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James' 77 550f.
luceja:
Took 'er out on the beach:
RAFster122s:
James,
Very nice build. Worth all the troubles and trials and heartbreaks along the way for the grin you get across your face when carving through the corners. The 550 is a fun nimble bike, perfect for street and commuting and the occassional beach trip.
Silver paint would like nice with your seat. Is it comfortable?
David
SPRBYKRYDR:
Sweet bike, an diggin the the fintail too. Gotta love the classic mercedes!
spdygnzlz:
Sweet bike! I'm going through the same process with rebuilding the whole engine and your incident with the shifter drum retainer kinda made me nervous about the all the other details in getting the engine back together. Still, I've checked and rechecked every available diagram for the engine to make sure I'm not forgetting any thing. I'll breath a sigh of relief if/when my bike gets past the 100 mile shakedown/break in period.
Thanks for documenting your experience in this thread too! I'm constantly amazed by how good a resource everyone in this forum is.
luceja:
--- Quote from: RAFster122S on April 07, 2013, 09:35:32 PM ---James,
Very nice build. Worth all the troubles and trials and heartbreaks along the way for the grin you get across your face when carving through the corners. The 550 is a fun nimble bike, perfect for street and commuting and the occassional beach trip.
Silver paint would like nice with your seat. Is it comfortable?
David
--- End quote ---
The seat isn't stock comfortable, but it was bearable for that 3-4 hour ride. Certainly wouldn't want to tour on it. It's a day trip or 'cafe racing' bike for sure. Zips around town, plenty of fun in the twisties, and I can camp off of it. First a certain role well. It's no dirtbike, nor a tourer, nor a race bike. Just sort of sits in the middle, but does that well.
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