Must be referring to your girlfriends motorcycle, can’t imagine a tall guy like you on such a small yet rare motorcycle.
Ha, touche my friend. I’ll keep it forever, though… no dirty socal hipsters are getting their hands on this thing. Even if it just sits there for another year, lol.
All jokes aside, best 550 i’ve seen to date. I know how much time and effort went into this thing. Kudos :tup:. I hope to see it in person soon when i’m back in Buffalo.
Thanks homie! Come on down and take her for a ride! It’s the least I can do after your hospitality when I was on the WC.
Are there any other café/vintage bikes on here besides Nick and Krant?
Looks sweet man, great fucking job :tup:
Thank you, sir!
Bump.
On Thursday I finished up tinkering with a few things and prepared for my first real “shake down” run… so the following day a few of us packed up and headed up to Toronto for Mods N’ Rockers. We got stuck in heavy traffic at the border so we pushed the bikes from US soil over to CA, it was also hot as balls out. For being a fresh build, I can’t complain considering I made it there and back without a hiccup! Not a single break down! :lol: Of course there are things that need to be done still like; balance my tires, change my oil and install tank emblems. The show was great, had the pleasure of networking with some really awesome people. On top of that, I won a trophy for Best Custom Cycle of the show! Not bad considering there were 200-300 bikes there and only 6 trophies.
Few quick pictures:
@focusinprogress had a good time Friday:
That is awesome. Sucks you were stuck at the border in that heat. Congrats on the trophy dude.
Thanks man! Makes it rewarding after so much time and money invested.
Couple pictures Nick took at the end of the event:
Tell me you have more pictures of that Norton next to that pile of shit???
I didn’t take any pictures really, maybe @focusinprogress did? The pre-party at Town Moto was completely mobbed with bikes. Both sides of the road and a few blocks worth.
I didn’t. mostly so you’d regret not going with us.
I sent him a bunch of pics I found from the pre-party the evening before.
not seeing you filled me with suicidal thoughts
Bump, quick update…
I’ve been riding this thing since it’s been completed, no issues. Headlight went on me but that was because a corner of the sealed beam broke so moisture ended up taking over and blowing the bulb - easy fix. Going to change a couple little things over winter, nothing too drastic.
On a side note; I somehow purchased a 78’ CB550, 72’ CB500-4 and a 73’ CB500-4. I got a deal on the 73’ so I decided hell with doing a light restore on the 72’ so that along with the 78’ spare 550 I had are posted for sale. I wanted something older that I can ride 2-up on for the lady plus I love pre-77 CB’s.
The 73’ has some light mods done. Only thing I don’t really like is that it already has a hoop welded in for an aftermarket seat. I prefer a stock seat for something of this caliber. I’ll be altering the seat, putting a real exhaust on it and just changing a few other little things. This is the smoothest CB I’ve ever ridden, it’s really dialed in and that itself makes it great to me.
DGR Buffalo 2016:
Randoms:
73’ CB500-4:
Also took the Ural out to a wedding last weekend…the clutch along with many other pieces finally came in from Russia, that’s next up on the chopping block for winter prepping:
This little lady loves it, haha:
The Ural the parts hauler:
Fall rides >
Clutch + Winter Prep:
stop making me want an old bike.
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Fuuuuu! I have two old bikes for sale for you @Norb O …
@Spam16v …I have multiple with a seat! Hope you like that I put that spare lift to use!
I did see that. It has 3 too many seats too btw.
You’re impossible to please.
