1974 Honda 550~Four – Old school Café Racer build

[Rookie]

It would be cool if you could take the speedo and Tach apart and painted something in there...

 

[linkpimp]

It would be cool if you could take the speedo and Tach apart and painted something in there...

I would love too.. I looked at it, but it's sealed.. So I don’t know.. I pretty much gave up at that point.. I might / should call the dealer and see if they can help me with it..

 

[linkpimp]

So progress continues with the following, removal of the motor, striping the old paint off and simi buffing the frame..


Last of the bits and pieces before the motor removal

The one man way of removing a motor.. Lets hope I’ll have some help getting it in..

 

[linkpimp]

Here we go… Now progress is being made.. we do like forward progress.

Here’s what we, the raw material..

 

[linkpimp]

Now. Lets do a little polishing and see what it looks like, remember I don't wont to go too much here, just a dull metal sheen.

 

[linkpimp]

I managed to make some small progress forward, I’m fab’ed up one of the new side covers..

I’m not exactly sold on it yet, but I’m close.. hahaha I’m going try something a little different on the other side and see if I like it better.. More pics to follow..

Thank you again for your time everybody.

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[magic man]

Awesome job! I can't wait to see the finished product!

 

[Menace67]

Wow I am seriously impressed you do Great! Work. I ride bikes and I am a fan of old school cafe racers so I can't wait to see the finished project. Nice job on the polishing also I have polished a few side cases in my day and I couldn't imagine doing 200 hrs of polishing I would go nuts lol.

 

[snowman46919]

I wasn't a fan of the stripping and polising until now, since the frame is no long painted it is all coming together. Awesome build.

 

[gage]

SweeT ! I'm looking forward to seeing more of your work.

 

[j. villarreal]

Boner! You have mad skills, my friend!

Jason

 

[linkpimp]

So progress continues forward with the motor work, think of this as the before shots.. J

 

[linkpimp]

Here were entering the discovery phase

Wow.. everything looks good, no surface damage, no wear on anything, I’m outing it back together, well that is after I replace the head gasket, but luckily all is well team.. nice..

 

[linkpimp]

Clutches lets take a look here.. Worn clutches will show black or blue heat marks, plus you’ll be able to the thickness of the pads themselves.. Sorry, I know you probably already knew that.. hahaa

Here’s what the inside looks like, just incase know one has seen it?.

 

[linkpimp]

Inspecting the clutch and pressure plates for wear,..

Man.. everything looks real good. No signs of wear or heat, nice

 

[linkpimp]

Here’s all of the bits and pieces associated with a clutch, again just incase anyone is curious, that is. Please note everything looks good so I’m not doing a clutch job, but if I was this was the time to do it!, you would replace the friction disks, pads and springs, torque everything down to factor specs..

Here’s all of the bits and pieces that I need to polish up during this phase, Hours of good times here people.. haahaa

 

[linkpimp]

Lets prep the motor for paint.. Yes I’m painting the motor, yeah… I know I’m going to F it up, blaa, blaa, blaa.. But your going to have to trust me on this, or not, either way no worries.. lol..

 

[linkpimp]

Here’s how the parts are coming along, polish wise..

 

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I was also looking through some old boxes and found this!.. Yeah score!.. I’ve got an idea, oohhh this is going to be nice.. See team, I’m planning on hard piping in all of the wiring (more on that later), which should really look different, I like different team so remember that doing this build, anyway…, this stuff falls in nicely into the overall look / theme I’m going for.. Well that is IMO..

 

[linkpimp]