Comments for Honda CB550f 1975 Bobber

Aug 15, 2008
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I like yer style
by: Anonymous

Ya tell a good story man. From one old gear head to another, i salute you.

My first love is a 73 BMW R75/5 custom, soon to be a sidecar rig again. My other mistress is a '76 Kawi KZ750 B1 twin which is shaping up to be a cool looking cafe racer mostly stock parts, lotsa junk removed, screw the air cleaner, kept the center stand though (darned handy for changing tires!!!). I wanted the cafe bike to be solo only so whacked 6 1/4" off the rear frame back of the shock mounts. Welded the tail section back on with a borrowed 120V MIG box so the tail cowl and rear lights will bolt on just like normal, gonna build the seat pan from old road sign aluminum, foam from a dense foam gardening pad, leather from an old 80's Rolling Stones tour jacket that the thrift store was gonna toss out as it was all ripped at the seams. At work I sandblasted the frame and batt box, center stand and the swing-arm off the /77 KZ650 Four (that also donated the cast alloy wheels, twin front disks, plus the rusty aftermarket clubman bars that got the whole cafe racer idea in my head in the first place). Our daughter worked at a local liquidation store and they were giving away gloss black spray paint last year, got four six packs so frame paint was covered there. Got three cans of gray metallic wheel paint left over from a friends 4X4 so got tank/cowl/fender paint too. Had the bike since last September and coming up on one year now, into it for about a hundred bucks. I laid out cash for primer, some filler, more sandpaper, assorted metric bolts from the Fastenall store, also satin black engine enamel for the motor and bars, brackets, fork legs, most everything that used to be shiney is now black. Got a right hand control, throttle, cables and headlight complete for 25 bucks on ebay.
Back yard builds rule!

rider75 (Brent)
in Peace River,
Alberta