BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL: A CB550 FROM THIRTEEN & COMPANY
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BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL: A CB550 FROM THIRTEEN & COMPANY
Seeing as you all seem to have peaked, i thought i'd still throw these threads up but maybe a bit less often.
https://www.bikeexif.com/cb550-cafe
https://www.bikeexif.com/cb550-cafe
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Re: BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL: A CB550 FROM THIRTEEN & COMPANY
The problem is they're all art projects.
I'd like to see that bike with a reg plate and MOT certificate next to it.
In fact I'd like to see some bloke riding home from work on it at 6pm in the rain in Grimsby, cursing that he'll have to spend all weekend on it with a tube of autosol and a rag
I'd like to see that bike with a reg plate and MOT certificate next to it.
In fact I'd like to see some bloke riding home from work on it at 6pm in the rain in Grimsby, cursing that he'll have to spend all weekend on it with a tube of autosol and a rag
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Re: BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL: A CB550 FROM THIRTEEN & COMPANY
i get that of course, but Bike Exif bikes are always going to be form over function, that's why i sometimes throw an old/current race bike up from Ebay as i don't know where to find nice bikes all the time... But bike exif is a good source for bikes that are at the very least, 'interesting' so they get chucked up.Potter wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 8:30 am The problem is they're all art projects.
I'd like to see that bike with a reg plate and MOT certificate next to it.
In fact I'd like to see some bloke riding home from work on it at 6pm in the rain in Grimsby, cursing that he'll have to spend all weekend on it with a tube of autosol and a rag
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Re: BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL: A CB550 FROM THIRTEEN & COMPANY
I like seeing them, even if it's only to slag them offweeksy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 8:49 am
i get that of course, but Bike Exif bikes are always going to be form over function, that's why i sometimes throw an old/current race bike up from Ebay as i don't know where to find nice bikes all the time... But bike exif is a good source for bikes that are at the very least, 'interesting' so they get chucked up.
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Re: BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL: A CB550 FROM THIRTEEN & COMPANY
It looks like it has a reg plate hangar, could it be road legal in the States?Potter wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 8:30 am The problem is they're all art projects.
I'd like to see that bike with a reg plate and MOT certificate next to it.
In fact I'd like to see some bloke riding home from work on it at 6pm in the rain in Grimsby, cursing that he'll have to spend all weekend on it with a tube of autosol and a rag
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Re: BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL: A CB550 FROM THIRTEEN & COMPANY
Weirdly I like that, I could make lots of small improvements but overall I like it
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Re: BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL: A CB550 FROM THIRTEEN & COMPANY
Lose the balloon tyres and it'll be rather tasty.
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Re: BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL: A CB550 FROM THIRTEEN & COMPANY
Inner Magpie likes shiny thing.
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Re: BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL: A CB550 FROM THIRTEEN & COMPANY
I'd happily ride anything for a go on those salt flats, flat out.
Not especially on that though.
The chrome is a right turn off - I don't hate the styling, it would just look better with some patina.
Not especially on that though.
The chrome is a right turn off - I don't hate the styling, it would just look better with some patina.
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Re: BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL: A CB550 FROM THIRTEEN & COMPANY
I like that, but agree with DT it needs to be grubbier. Those Bell Moto III lids are nice too.
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Re: BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL: A CB550 FROM THIRTEEN & COMPANY
The CB550 was one of the worst-handling bikes I've ever ridden. I remember tipping into a roundabout at the same sort of speed I would have taken it on my 400-F, the thing going into a violent weave and barely making it out the other side. I was convinced I was going to crash.
I stopped and checked tyres, and wheel and swing arm bearings, even though on a bike with just a couple of thousand miles on the clock I wasn't expecting problems... and there weren't. It was just an evil-handling bastard that should never had made it past the design stage.
And balloon tyres? No thanks!
I stopped and checked tyres, and wheel and swing arm bearings, even though on a bike with just a couple of thousand miles on the clock I wasn't expecting problems... and there weren't. It was just an evil-handling bastard that should never had made it past the design stage.
And balloon tyres? No thanks!
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Re: BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL: A CB550 FROM THIRTEEN & COMPANY
Naah, thats too shiny, front tyre looks like its off a tractor, no airbox, straight shot from the rear tyre to the bellmouth on the carb so water/dust/salt just flies right in off the rear tyre.
That doesn't go anywhere, its someones art project.
That doesn't go anywhere, its someones art project.