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I've been told the front end from a CBR 600 from 97-2001 fits the 74 cb 550 ,although im having trouble finding any kind of proof of this or verification, if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. Also i was wondering if the swing arms could be swapped out also, thanks guys.

I am doing 74 CB550 cafe racer build and I want to change my front end to a newer style with more of a sport suspension and was wondering if anyone out there knows what front ends are compatible with my bike and what I would have to change over. Ive seen people have changed the front ends on...

Thank you very much this helped a ton. Ill keep an update with pictures on my bike coming soon

I plan on having Led brake lights and turn signals, HID headlight, acewell speedo/tack with a neutral light, oil light ,hazard light highbeam light, and turn signal lights on it. plus i need to make a list of whatever else requires power in the engine like the coils and what not. Also make sure...

Im in the middle of a rebuild of my first cafe racer. Its a 1974 550 four and i'm doing a whole new lighting system and basically all new wiring, My question is i see alot of these bikes they change the wire harness and all the connectors are either gone on the other side of the battery or they...

I'm in the hunt for carbs that will fit my 1974 550 four and seen a guy sellin then on eBay for a 76 750 and said they are compatable with my bike. just wanted to know what carbs will fit on the bike so I can broaden my search

how's 100 sound?

Yikes i bet it would be, this is becoming harder and harder. how much would you want for them if shipping wasn't too bad. and what condition are they in?

Thank you, i was just curious on whats possible of this engine. I am in the phase of getting it up and running right now, i ran into an issue with carb # 1 being completely corroded so im looking for someone who might have an individual keihan or a set if need be.

In the carb rebuilding process and Carb #1 is completely corroded. Looking for someone who has a set of carbs for sale or an individual one would do. can anyone help me out or point me in the right direction.

I just started to make a 1974 honda cb550four into a cafe racer. I was wondering what can be done to this engine in whole retrospect of things. I haven't been able to find much for it besides racing carbs from keihin which would require serious tuning to put on the bike. I need a lot of help...

will those carbs fit the 1974 cb550 four? if so what kind of condition are they in and how much do you want ?