Motorcycle Restoration Part 5: Engine

A motorcycle engine is a thing of beauty: A compact mechanical symphony, engineered with precision. And one of the most satisfying jobs during a motorcycle restoration is restoring an engine back to its original glory. That’s what happened this week in E3 Motorcycles’ Brooklyn workshop. We’ll be looking at the strip-down of the engine in the Honda CB550 owned by New York agency Woods Witt Dealy & Sons. “The bike arrived with a thin layer of oil covering the cylinder and lower engine,“ recalls E3’s David B