Topic: Honda CB550...whats there to know about these bikes?

[DarkRider]

Thats a nice looking bike minus the lack of a headlight..what did the vetter look like?

[TwoTired]

I moved it to my 76 CB550F pic below.
Smaller than a windjammer yet you can ride with your helmet visor up.  Has compartments for "things".  I prefer it to the windjammer in all but the coldest weather.

Of course, cafe racer idols will hate it.  But, I don't care.  It suits me fine.  I wish I could find another one (with mount for a 550).  It's just about the perfect fairing for the 550, in my opinion.

Thanks for getting me to drag it out and giving it a good run on the twisty roads near Calaveras reservoir.  It was a quite enjoyable ride.  Perfect weather.

Cheers,

[DarkRider]

Looks like an interesting lil fairing...Im looking at a couple Puig windscreens for this bike as well as my GS1100..one may also find its way onto my S2 havent decided yet but i know the 550 is getting one for certian..

heres a pic of the windscreens that im considering
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[GroovieGhoulie]

Wish I had a good set of origional pipes for my 75 550! Hate the look of the Jardine ones it came with!

A RATTY POS 550K was sold near me last year for a Whopping $900! didn't even look like it could be ridden home. $200 is a hell of a bargain!

The original pipes are still available.  Not cheap, but they can be bought new. 

[DarkRider]

Since im going with the 650 head the stock pipes will be avalabable gordon. Im going to be going with a custom 4 into 1 that replicates the Supertrapp 4 into 1 on my GPz550