Welp figured I would start a build thread in hopes of helping others as well getting some of my own questions answered (there will be many
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Some background - bike is a 1974 CB550K with 13K on the ticker. Picked it up in November of ‘16 for $500. Pretty clean bike overall - needed carbs cleaned, battery, tires, cables, wheel bearings, and possibly a head gasket/o-rings as it was definitely seeping some oil from the head. My intention was to get it running and keep it around as a 2nd road bike for myself or for a friend if they wanted to ride. Started disassembly, may have consumed a couple frosty treats and ended up completely disassembling the bike and engine. Engine was exceptionally clean for the age (could still see the honing on the cylinder walls, which along with some pry marks where
The cylinder meets the case leads me to believe the top end was redone at some point). Long story short, decided to completely restore/ modify the bike and do a custom build. Here’s the bike after I got it home (sans seat and fender:
And this is a photo from the prescious owner from several years prior in its mostly original state:
The important stuff:
DP592 61mm pistons from Dynoman
Webcam #358B cam from Dynoman
Dyna DS1-2 Electronic Igniton and coils from Dynoman
DP HD Barnett clutch from Dynoman
Stage 2.5 Porting, +1 Intake Valves, SERDI valve job by JMR Porting (MRieck)
022a Carbs w/ 110 mains, 40 pilot, needle on bottom clip
Delkevic 4-1 Stainless Exhaust
Custom Airbox from Steel Dragon
Hagon Shocks
Bridgestone Spitfire tires
Tuffside seat
Ford Medium Wedgewood Blue paint
Black rims/hubs w/Stainless spokes
Dime City mini gauges
Zero Gravity battery
Cycle X fork legs
APE head studs
Wideband O2 sensor w/ bar mount A/F gauge
Brass swing arm bushings
Lots of powdercoat and polished aluminum
All new seals/ bearings/ cables
Learning to MIG weld lol
Mocked up
As it sits
