, good cafe racer candidate- Lost the title but it is free & clear- Pick up or arrange to ship in Lakeville, Indiana near. EXHAUST SYSTEM The Razor CB750 SOHC 4 into1 Exhaust for the750 SOHC HONDA 1969-1978. $350.00 – $699.00 1970 Honda CB350 Cafe Racer – Full tune up – Custom seat made for this bike by a well know seat builder up north with real quality leather. The Honda CB550 is perhaps the perfect cafe racer candidate. The bike packs a strong punch from its gutsy middleweight inline four, and the handling is lightning-quick and crisp. Donor bikes have become more expensive in recent years, but there is a large aftermarket to help the garage or shed build

The Honda CB550 is a motorcycle often overlooked in favour of its larger sibling, the CB750. 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. Honda CB550 Cafe Racer by Macchina Salvobros-There are a lot of “bolt-on” cafe racers these days. We have nothing against that — there is an art to sourcing the right components for a build, and few parts bolt on without some […] Nine Years of Vision: Barn-Built CB550 cafe racer from New York… The Honda CB550 is one of our favorite platforms for a custom build. While the 38-hp middleweight didn’t have the outright power of the larger CB750, the well-balanced chassis, eager inline four, and agile handling have made the bike a favorite among riders for decades. Honda boosted the capacity of its four and the CB550/4 replaced the CB500/4 in 1974, producing a popular model that remained in production until 1978. When the first CB550s were launched in the USA, as was Honda’s practice at the time, the first models were over-bored engines mounted in the CB500 frame and cycle parts, with a capacity.

Home / Shop / Shop Our Store / Motorcycle Parts & Accessories / Honda CB500, CB550, CB750 Parts & Upgrades Showing 1–12 of 330 results Default sorting Sort by popularity Sort by newness Sort by price: low to high Sort by price: high to low It would be perfect for the old Honda. “I thought it would complement an old cafe racer well, with 70’s bikes often being shiny, metallic and bright”. It rounds out a cafe racer project that’s near-perfect in our eyes. Weighing in at 162 kilograms (all fluids sans fuel) this Honda CB550 easily falls into the true ‘cafe’ category. “Jersey” Honda CB550 Cafe Racer by Kott Motorcycles “A sleek, stripped down version of what this bike could have looked like straight from the factory…” Built from 1974 to 1978, the Honda CB550 was the company’s middleweight four, featuring an 8-valve engine that made 39 horsepower at 8000 rpm — good for a quarter mile time of 14. 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. refers to as a low cost build. Some of the custom parts on the CB550 Cafe Racer include: Fuel tank from an old CB500T, stripped back to bare metal ; Yoshimura 4 in to 1 replica exhaust; Dunlop K70 tires