i picked up this 1973 cb550 last week, I have been wanting to do a cafe bike for a while now, and after building 11+ bobbers I figured why not make this one a cafe?
Against my better judgment of having more than one personal project at a time, I started stripping her down today, she had a huge windshield, saddlebag mounts and a huge nasty sissy bar/backrest on her, all that went into the scrap steel pile (which I REALLY need to haul off soon, its getting excessive)
Anywho, onto the pictures
After removing the uglies (still need to remove the highway bar)
Threw on a cafe seat I had purchased in a large lot of parts a while back to see how she would look, along with a set of atv Renthal bars mounted backwards and upside down.
Started reviving some of the parts with a good polish.
Also cut off some brackets that I will not be using.
This bike will be a slow process as I will also be building a full one-off frame kz750 chopper at the same time.
But figured you guys might be interested in following along.
Oh, also... here is a paint teaser ;-)
Against my better judgment of having more than one personal project at a time, I started stripping her down today, she had a huge windshield, saddlebag mounts and a huge nasty sissy bar/backrest on her, all that went into the scrap steel pile (which I REALLY need to haul off soon, its getting excessive)
Anywho, onto the pictures
After removing the uglies (still need to remove the highway bar)
Threw on a cafe seat I had purchased in a large lot of parts a while back to see how she would look, along with a set of atv Renthal bars mounted backwards and upside down.
Started reviving some of the parts with a good polish.
Also cut off some brackets that I will not be using.
This bike will be a slow process as I will also be building a full one-off frame kz750 chopper at the same time.
But figured you guys might be interested in following along.
Oh, also... here is a paint teaser ;-)
