Ya Know, I looked at that 550 with the tank and side covers on it again when I was in a better mood, I like it now.
What I don't like is the 500 STF bike sitting in the barn, the one I was building up the clear coat on after a master cylinder leak when the bars were facing the wrong way. It's a stock 78 tank , black with a couple orange stripes on the side with a flip up lid, it's got to be the ugliest thing in the barn , always hated it , but it was a decent stock tank from Honda and I thought I should keep one the way it came from the factory. Now that I'm repairing it anyways, I'm thinking it could be the perfect time to remove some of that 78 ugly off it and maybe transplant my last rebuilt 550 engine that has been sitting on a shelf for a few years and put it in that craddle. It just so happens that the garage has plenty of every grit of sandpaper ,primer, school bus yellow and clear coat, not to mention more metal flake. And there is still an orphan yellow fiberglass front fender and headlight bucket looking for a home. Hmmm.
This machine sported the typical 40+year cracked side cover with a broken tab so the entire machine was on the back burner forever, haven't even started it since it was rebuilt. I have the 78 seat in great shape but could use a fresh cover but that year seat was as ugly as the tank. Too ugly, so it has a cafe seat on it now. Even the rebuilt 500 engine looks ugly right now, I painted that when I was in my blue stage and used transmission colors and flat black....ugh.
It sounds like I might still be in a mood but, as luck would have it Frankenstuff sent me 2 pair of side covers, got them yesterday, and who could bee in a bad mood when Frankenstuff is delivered? I'm thinking that one of those pair might get some school bus yellow and flakes. That would surely remove some ugly. Thinking the purple tank idea is going on back burner for now until this and these hot flashes are finished.
