Because we have gotten so much positive response and questions about our cafe racer builds that
we do here for customers, I had to put up a page that just deals with these types of builds. Any questions you have
- call me 509 548 7415.
This 1975 CB550 has metamorphed into a beautiful
and great riding cafe racer. This bike will not only be beautiful to look at, it will also be great
to ride. Its one of our beliefs that show bikes should be enjoyed and ridden, not just stuck in the garage for show!
We did all of the work in-house, with the exception of fabricating the seat pan
and the tank, and the painting of the former and the frame and wheels. After hours of prep of all metal work, we powder
coated the frame, the pipes, the wheels in town. When they came back, we laced the wheels with fat Buchanan spokes and
gold nipples from Japan. The pipes are 4-1 and will end with a Hamaguchi motogp pipe. They'll be wrapped in
black exhaust tape, as well.
Also, we will be starting another cafe project
shortly, this time with a CB750 - we will be doing an espresso-brown with gold flake, and cream with gold details. Watch
this space...
Welcome to the rebuild of this 1975 CB550 cafe
racer
| Rear of the bike near completion |
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| Subtle details make you want to give the |
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| bike a long look-all hand-done |
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| We removed all of the electrical from the rear |
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| portion of the frame and moved it under the seat |
| A close up of the new electicals under the seatpan |
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| note the custom-built housings and battery box |
| The only instrumentation is this beautiful tach |
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| Getting ready to hide all of the wires inside |
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| the Z-bars - looks trick! |
| Engine cleaned up-pre paint |
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| Tank after prep and paint |
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| Wheels before grinding, painting,relacing |
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| and blinging out |
| The original seat pan before paint |
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| Chopping down the frame rear end |
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| and grinding frame to prep for paint |
| This Hamaguchi motogp pipe makes a |
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| great ending to the 4-1 pipes we painted... |
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| This was the original bike |
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