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General => New Member Introductions => Topic started by: Sherlock on July 30, 2012, 07:23:22 PM

Title: First time CB550 Cafe Racer builder - Bournemouth
Post by: Sherlock on July 30, 2012, 07:23:22 PM

Hi all , I joined the SOHC Four US site before realising there was a UK one!

Anyway, currently I own a Yamaha XJR1300 '99 SP in rare race colours and decided to build a cafe racer from a CB550 F2 '77
It was a barn find, as such it's in a poor state but nonetheless this was never going to be a quick fix project. It's more a nut and bolt rebuild with the final result being a cafe racer.

I started a blog www.acaferacerisborn.wordpress.com which shows progress and images etc.

Look forward to getting to know a few of you and hopefully gain some valuable advice allong the way

:-)

Title: Re: First time CB550 Cafe Racer builder - Bournemouth
Post by: SteveD CB500K0 on July 31, 2012, 07:34:38 AM

Welcome.

I usually try to surf the .net "New Member Intro" board and invite the obvious locals over here. Must have missed you (sorry)

Put your location in your forum profile so that people know where you are (once this post has sunk down the rankings)

Steve

Title: Re: First time CB550 Cafe Racer builder - Bournemouth
Post by: Sherlock on July 31, 2012, 06:51:11 PM

Cheers Steve, will do.

Title: Re: First time CB550 Cafe Racer builder - Bournemouth
Post by: Steph550 on October 15, 2012, 02:44:11 PM

Hi Sherlock,

I'm in Ringwood, just down the road from you! I have a stock 1978 CB550F2. It would be interesting to put the two next to each other when yours is finished. Looks like a great project.

Good luck with the build! :)

Steph.

Title: Re: First time CB550 Cafe Racer builder - Bournemouth
Post by: Sherlock on February 04, 2013, 09:11:29 PM

Cheers mate.

Sorry not been very active, had a mc accident

Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

Title: Re: First time CB550 Cafe Racer builder - Bournemouth
Post by: UK Pete on February 04, 2013, 09:14:52 PM

Hope your accident was not too bad and your on the mend, nobody like to hear about a fellow biker being in a bike accident
Pete

Title: Re: First time CB550 Cafe Racer builder - Bournemouth
Post by: Branston5 on February 05, 2013, 08:24:38 PM

Hi Sherlock,

Likewise, I hope you're on the mend after your spill.

Blog looks great and I will be following very keenly; I'm just down the road in Poole and have decided this is the year that the boxes of bits in the shed finally get turned into something tidy.  Love the Cafe Racer idea and hope to have the time (and nerve) to do something similar myself later on.

Dave P