cb550 build/entry: part 7

Is it June yet???

Seat covered.

I'm ready.

Let's ride bitches...

Brad #1

cb550 build/entry: part 6

The OMS 2012 cb550 Disco Fever is done except for the seat. Here it is with the painted tins temporarily hanging on it and the seat pan in the works.

Brad #1

cb550 build/entry: part 5

Got the gas tank mounted and a bunch of welding and sanding done. I was going to make a luggage rack but then was digging through some junk and found this rack I got with the CB450 I ran last year and decided to make use it because I'm lazy....
Brad

p.s.

Forgot to mention that even though I generally think luggage racks sucks I do believe they are necessary for the scramble if you don't want to wear a backpack so mine is easily removable with 2 pins.

cb550 build/entry: part 4

Got my ebay prism tank today. Its well made of heavy steel. Its going to take some serious mods to mount it and make it look right but in the end it fits the look I'm going for. I may end up cutting the back bone out of the frame and welding in a new one. Obviously the coils will have to be moved but that's no big deal as long as I can put new longer plug wires on them. Never done that before, and the wires almost look like they are molded into the coils?? Anybody done this before and want to chime in???

Brad

cb550 build/entry: part 3

Got some cheap fog lights off of ebay. Made a bracket and mounted them. Also got a prism tank on the way. This turd is going to be 70's fabulous.

Brad

cb550 build/entry: part 2

Some more pics of the 2012 OMS bike. Got it stripped down, fender trimmed, rear frame hoop hacked off and tacked up some handlebars. I guess I'm waiting for the perfect tank to fall from the sky. Maybe I'll stumble on to one. I'd love to go with a Triumph tank but it'd probably be waste of a good tank.

Brad

cb550 build/entry: part 1

Brad's back with a new steed for next years ride. Here's the scoop...

I started on the '75 Honda 550 for next year's scramble. I think I'm going to build a four into two into one exhaust using a Flowmaster 2 into one that I got at a swap meet for $10. I removed the mufflers that were on it and now I've gotta find some pipe with a lot of bends(need 4 - 90s and some straight) or some tubing with a wall thickness that I can bend in my harbor freight bender without mangling it. 1.25" OD pipe will work.

Brad Green #1