Topic: New pony in the stable.......

[Eydugstr]

Sweet find!

[dylboss]

An O.E. Original from the original owner..and in that Shape ! a garaged Beauty !!
I feel like we really do have it made here in the U.S. w/ SO many nice bikes out hiding in the barn shadows  . I'd love to find a green CB550k0-K1 Barn find in my near future w/ all original parts on it like your's has.I noticed the thread of "another Carolina barn find" just last week here & it was a gem also.

Yeah.  Finds like that really get the blood pumping.  I'm always on the lookout.  I've been looking for another 550 myself.

[Billy Bones]

I was getting dressed to play hockey one night, and the guy next to me says "you like bikes right? You want a bike?" so I sez "yup." After the game, he brings up the bike again and sez "might not be your thing, it's an old Honda of some kind." Stoked. When I got there to pick it up, it was a '74 CB550. It had been sitting outside for a few years, and the engine was stuck, but it's free and running now. Tonight I get the throttle cable it needs and get to try it around the block.

[lucky]

YES... I just think of all those storage containers in the United States!! WOW

[KCbarsos]

wow, good find dude 

[dylboss]

Airbox in, oil in, carbs cleaned, old fuel dumped, battery charged, new plugs.  She fired right up yesterday!  3k tune-up time.