3:30 Just a bit of FYI regarding the front guard on these bikes Taylor. They're act as part of the bracing for the forks. When you remove the front guard you need to pay attention to how you're replacing that bracing to avoid "flexion".
Hey Taylor great job on that bike! Just wanted to tell you that your carb rebuild video helped me a ton and now I'm riding my 76 cb550f. Thanks for the help!!
That bike is sick! I dig the combo of the scrambler, brute, cafe styles. I really enjoy your channel. No issues at all with running your business to catch up. Keep it up!!
Glad to see you happy and healthy! Gorgeous build and paint color, and very well done build. Would love to actually see one of your builds in person someday!
My first motorcycle was a brand new 1975 CB550 K-1. Put it through hell. Best motorcycle I ever owned. Not the fastest, the fanciest, certainly not the most expensive, but all 'round the best.
This bike really looks outstanding. Actually, after all these modern rules how a cafe racer or a scrambler has to look like, they virtually look all alike. Good to see that somebody has his own ideas.
You can build a bunch of stuff on the down low without documenting it, especially if there's nothing special about the build, and no one would ever know. you get the revenue, and you get to reserve the special builds for extra attention that filming brings. But I'm glad you filmed this one :) I have a CB550 that's nearly original that I need to tweak. Runs like a dream. But this build is gorgeous, looks and sounds amazing, good work.
Feels so bizarre that you ended up using the same color I'm doing on my CB750 tank. Video started and I was like.. "Hmm, that's a nice color.. Oh its a ford color? Wait a sec.." It looks great here and I've been getting compliments on the pics of mine as well.
that bike is beautiful! the owner is a lucky guy, and i'm sure he will be very happy. i know i would be. glad to see you're taking care of business. kinda missed the vids, but as a self employed individual myself, i totally understand.
Love the look of that bike! Colour of the tank and seat are perfect. Glad you are doing well. You have a business to run and totally understand your focus. Keep it up.
Happy to see you're OK and thanks for the video.....I'm currently building a 1986 Honda XL250R (don't know if this model was sold in US) in my garage and your videos are really helping/inspiring me. Hope to finish it soon!
He is nothing but a pup. (I 60 this year.) Love your builds! Have you ever built a 350cc twin? My Dad had I always liked it. A bit buzzy on your feet and hands.
Good to see you're back safely from the lockdown! Looking really forward to the m-unit Honda upgrade video. your video will be the motivation for me to upgrade mine as well. Could not do it without your support. Thanks a bunch
Another great build , I did wonder if you were unwell . Glad to see you back . Keep them coming, would like to see you work on a kz 650 that would be awesome
Great job Taylor you certainly know your way around these Honda fours. They are beginning to dominate your garage lol. Love all the bikes really though.👍
I would love to see a video on a full m-unit wiring. Also just throwing this out there for a future vid if you ever get some down time but another full motorcycle wiring video but without a m-unit kinda like the apocalypse motorcycle where you wire up a motorcycle with just the basics to be street legal. Looking forward to painting a gas tank vid!
Glad you are back. Awesome build!! Love it. Can’t wait to see what’s next. Thanks for the videos Enjoy watching your builds and will it run videos. Keep up the good work
I wanted to say fenomenal work with this build. One small little detail would have been nice to use the same same color to paint the head light from black to jade.
Call me a grumpy old man, but I just choose not to eliminate the rear fender. To me, it makes the bike look incomplete. The “something is missing” look. Other than that I agree with you about the color scheme. It looks great.
I feel the same. I'm also not a fan of the "let's pretend this skateboard is a seat" trend. I spend the extra and have seats professionally upholstered (I build the pans). The look, and more importantly the comfort level, blows the off-the-shelf seats out of the water. A seat that is purpose built will also eliminate the huge gapping hole between the tank and the seat that screams "I'm custom ... but not really".
You could fill the gap between the seat and the tank with a small crescent shaped padded bag in the same material as the seat or just black, that you could push in the gap. Maybe tuffside could make you one? I think they'd be a good seller for them.
Love it! You sir, always do an outstanding job. Thank you for the videos and all you do in the motorcycle community. Also, I'd love to see you do your magic to that 305 dream. I'm building one right now myself!
Also you could weld a slightly curved metal plate on the rear of the frame triangle to act as a rear mudguard to stop all the crap flying off the tyre and into the pod filters/bottom of the battery box. You could brand it and also it wouldn't affect the aesthetic.
You could, but you have to remember that the rear suspension moves in an arc, not straight up and down, so it might hit the guard. Also, if you ever change the gearing (which will require you to move the tire closer to the frame), the tire could rub in that situation too. And let's be honest, 90% of vintage customs are strictly "sunny day short trip" type of bikes.
My CB550F is a nightmare. Been trying to get it right for over a year. I have rebuilt, replaced and checked so many things and it jusg has idling and top gear power issues. I lost my job a few month back so had to wait and just do what i could. I have followed many of your suggestions. The last owner didn't know squat so it was severely neglected. As it is, rebuilt carb with 110/40 Main/pilots with velocity stack. U known model of Dyna S timing mech. Cant find the right A/F mixture turns and have 5th gear power loss like its starving for gas. OEM needles on the middle clip setting. Im going to try a re-sync of the carbs because I found a vacuum leak at intake manifold which i fixed. Im just ready to take this bike out and shoot it. I found pennies in the gas tank fused into the tank and paint chips. Cleaned it out. This bike has been through hell and i have worked so hard on trying to get it to run right. I wanted to visit Classic Octane since im in San Antonio but the Covid19 stuff has kept me home. Im just out of ideas. Currently it want to die when you left off the throttle coming to a stop and if 8 get to 5th gear i get power loss from 8pmph down to barely 60mph. Not being able to ride has me depressed as all hell. 🤣😢
Hey Charles, sorry to hear about your issues. Come over to SOHC/4 Owners Club Forums and ask your questions, we'll get you sorted. forums.sohc4.net/ The look and feel of the site is a bit of a 90's web experience, but all the knowledge in the world is there for any SOHC/4 Honda. We can get you on the road brother, don't give up!
My ONLY criticism is that the rear wheel has no fender between the carbs/rear of engine etc. A shorty fender would stop all the crap from the road being thrown under the seat and all over the engine. It could still look just as cool, but be more functional. Other than that, great job! ❤️
Do you know what exhaust wrap is actually made for.......to keep the engine bay cooler in racing cars, helps to keep them from overheating 🥵 absolutely nothing to do with motorcycles, the only thing it does for motorcycles is to corode exhausts, especially steel ones. It also keeps the exhaust gas’s hotter, which can damage the heads and valves, not saying it will, but it could. Why do you think motorcycle racers don’t use it?? I know people love the asthetics of it, but I’m just not a fan of it ..........but I am a fan of you’re videos Ty, and I love being entertained by them. I also love the finished product , those wee bikes are amazing and are beautifully finished. If I could afford it, I’d commission you to build me a bike.......but without exhaust wrap lol 😂. Great video Ty, loved it lots. 😎👍👍👍🇬🇧
You like that brown-tan seat color you use it all the time . It's like Ford color combo thing. I have always thought the people at ford were color weird when came to interiors. the bike looks great though.
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No worries, we appreciate you've got a business to run. Thanks for updating us on your progress. Sweet bike!
Love the green tank. In fact, love the color contrast with the seat. Overall, great looking machine....
Thanks for all the links for parts in the description. Really helpful and not many people do it. Thank you!
3:30 Just a bit of FYI regarding the front guard on these bikes Taylor. They're act as part of the bracing for the forks. When you remove the front guard you need to pay attention to how you're replacing that bracing to avoid "flexion".
Love the noise of that muffler every-single-time you fire it up, it's going on my build 'must have' list
I love the fact that you combine al these diffrent styles in to one bike. Nice work!
Hey Taylor great job on that bike! Just wanted to tell you that your carb rebuild video helped me a ton and now I'm riding my 76 cb550f. Thanks for the help!!
Great job Tyler I'm sure your customer will be very happy with his new bike
this dude is having a blast right now.. PA back roads are made for cafe bikes
Really happy to see you’re OK. I was afraid you were sick.
All good here. Happy to be back!
It's a beauty.The " Bullit" green tank with tan seat is a perfect combo. And sounds great. Your customer will be very pleased. Cheers 👍
That bike is sick! I dig the combo of the scrambler, brute, cafe styles. I really enjoy your channel. No issues at all with running your business to catch up. Keep it up!!
Glad to see you happy and healthy! Gorgeous build and paint color, and very well done build. Would love to actually see one of your builds in person someday!
My first motorcycle was a brand new 1975 CB550 K-1. Put it through hell. Best motorcycle I ever owned. Not the fastest, the fanciest, certainly not the most expensive, but all 'round the best.
This bike really looks outstanding. Actually, after all these modern rules how a cafe racer or a scrambler has to look like, they virtually look all alike. Good to see that somebody has his own ideas.
You can build a bunch of stuff on the down low without documenting it, especially if there's nothing special about the build, and no one would ever know. you get the revenue, and you get to reserve the special builds for extra attention that filming brings. But I'm glad you filmed this one :) I have a CB550 that's nearly original that I need to tweak. Runs like a dream. But this build is gorgeous, looks and sounds amazing, good work.
This bike is absolutely beautiful. Incredible job
Glad to see the larger turn signals. Safety (for others) should always come first!
Feels so bizarre that you ended up using the same color I'm doing on my CB750 tank. Video started and I was like.. "Hmm, that's a nice color.. Oh its a ford color? Wait a sec.." It looks great here and I've been getting compliments on the pics of mine as well.
Curious to see your next build , looking forward to the change in manufactures, nothing against the the tried and true Honda's.
that bike is beautiful! the owner is a lucky guy, and i'm sure he will be very happy. i know i would be. glad to see you're taking care of business. kinda missed the vids, but as a self employed individual myself, i totally understand.
Love the look of that bike! Colour of the tank and seat are perfect. Glad you are doing well. You have a business to run and totally understand your focus. Keep it up.
That's a beatiful motorcycle, well done!! I got my first bike in April, an '81 Honda twinstar. Got it running and now I'm having a blast!
Very good result. I don’t mind missing the progress build but I really appreciate seeing the end result , nice and clean.....
Happy to see you're OK and thanks for the video.....I'm currently building a 1986 Honda XL250R (don't know if this model was sold in US) in my garage and your videos are really helping/inspiring me. Hope to finish it soon!
How did the build go? Those are cool dirtbikes.
@@verrofy The bike is finished and back on the trails! Probably will put it again on the garage for a proper paint job, but it’s running great
Welcome back. Was watching an old video last night wondering when the next would be.
Looks terrific, I live in pa and my inspection mechanic gave me crap for no rear fender. My setup was just like this
All good brother. We all understand how life is. The bike turned out great 👍🏼👍🏼
So glad to have you back! The Bullet green looked slightly blue in the vid, but I can imagine it with the distressed brown seat/grips... tasty choice.
It has a blueish tint with my LED lights but in the sun its more green.
Nice to see you’re busy - did see a sneaky photo of the bike on Instagram. Very nice and a perfect colour.
Damn that sounds crazy good. Love the color of the tank and fender.
" Old man" Taylor? The beard doesn't fool us T.
He is nothing but a pup. (I 60 this year.) Love your builds! Have you ever built a 350cc twin? My Dad had I always liked it. A bit buzzy on your feet and hands.
He’s feeling old but not yet grumpy, lol
Old. man ???? lol....I'm. 71, dude....and I don't consider myself old
Can't wait for both that gas tank paint video and also the m unit! 😄
Good to have you back missed your videos, Hello from Ireland
Nice walk around, I also like the parts list in the description. Good job, glad you're back!
Very well done my man....All the parts in all the right places.....😎
It's gorgeous. I love it, man! I have a 78 CB550K and this video is inspiring my build. Thanks for sharing.
Wow this bike is super clean! I’m editing the exhaust video for my Budget Brat Cafe Build today and this was all the motivation I needed!
Another great job, I enjoyed seeing the finished bike. Thanks Taylor.
Good to see you're back safely from the lockdown! Looking really forward to the m-unit Honda upgrade video. your video will be the motivation for me to upgrade mine as well. Could not do it without your support. Thanks a bunch
You're getting really good at this!
Great looking bike man. You’ve really come leaps and bounds from when you first started out making videos. Good work 👍🏾
Beautiful job. It sounds freaking like a classical song...
I really like this build, great setup! Thanks for the video!
Another great build , I did wonder if you were unwell . Glad to see you back . Keep them coming, would like to see you work on a kz 650 that would be awesome
Another C.O. Masterpiece, nice work Taylor.
Start's bike at the 11:40 mark, sounds fantastic! Awesome build!
Yay the videos are back!!!
Enjoyed the video. Under that lighting, the bike looked sort of blue. That too, was a good color combination.
The LED lights in my shop make it looks a little more blue than it does in the sun.
CB550 is cool. Had the 750 first... and it was a tank on the turns.
I think the 550 is a good balance between power and weight.
Ever thought of strapping a camera to the ceiling on time-lapse for when your too busy to talk? "Rough footage" type video? As always, love your work!
Dang man thats so nice man. Love the colour! Keen to see the how to paint gas tank video next! Awesome work as per usual
Great job Taylor you certainly know your way around these Honda fours. They are beginning to dominate your garage lol. Love all the bikes really though.👍
I would love to see a video on a full m-unit wiring. Also just throwing this out there for a future vid if you ever get some down time but another full motorcycle wiring video but without a m-unit kinda like the apocalypse motorcycle where you wire up a motorcycle with just the basics to be street legal. Looking forward to painting a gas tank vid!
Cool, ill be following on the cb750 work, just about halfway done with mine
Looks really good! I wish that was my bike!
Glad you are back. Awesome build!! Love it. Can’t wait to see what’s next. Thanks for the videos Enjoy watching your builds and will it run videos. Keep up the good work
I wanted to say fenomenal work with this build. One small little detail would have been nice to use the same same color to paint the head light from black to jade.
Great build.... and good business decision.... keep em coming.....🏍
That's a beauty, well done!
Work of art!! I’m very curious how much the customer payed for the bike to be built. It was definitely worth every penny! Keep up the great builds!
Call me a grumpy old man, but I just choose not to eliminate the rear fender. To me, it makes the bike look incomplete. The “something is missing” look. Other than that I agree with you about the color scheme. It looks great.
I feel the same. I'm also not a fan of the "let's pretend this skateboard is a seat" trend. I spend the extra and have seats professionally upholstered (I build the pans). The look, and more importantly the comfort level, blows the off-the-shelf seats out of the water. A seat that is purpose built will also eliminate the huge gapping hole between the tank and the seat that screams "I'm custom ... but not really".
As always you have created yet another awesome bike
look forward to the tank painting video
Love the process!! And the before and after! Art 😎
Nice build, Taylor.
You could fill the gap between the seat and the tank with a small crescent shaped padded bag in the same material as the seat or just black, that you could push in the gap. Maybe tuffside could make you one? I think they'd be a good seller for them.
love the vids dude and appreciate the honesty about the time conundrum! the Bike looks epic too, well done!
Soooo beautiful!!! Congrats!!! You are a Master!!! Love you videos 👍♥️
Love it! You sir, always do an outstanding job. Thank you for the videos and all you do in the motorcycle community.
Also, I'd love to see you do your magic to that 305 dream. I'm building one right now myself!
Awesome build! Bike looks 👌
beautiful build. love the color combos and the style choices you made!
Le son est incroyable, très bon travail
Totally what I’m looking to do to my racer inspired thanks
OMFG, I love this color !!!!
I would love a Honda m-unit video!
Also you could weld a slightly curved metal plate on the rear of the frame triangle to act as a rear mudguard to stop all the crap flying off the tyre and into the pod filters/bottom of the battery box. You could brand it and also it wouldn't affect the aesthetic.
You could, but you have to remember that the rear suspension moves in an arc, not straight up and down, so it might hit the guard. Also, if you ever change the gearing (which will require you to move the tire closer to the frame), the tire could rub in that situation too. And let's be honest, 90% of vintage customs are strictly "sunny day short trip" type of bikes.
Hey man take care of business and we will check out what you got when your ready!
My CB550F is a nightmare. Been trying to get it right for over a year. I have rebuilt, replaced and checked so many things and it jusg has idling and top gear power issues. I lost my job a few month back so had to wait and just do what i could. I have followed many of your suggestions. The last owner didn't know squat so it was severely neglected. As it is, rebuilt carb with 110/40 Main/pilots with velocity stack. U known model of Dyna S timing mech. Cant find the right A/F mixture turns and have 5th gear power loss like its starving for gas. OEM needles on the middle clip setting. Im going to try a re-sync of the carbs because I found a vacuum leak at intake manifold which i fixed. Im just ready to take this bike out and shoot it. I found pennies in the gas tank fused into the tank and paint chips. Cleaned it out. This bike has been through hell and i have worked so hard on trying to get it to run right. I wanted to visit Classic Octane since im in San Antonio but the Covid19 stuff has kept me home. Im just out of ideas. Currently it want to die when you left off the throttle coming to a stop and if 8 get to 5th gear i get power loss from 8pmph down to barely 60mph. Not being able to ride has me depressed as all hell. 🤣😢
Hey Charles, sorry to hear about your issues. Come over to SOHC/4 Owners Club Forums and ask your questions, we'll get you sorted. forums.sohc4.net/ The look and feel of the site is a bit of a 90's web experience, but all the knowledge in the world is there for any SOHC/4 Honda. We can get you on the road brother, don't give up!
Good you got alot of work, makes a fan happy :D Keep going.
Doing a mono shock conversion on one of your builds would be awesome to watch.
In the works. Stay tuned.
I like this one too. Looks fun to ride.
absolutely beautiful. 😍
looks and sounds great. love it
You absolutely KILLED this 😍 *subscribes*
Looks and sounds good 🛠
Dang bro, that looks and sounds amazing!
Savage job as usual man. Can't wait to see yer next build. I'm guessin a 2 stroke!!
I think you might have cut the front fender far. In wet weather it might still throw water on the rider ? Looks good.
Fingers crossed its a BSA build next!!!!
Great build, I like it. Thinking about .... just listening to the sound. Amazing.
My ONLY criticism is that the rear wheel has no fender between the carbs/rear of engine etc. A shorty fender would stop all the crap from the road being thrown under the seat and all over the engine.
It could still look just as cool, but be more functional. Other than that, great job! ❤️
Where do you mount the licence plate? and with no rear finder won't water and dirt kick back under the seat and on there back? It does look amazing.
Awesome built my friend...👌
Bullitt Mustang colour ? Dark Highland Green?
Great bike👍
Do you know what exhaust wrap is actually made for.......to keep the engine bay cooler in racing cars, helps to keep them from overheating 🥵 absolutely nothing to do with motorcycles, the only thing it does for motorcycles is to corode exhausts, especially steel ones. It also keeps the exhaust gas’s hotter, which can damage the heads and valves, not saying it will, but it could. Why do you think motorcycle racers don’t use it??
I know people love the asthetics of it, but I’m just not a fan of it ..........but I am a fan of you’re videos Ty, and I love being entertained by them. I also love the finished product , those wee bikes are amazing and are beautifully finished. If I could afford it, I’d commission you to build me a bike.......but without exhaust wrap lol 😂. Great video Ty, loved it lots. 😎👍👍👍🇬🇧
Howdy from Buda... nice build. I miss my 750 on a daily basis.
I have one we can build for you :-)
Classic Octane I used to commute on that bike. Given I work from now i better focus on and ther projects. I too have a 69 Camaro in the garage.
Awesome work !! Please what Color code is the tank paint?????? Thank you so much for sharing
should include customer reactions given how pumped i'd be with the before/after
You like that brown-tan seat color you use it all the time . It's like Ford color combo thing. I have always thought the people at ford were color weird when came to interiors. the bike looks great though.