I picked up my 1975 cb 550, found it on craigslist for 1000.00 bucks it was a runner but needed alot of work, def need to find a cheaper one next time, I picked it up about 2 months ago, 2nd day I had it the tear down started, being a noobie it took me a little while to figure everything out but once got started it rolled pretty smooth, lot of simple green toothbrush scrubbing, 400 grit sand paper, steel wool, mothers polishing compund elbow grease an a polishing wheel an its turning out pretty nice,
Once i got it to the look i wanted it I began the parts order an the rebuild,
some things Ive done to it so far, painted wheels gunmetal with a silver flake),new brake piston,new challenger tires an tubes, painted speedo an tach, frame painted black with a metallic silver clubmans, custom bar clamps(cut out the dummy lights in between the bar clamps) asv (f1) cluth lever with pearch 2009 crf 450 master cylinder asv brake lever, (need new braided brake line but being cheap an running the old one) painted fins on motor flat black, new grips all new cables, new gaskets through out, rebuilt carbs( up the mainthe main to a 110 have a 40 pilot on order?) 4 into 2 exhaust came on the bike but painted it a flat silver tone, put some new shorty mufflers on it, waiting on My gp race tank from roc city cafe an dunstall seat an cowl, rewired bike with a simple wiring diagram I found, gonna be kick start only, headlight is on a switch,Running a single uni filter(used the set up i saw on here from another member) with stock plastic piece that mounts to carbs its coming along. some thing I need to get it road worthly. need to sync my carbs, seems to be firing good but will recheck the timing an firing,check the rocker arms im getting the tapping noise from the rockers,tighted tach cable needle is bouncing a, adjust clutch cable, weld up a battery box an mount electrical, (waiting on tank to see where to mount itmake license plate bracket wire brake light , get it to pass emmissions get new registration. hers a link to my photobucket an the bike thanks.
http://s924.photobucket.com/home/luap_dr
