squirley's cb550 cafe racer completed take off

[SidPalm13]

what kind of shocks are on the back?

[confederatetexan1]

really nice bike fatboi!!!lard ass

[BHAMX]

this things sounds like a freaking monster whats up with it?!?!?!

[Saiph2266]

the front suspension is from a 2002 gsxr 1000 did it fit right in to the tripe tree?

[MeeshTech1]

i would absolutly love to have you as my neighbor! your bike sounds amazing....

[DasSheep1]

I'm in love

[chevelle68man2007]

What forks and wheels are you useing?

[bigeyedfish07]

Excellent work. One of the best CB's I've seen. The music around 30 seconds into the video makes it sound like you put us on hold, and then that engine comes roaring back.

[turbogrin]

X2 on the Awesome bike and sound! What a fun looking machine. Have fun on this quick cafe, cheers .

[oboi2104]

This bike looks FREACKIN' AWESOME, it almost made me cry

[522design]

And he's back ,,,,, more details love the gsxr legs sharp looking bike!

[hulk182003]

What is your build listed under in soch4? I have read and heard of Squirleys build never found it? Awesome bike! Does carpys "yosh" copies as good?

[TwitchSwagga]

How much did u spend on the rebuild? got a list of what u did? I might be buying a 550 soon and really like your bike. Is it plenty quick? whats the weight?

[subieslider]

what did you use for the front forks ?

[jstfubar]

wow that thing is LOUD!

[sethhill19791979]

deffinitley going to do more reasearch on this settup. SOCH4 forum has a very good description of the setup............My old worn out CB550 front end trough me into a very nasty speed wobble a tear ago. wich did result in going down. don't trust the front end any more. Yes i did check everything for play or excessive wear many times . just old and worn out. in nned of a solution for an upgrade and think i moght have found it...THANX FOR THE VID AND INFO

[hulk182003]

@sethhill19791979

Did you find this build on soch4? I haven't? aslo, what have you done about your front end? I thought I was the only one who had that problem,

[dev0ved]

Great work! What kind of front suspension are you using? I'm looking at putting dual discs on my cafe, however this option looks good and I imagine brakes better than 38 year old technology!

[uptobunks]

Thanks, the front suspension is from a 2002 gsxr 1000. Let me tell you, it breaks much faster than the old brake setup!

[whatyouwannadowitit]

@uptobunks did that gsxr front end need any moding to fit?

[Duckmeister61]

that is gorgeous!

where can I find your build thread?

[harsha806]

nice bike man. im building my 550. i would like to know where did u hide the battary and what size jets did u use.

[xedge4lifex]

you need to put some pics up on your build thread, im pretty sure i found it on sohc 4

[uptobunks]

There's a bunch of pics of the entire build there. you have to sign up or make an account to be able to view them.

[drifterghost]

@uptobunks

Nice Ride ... she turned out sexy

you mention build pics but needing to sign up

sign up where ? .. I am building a '72 cb500

[uptobunks]

Yes, on the soch4 forum, you will need to make an account for the website to see the pictures that were posted to the thread. Then just go to the forum section ans look under "projects" you will find a build called "squirleys cb550". Hope this helps

[drifterghost]

@uptobunks doh.. i didnt see that before in the comments ... thank you

I make sure I post my build on there too

.. its far off though i start basic in a week

so i dont know when i will have time to build her

for now she is in my Dads attic

[xedge4lifex]

@uptobunks so you were talking about using shims to counter the little bit of offset in the bearings when you put the gsxr front end on. what did you use? and have you noticed any wobble or play? i swear when i pulled my front end off it felt like 45lbs, those new forks must be crazy light. again great bike man

[BMiobW]

Great bike, fantastic!

[pimpmycb]

Great bike, liked it from the start. I've sold my 550 and riding my 750 now. I regret it, I wanned both bikes butt not enough room. Anyway, your bikes stands with my favorites.

[lhill17]

Looks like one of the best I've seen. I hope I can do the same. This winter will be a overhaul for mine.

[Huhuhuidu]

... and the neighbours are awake! :-) hehehehe.

[TheIndustrialCafe]

BEAUTIFUL!

so I assume you got your wiring fire straightened out?

[uptobunks]

sure did! much better now.

[TheIndustrialCafe]

awesome man, I just picked up a gsxr1000 fork last week. should look almost as cool as your 550 :D