Hi from Tamworth.

[Valentinik]

Hi, my names Mike, I'm from Tamworth (just outside Birmingham).

I've just placed a deposit on and hopefully go to collect a '77 CB550 Four at the weekend. My plan is to fully rebuild it and maybe go down the cafe racer style route. Ive never worked on a bike before and i don't have a license to ride one (which some people will no doubt find strange). However i've got a huge interest in anything mechanical.

This is a picture of the bike, as you can see its missing some parts like the carbs and the rockers and cover. The seller wants £300, which i thought was a pretty good deal?



I bought the bike to learn about them as I've got no experience at all. I've since learnt that the forks are from a super dream. I'd planned on changing back to the spoked wheels anyway as I'm not a fan of the allow wheels. So it was good to learn the reason why it didn't have spoked wheels.


Here is also a picture of the westfield kit car I'm building which i will fit the bike build in around this:



Mike

[Johnwebley]

welcome to the Forum,

 lots a friendly people here,lots of help and advice,

I know were Tamworth is,I used to visit the Reliant factory to collect new Robins etc !!

[Chris400F]

Hi Mike, welcome from me too, not far away from you in Leicester.

Good luck with getting a bike license. I think things have changed a lot since the days when I took my test, when the key thing
was not to knock the examiner down (who was on foot) when he stepped out to make you do an emergency stop.

I have seen adaptor rings to fit to Comstar hubs to allow spoked rims to ne fitted.
They look interesting but are not cheap, but could be worth considering if you find you will have to swap forks etc to fit spoked wheels.

[andut]

Hi Mike,

Welcome and good luck with both of your projects !  I'm also fairly new to Honda ownership and also have a westfield - believe it or not I find the bike a more practical option !

Andy

[UK Pete]

Hi Mike , welcome aboard fella
pete

[mike the bike]

Welcome Mike,  I look forward to seeing how the rebuild progresses.  Always plenty of expertise and experience,  usually learned the hard way, on here so just ask.

[K2-K6]

Welcome to the forum and good luck with the 550. The wheels and forks look like they maybe from cb650 to me which is what the 550 series evolved into.

What motor are you running in the Westfield? I went in a rover v8 propelled one a few years back which was quite brutal.

[mick]

Hi mike and welcome to the forum  cheers Mick.

[Valentinik]

Thanks everyone for the welcome and information, i think i will look for a set of 550 forks and a rear hub, can anyone tell me that the standard size for a '77 cb550?

The westfield has got a 2litre duratec fitted with a turbo from an impreza wax running around 10psi. The power will be limited to around 230bhp with engine mapping though. As the engine is standard other than a modified sump.

Mike

[Bryanj]

The 550K3 has a different hub, brakeplate , spacers and swingarm to all the other 500/550

[onethumb]

Welcome buddy. I never find bargains like that. Nice one.
Steve.