Hey everyone.
I'm a first time poster and I’m pretty excited to be here, the site looks fantastic! Lots of great information lurking around.
This week I picked up a 1977 Honda CB550 for a fair price and I'm ecstatic to finally have a great little vintage bike and a fairly decent future café racer style ride.
There are many issues I need to tackle on this bike but one of the main issues is the throttle push/pull cables. They are shot, so I plan on getting some new ones. No big deal but here’s the kicker, my handlebars have a bend in them. I think the bike was dumped at one point in time, which bent the bars. Either way, they aren’t 100% straight so it’s a good excuse for me to get new handlebars.
Before I buy the cables (stock length) and bars, I wanted to ask about handlebars. Don’t worry, I won’t bring up the monthly holy wars of Clubman’s vs. Clip-on’s. I do, however, want to give this bike a sporty look but I don’t know if I want clip-on’s or clubman’s (but from the research I’m doing, clip-on’s would be the way I’d probably go) plus I don’t want to re-route any wires, cut the bars or relocate foot pegs so I think drag bars are the way for me to go. No hitting the gas tank or no buying shortened wires, just a direct bolt on and everything fits, right? If that’s the case, can anyone suggest the best place to pick these up at? If I'm totally jaded and the issues I listed above aren't a big deal for clip-on's, someone, please set me straight.
1977 Honda CB 550K
I'm a first time poster and I’m pretty excited to be here, the site looks fantastic! Lots of great information lurking around.
This week I picked up a 1977 Honda CB550 for a fair price and I'm ecstatic to finally have a great little vintage bike and a fairly decent future café racer style ride.
There are many issues I need to tackle on this bike but one of the main issues is the throttle push/pull cables. They are shot, so I plan on getting some new ones. No big deal but here’s the kicker, my handlebars have a bend in them. I think the bike was dumped at one point in time, which bent the bars. Either way, they aren’t 100% straight so it’s a good excuse for me to get new handlebars.
Before I buy the cables (stock length) and bars, I wanted to ask about handlebars. Don’t worry, I won’t bring up the monthly holy wars of Clubman’s vs. Clip-on’s. I do, however, want to give this bike a sporty look but I don’t know if I want clip-on’s or clubman’s (but from the research I’m doing, clip-on’s would be the way I’d probably go) plus I don’t want to re-route any wires, cut the bars or relocate foot pegs so I think drag bars are the way for me to go. No hitting the gas tank or no buying shortened wires, just a direct bolt on and everything fits, right? If that’s the case, can anyone suggest the best place to pick these up at? If I'm totally jaded and the issues I listed above aren't a big deal for clip-on's, someone, please set me straight.
1977 Honda CB 550K