Honda CB550 custom

A short post today: a lovely CB550 café racer belonging to Victor Sultana of Grand Rapids in Michigan. It’s one of those bikes that’s just “right”, and it put a smile on my dial as soon as I saw it. It’s a 1975 CB550, fully restored, and with no engine mods other than the 4-into-1 blacked out exhaust. The restoration and paint was done by a small workshop called Classic Snowmobile Repair in Fennville, Michigan. The solo seat is a custom fabricated fiberglass item by CB specialist Benjie’s Cafe Racers, complete with integrated tail light. And the rearsets, mirrors, linkages...