Author Topic: my CB550 build thread....finally back to work on it (Read 28569 times)

c91x · « **on:** July 27, 2007, 12:49:21 am »

Noob to the forum but not bikes.... I race motocross and built a CL175 about a yr ago to race the f160 class up here but racin two sports is to hard and expensive and motocross takes up all my time anyways so who knows what i was thinkin ... well i had alot of fun building the cl and riding it after making it street legal but i decided to build a cafe with more grunt. picked up this 1976 cb550f for just under 400 bucks. the wiring had went to crap and the bike had no power to anything. i went and hard wired the coils and it fired and ran good...so here's the build code name CR544..ha ... i'll update as i go

billstron · « **Reply #1 on:** July 27, 2007, 08:25:34 am »

I love starting a new project. Keep us posted.

That last picture looks like a crime scene photo

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Cvillechopper · « **Reply #2 on:** July 27, 2007, 08:34:10 am »

Quote from: billstron on July 27, 2007, 08:25:34 am

I love starting a new project. Keep us posted.

That last picture looks like a crime scene photo .

I was thinking the same thing, just need the chaulk outline...

jalfonso · « **Reply #3 on:** July 27, 2007, 08:36:15 am »

You guys have been watching way too much CSI!!

c91x · « **Reply #4 on:** July 27, 2007, 06:05:56 pm »

got some stuff done

rearsets start

c91x · « **Reply #5 on:** July 27, 2007, 06:17:43 pm »

there was no way i could use the stock passenger pegs.... so i made some mounts that are a little lower and follow the lines of the frame better. if you notice both arms follow the frame...lowers follow frame cradle and the vertical ones follow the line of the frame meeting the back bone... they are just tacked in place right now

masonryman · « **Reply #6 on:** July 27, 2007, 06:34:06 pm »

I have made and re made my rear sets, stood and looked, and changed them some more. I think I will move on.

Will they fold up when done?

lookin good
later
Mark

c91x · « **Reply #7 on:** July 27, 2007, 06:39:27 pm »

the rearsets started life as older fzr600 rearsets so they'll fold. i was familiar with the mounting of these and they're dirt cheap on ebay so the total cost with metal and hardware of these cost me $30 . i'll get a pic tomorrow of my sitting position ....they're perfect for me ... i'm 6'1'' so passegner pegs don't work cuz i'm in such a superman position

Swede · « **Reply #8 on:** July 27, 2007, 06:40:12 pm »

I like the looks of those rearsets... that is on the horizon for my project I just can't decide if I want to build from scratch or fit a set of CBR rearsets.

c91x · « **Reply #9 on:** July 28, 2007, 02:47:23 pm »

oh the joys and hates of working with foam and fiberglass..... here's a few pics of todays progress

checking my riding position and where i want my butt to be ....it'll be a littler higher once the seat is made up

seat foamed up and sanded and then covered in tape to pull it out once the glass is hardened...i know it's bowing but that's not a factor right now

covered in fleece waiting for its' first layer of ressin

and now i'm just waiting for it to harden so i can start to lay the inner layers

masonryman · « **Reply #10 on:** July 28, 2007, 03:47:39 pm »

looking good, I like the tank,
Your pegs inspired the final changes to my rerar sets, took some more pics today. Need to set up a photobucket account, my pics a currently hosted in the SOHC gallery and it's been down for a few days

c91x · « **Reply #11 on:** July 28, 2007, 08:55:57 pm »

the tank is aluminum so I'm gonna paint the sides but the top and knee indents will be sanded up to something like 4-600 grit to give a slight shine(i don't want it polished)... i like the fzr sets cuz it takes allot of fuss out of it ....the shifter linkage and clamp fit the Honda shifter shaft and all i do is extend the linkage by tapping a piece round bar and adding it to the stock linkage and I'm done although they don't look as period specific as yours they turned out how i wanted them

forwheeldrift · « **Reply #12 on:** July 29, 2007, 11:02:02 am »

that looks like its going to be one bad S.O.B!

nice work.

c91x · « **Reply #13 on:** July 29, 2007, 08:57:30 pm »

well i didn't get much done today, i need one more layer of glass and then finish work on it so no progress pics but here's a pic of my buddies new project ....a beautiful 1970somethin cb450 ...gotta love the back rest

c91x · « **Reply #14 on:** August 04, 2007, 03:11:18 pm »

not much progress since last since i've been busy straightening this frame.... i can't beleive i didn't see this bend when i bought it becuase i was actually lookin for a tweaked frame. didn't notice it actually till lining up the tank ...... the two down tubes are tweaked and the cross member thing was really tweaked but the amazing thing is the neck wasn't to crooked.... so here some pics of how i straightened it.. lots of measuring, masonry twine, a bottle jack and chain i wish i would of taken pics before of how bent it was. lots of angles playin tricks here but i assure you it's straight in all the places it counts since i've measured a thousand times

also here's a pic of everything mocked up... the seat looks huge here although it looks perfect to me in person it appears to big here in the pic

jpotc85 · « **Reply #15 on:** August 06, 2007, 10:55:39 pm »

YOur buddy is one goofy, ugly lookin dude.

danjwsu · « **Reply #16 on:** August 07, 2007, 04:43:15 am »

Lookin real good, I wish my noob 550 build was looking as good as yours.

c91x · « **Reply #17 on:** August 07, 2007, 08:17:16 am »

Quote from: jpotc85 on August 06, 2007, 10:55:39 pm

YOur buddy is one goofy, ugly lookin dude.

what's up jarod

jpotc85 · « **Reply #18 on:** August 07, 2007, 11:21:34 pm »

ah not a whole lot just wishing I had a better idea how to get the ball rolling on my project.

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #19 on:** August 07, 2007, 11:31:17 pm »

Quote from: jpotc85 on August 06, 2007, 10:55:39 pm

YOur buddy is one goofy, ugly lookin dude.

his caps on back to front and he has two fingers missing poor sod

c91x · « **Reply #20 on:** August 15, 2007, 01:10:38 pm »

frame is painted and turned out like glass athough the pictures of finger smudges on it ..... here's some pic of the progress...

c91x · « **Reply #21 on:** August 15, 2007, 01:12:36 pm »

as you can see i chopped off the rear half of the frame and boxed it close while putting in some tubing to follow the seat... i can't wait to get her done but at just over a month of having it the bike shoudl be done in a few weeks

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #22 on:** August 15, 2007, 05:10:46 pm »

It's looking good 91

Sam.

c91x · « **Reply #23 on:** August 15, 2007, 06:16:58 pm »

Quote from: SamCR750 on August 15, 2007, 05:10:46 pm

It's looking good 91

Sam.

hey sam i wanted to ask you about that MVX V3. i saw a pic of the motor on one of those awhile ago and always thought it'd be cool to have plus the smell of premix is priceless .. how does it run?

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #24 on:** August 15, 2007, 06:51:48 pm »

It dosn't, it went bang about 6 or 7 years ago and I never got to fixing it.

Sam.

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