CB550 project

[Martin426]

My eldest son Simon will be attending race school and begin racing with the club this season.. His ride will be the CB550K purchased from Mr. Pigeon last summer... so we are busy making mods/upgrades to the bike. I guess you could say we are CR'ing it up a bit...

CB550RR 002.jpg

A second project on the go this off season is an RCB1000 endurance replica. Been planning this one for awhile and with the help of Denis and Byran at CMR Racing it won't take me 15 years to get right!

Scott

[thelittleguy]

WOW
The little guy

[bwaller]

Great looking bike. What tank are you using?

[Martin426]

Thanks. It's a CMR Rickman CR "slimline" 750 tank. CMR did a really nice job flattening/reworking the top tube, running and tying in smaller parallel tubes from the steering head all the way down. Really nice clean setup, and added rigidity.

top tube-1.JPG

[Peter Balfour]

Awesome looking bike Scott!

Peter

[mike burke]

INDEED !!!

mike

[jim kots]

Great modification to the 550!

The RCB is a fantastic project, I assume you are going to use the 900F as the base for the project. In 1980 Honda based their endurance racer on the 900F and renamed it the RSC1000 from RCB. The CB900F was based on Honda's earlier endurance racing versions of the RCB.

The link below gives a good background on Honda Endurance Racing efforts in europe.
http://www.vf750fd.com/Joep_Kortekaas/honda_endurance_history.html#1976

1980 Honda RSC

[Mikey]

Looking Great Scott. I can hardly wait to see it in person!

[Martin426]

Appreciate your comments guys, thank you. Will definitely be a busy 6 weeks before track day testing

Jim... Your assumption is correct. The 900 is supplying the engine, carbs, front-end, calipers, wiring harness, oil cooler and rear wheel to the project. The 18" front wheel is off an '82 GL1100 with 750F rotors. I'm going for the "in between" years look i.e. RCB '77-'79 with RCB style bodywork on an RS style frame. Such a mixed bag of stuff going on during the time. Summed up much better in this pic.

Scott

RCB1000-fig4.jpg

[pz1morton]

Scott
The cb500 or should i say cr550 looks awesome.mind you it will look better with paint though,and rcb1000 looks great.i am sure that thing is going to fly[right past me]on the track.You are rite Scott, Dennis and Bryan did a great job blending the back bone in the frame.talk to you soon.

Regards Paul

[BrianL]

Keep having fun Scott, it's what keeps us young!!!!

[jim kots]

Here are a set of rims for your RS1000 project.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HONDA-RCB-RS1000-FACTORY-STAR-WHEELS-HRC-RSC-/120684947956?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item1c196229f4

[Motoshire747]

Very cool Scott! "...eldest son..." how many more future VRRA members to we have coming?

[Martin426]

And fun it is Brian. Get yourself back on track... I owe you a spin

I wish Jim.... those things are a thing of beauty. Maybe someday...

One more recruit in the wings Steve...

Scott

[BrianL]

Glad to see your boy getting involved. It must be a whole whack of fun getting those bikes ready. I'll be back better than ever in 2012...But I'll swing by on Saturdays and Sundays during this season when my shifts permit. I'm using 2011 to recruit new members by organizing rides to the different events and showing theme around without the stress of racing. Cheers Scott and remember buddy, you owe me nothing but our friendship....See you at the races...