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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Puzzle
« Reply #50 on: December 02, 2017, 03:37:24 PM »




Looks fantastic!  What are you lacking?


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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Puzzle
« Reply #51 on: December 04, 2017, 09:08:37 AM »
I just have to reinstall the gas cap and latch, two clips for the seat pins, retaining nuts for the badges, and replace the tube on the front tire as it has a slow leak.  Outside of that, she's running like a top and rides really nice.  i'll also touch up the emblems alittle bit.
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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Puzzle
« Reply #52 on: December 07, 2017, 09:05:55 PM »
Well the bike is a wrap!


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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Puzzle
« Reply #53 on: December 08, 2017, 12:01:36 AM »
Looks superb.
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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Puzzle
« Reply #54 on: December 08, 2017, 07:20:00 AM »
Quote from: SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan on December 08, 2017, 12:01:36 AM
Looks superb.

+1.  Nominating you for BOTM.....
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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Puzzle
« Reply #55 on: December 08, 2017, 08:55:06 AM »
Thank you sir!
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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Puzzle
« Reply #56 on: December 08, 2017, 08:55:38 AM »
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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Puzzle
« Reply #57 on: December 08, 2017, 10:44:57 AM »
Quote from: innovativems on December 02, 2017, 03:25:03 PM
She is almost complete.  Running and riding like a champ.

I know they are never truly "complete," but what do you have left to do?  I need to know to determine BOTM eligibility.
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1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

Sold/Emeritus
1973 CB750K2 "Bionic Mongrel" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=132734.0) - Sold
1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Puzzle
« Reply #58 on: December 08, 2017, 11:27:03 AM »
Quote from: SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan on December 08, 2017, 10:44:57 AM
Quote from: innovativems on December 02, 2017, 03:25:03 PM
She is almost complete.  Running and riding like a champ.

I know they are never truly "complete," but what do you have left to do?  I need to know to determine BOTM eligibility.

Oh she's done.  She runs like a champ, rides like a champ and is ready for some miles to get logged.  It's complete, even buffed the tank and touched up the emblems.
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1974 gt 550
1974 gt550

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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Puzzle
« Reply #59 on: December 08, 2017, 02:20:59 PM »
Quote from: innovativems on December 07, 2017, 09:05:55 PM
Well the bike is a wrap!


Don - I think you missed reply number 52, he stated "bike is a wrap".



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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Puzzle
« Reply #60 on: December 08, 2017, 04:05:38 PM »
Took her out again.  Alittle cold out.  37 degrees!




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