1974 Honda CB550 resto/mod cafe racer

Her name is Blackwing and she's looking for a good home with a collector. enthusiast. or an all-around badass that wants a unique bike. She runs like a dream and sounds amazing. I am selling this custom 1974 Honda CB550. It's truly a one of kind and fun to ride vintage motorcycle with modern influences and tech. It is in excellent condition. When not ridden it has been stored indoors in a garage or in a climate controlled museum.  Its never been even close to being damaged or laid down. I commissioned it from Meyerbuilt Metalworks in Indianapolis last year. It's crafted from many hundreds of hours of custom metal work. Over the course of a year they took a perfectly serviceable 1974 Cb550 and did a total take down. restoration and modification build.  The only thing unchanged from the original is the motor. The tank. exhaust. rear section. subframe. and swing arm (mono shock conversion) are all handmade. It has some nice features and conveniences like:- LED turn signals - universal smart-phone mount attached to the stem for easy and accessible navi viewing. - Two disk rotors up front. one in the rear. - Kickstart. NOT electric start (saved a few pounds)- Retro-reflective red wheel stripes for extra visibility at night. It was featured in the American Motorcycle Museum in 2013/14.  You can see pictures of it on display here: www. motorcyclemuseum. org/Exhibits/BikeCraft2014. aspxThe bike comes with the museum's cardboard display placard. Blackwing was also featured on Bikeexif. a very popular motorcycle blog.  www. bikeexif. com/honda-cb550-customI must address the price I am asking and try to manage expectations. It's always a tough call to make with bikes like this. Charge enough to make a profit that's fitting for many months of work and some see it as greedy. Don't charge enough to clear your expenses and bikes like this would never get built. Suffice it to say the price doesn't even reflect what went into the build. much less what the Blue Book says.  This bike isn't a weekend $3-5K resto mod weekend project where one might find a $500 donor bike on ebay. tune it up. slap on some paint and bolt-on parts.  It's best to consider it more similar to a Walt Siegle bike (http://www. waltsiegl. com/sort/motorcycles/) or a Classified Moto (http://classifiedmoto. com) than most results from a ebay 'cafe racer' search.  If. like me. you appreciate fun and reliable japanese bikes with a modern influence and you think this bike is beautiful than its not priced out of the market. If nothing else you are buying exclusivity which you might not care about but some people do. I know I was a little bummed a few years ago when I saw someone pull up at an intersection riding  my make/model bike at the time.  ***That will literally NEVER happen with this bike. ***Its a great everyday rider but its also a collector bike that could be displayed in a home.  More picturesVideo of BlackWing starting and running360 degree video 

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