A friend of mine has this- anyone know anything about a CB550?

Thanks

I do if it's a CB550, never heard of a CRB550. Nice old school air cooled 2 valve/cylinder in-line four. The best of the lot was the CB400F introduced in '75. First real factory cafe bike out of Japan. Real collectors model now. Had a friend that collected them.

Quote from: fastwin on December 18, 2008, 08:59:43 AM
I do if it's a CB550

do tell...

is it blue and all cafe'd out and in less than pristine shape?  i almost bought a 74 CB550 about a year back from a guy in plano somewhere...i kind of regret not getting it.

Quote from: ♣ McKraut ♣ on December 18, 2008, 09:28:43 AM
is it blue and all cafe'd out and in less than pristine shape?  i almost bought a 74 CB550 about a year back from a guy in plano somewhere...i kind of regret not getting it.

nope, not that one... How much was it?

Quote from: L'Avatar D'Jour on December 18, 2008, 09:38:21 AM
nope, not that one... How much was it?

he wanted about $2.5k i think.  but it wasn't perfect...it looked more like your true cafe bike...bulletproof.  damn sexy bike it was.

That actually was the first street bike I ever rode.  My old neighbor in N.Y. had one.
It felt pretty good until I got it off the street and onto the lawn...   [moto]

that's a 400 but you can make a 550 to look like that

love the old school cafe look. i'd get it get some gooles and a leather helmet and just cruise around with a cigarette in my mouth.

I used to have a 74 cb750.  I'm not sure if this is true of the 550 as well, but the 750 was notorious for electrical gremlins.

Also, installing an electronic ignition (by dynacoils or something like that) made the bike run much smoother and start much easier.  Just a heads up.

Quote from: AndreRA3 on December 19, 2008, 08:35:52 AM
I used to have a 74 cb750.  I'm not sure if this is true of the 550 as well, but the 750 was notorious for electrical gremlins.

Also, installing an electronic ignition (by dynacoils or something like that) made the bike run much smoother and start much easier.  Just a heads up.

Yep,  thanks. Both my Nortons had been converted to Boyer electronic ignitions, & I think my Toaster has Boyer as well. Big improvement 

Quote from: giannis on December 18, 2008, 08:22:59 PM
that's a 400 but you can make a 550 to look like that

pure tits

As of yesterday afternoon eBay had 4 400's online. A couple of 550's and bushels of 350's. Would love to get a 350 for Cam.

check out the article in last months cycle world or motorcyclists about the creton club in cali. sure i misspelled it

That is bad ass   [moto]