VERY Tired CB 550

[Grewth]

Good luck with it Grewth.  What's the plan?  Spares or repair?

I've got a 550F2 frame here which is rot free but unfortunately got powder coated white for some perverse reason.
If I can resurrect that seized engine, I'll have the basis of a viable project, although to build it up into a standard bike might be prohibitively expensive, with a pattern seat from DSS priced at £300.
So CB550 Cafe Racer maybe  ?

[florence]

sounds good.

[Tony.B]

I still have a few bits left from my stash, odds and sods but a pair of yokes, actually two, might even have a swinging arm, not sure. All free if you ever get down Woking way.

[Grewth]

Thanks for the offer,  but Woking is a long way from me.
Last time I was there, I bought a XS850, a bike that never lived up to expectations.
Hopefully,  I'll find an abandoned project or pile of leftover bits much closer to home.
Buying stuff at breakers prices is obviously not viable, you'd soon end up spending more than a complete running bike would cost.
Now if only I could find someone with a big stash of 550F seats,exhausts, and mudguards in their loft !

[Tony.B]

Thanks for the offer,  but Woking is a long way from me.
Last time I was there, I bought a XS850, a bike that never lived up to expectations.
Hopefully,  I'll find an abandoned project or pile of leftover bits much closer to home.
Buying stuff at breakers prices is obviously not viable, you'd soon end up spending more than a complete running bike would cost.
Now if only I could find someone with a big stash of 550F seats,exhausts, and mudguards in their loft !

No worries, good luck!

[Bryanj]

Dont forget 500, 550 and 750 front guards are all the same