Cb550

A garage for special motorcycles and cafe racers

Even if you don't know Chiel Nipius' name, you've probably seen his work. He was part of the team at Ironwood Custom Motorcycles for a while, but he's now branched out on his own as Nius Moto. And judging by these two Honda CB550 customs, he has the skills to pay the bills. Using the knowledge he acquired under the mentorship of Ironwood shop boss, Arjan van den Boom, 23-year-old Chiel juggles custom bike building with other interests. He also has a part-time job as a metal fabricator at an…

Ohio's Mark Colasante builds a 550/4 dream machine... When it comes to Honda's four-cylinder machines of the 1970s, the CB750 has always received the lion's share of the limelight. It was a groundbreaking machine -- the "original superbike" -- but we've always had a soft spot for its middl

If there's one thing about this whole moto blogging malarkey that really warms the hemispherical cockles of our big old hearts,

Beautiful and subtile custom Honda CB550 Bratstyle built by JeriKan Motorcycles from Nice in France. Check out the pictures here!

Carefully restored by the crew at Retrospeed in Belgium, Wisconsin, this might be the nicest Honda CB550K you’ve ever seen.

May 2013 Black and TanCustom build by Seaweed and Gravel in southern california built by Brady Young. The inspiration for this build was spawned from a previous personal bike of Brady's, made from spare parts and a few weekends. The bike was rough, full of character, and frequently saw the dirt. Nonetheless, it caught the eye of the client that commissioned this build, but with new shoes and a classy attire. Our goal for this build was to create a simple, clean, minimalistic bike with an…

This is not your typical Honda CB cafe racer. ‘Fade To Black’ is probably one of the fastest middleweight vintage Hondas we’ve featured on this site—and with a Yamaha YZF-R6 front end, one of the best handling too. It’s a 1975 CB550 belonging to Grant Harvey, a Canadian film and television director. In his high school days, Grant rode around on a Honda 125 enduro—but since then, his only riding has been on his old man’s Harley Road King. “I turn 50 this year, so my wife suggested I should…

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