This is my ebay pile. I hope to make a few bucks off this stuff.

I didn’t think there would be a significant weight reduction but there is. The rear fender weights a heck of a lot.

This thing essentially keeps water and mud from getting all over your battery and electronics. Kinda dumb to remove it but it just looks awful. Plus, I plan on fabricating a custom battery harness and relocating the battery under the seat. The only thing that held this thing on were two tabs on each side. I just pushed the plastic in a little and it fell through the tabs.

Now you can see right to the battery and air filter.

Removing the grab rail was a simple process. I had to remove the two bolts that hold the rear shocks on the frame of the body, yank the grab rail off and place the bolts back on.

I guess I could have taken the grab rail off with the turn signals still attached but I was thinking that I had a better chance at selling the pieces separately on eBay.

I’m not sure if the turn signals were supposed to be held on by bolts or screws. I encountered a screw on on the right turn signal and a bolt on the left signal. Weird, but easy to take off. The last thing I had to do was string the wires through the bolt hole.

Removing the seat wasn’t necessary. I just popped open the seat and knocked out the two overhead bolts.

Before I removed the two side bolts I had to disconnect the brake light and turn signal wires from the main wiring harness.

easy

This bike will be the basis for the cafe racer. It is a 1976 Honda CB 550 with only 8000 miles on the engine. The transmission is rock solid and it came with a new set of tires, a new battery, and an inspection sticker valid until 09.

I initially wanted to take the whole thing apart and then put it back together again, but I want to be able to ride it and not have it sit in a thousand pieces for the next two months. So I decided that I’m going to disassemble and reassemble one section at a time.