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Re: Honda CB550 four K AWY 834S
« Reply #15 on: July 21, 2020, 02:47:58 PM »
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« Reply #16 on: July 21, 2020, 02:50:43 PM »
oddjob, im in newton Hyde, yes have heard of road and racing

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Re: Honda CB550 four K AWY 834S
« Reply #17 on: July 21, 2020, 03:54:26 PM »
Great result! and what were the chances of a first poster having it?

Wish I'd had that luck when I was looking for my old 71 CB750K1 (JML 60k) a few years ago, now believed written off in 1988.  :(

Last V5 issued 14 July 1993  :)
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« Reply #18 on: July 21, 2020, 05:06:03 PM »
Great result! and what were the chances of a first poster having it?

Wish I'd had that luck when I was looking for my old 71 CB750K1 (JML 60k) a few years ago, now believed written off in 1988.  :(

Last V5 issued 14 July 1993  :)

Thanks Ash,
I hadn't looked on the DVLA website since it had been updated with the V5 info, so maybe it's still out there after all?
The info about JML 60K being written off was from the dealer I bought it from in 1977, Bill Bunn M/Cs in Ealing W5 who did a HPI check on it and contacted me through Facebook.
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Re: Honda CB550 four K AWY 834S
« Reply #19 on: July 21, 2020, 05:27:11 PM »
oddjob, not far from white bridge , but nearer to where the old cig factory used to be, just near Talbot rd on route to the rising moon

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Re: Honda CB550 four K AWY 834S
« Reply #20 on: July 21, 2020, 06:09:37 PM »
There are 4 "write off" categories and two of them can be rebuilt

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« Reply #21 on: July 21, 2020, 10:14:31 PM »
There are 4 "write off" categories and two of them can be rebuilt

Oh yes, of course Bryan - wasn't thinking, I must have had a grey cell fart! So maybe it's sitting in someone's garage and will resurface one day.
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Re: Honda CB550 four K AWY 834S
« Reply #22 on: July 21, 2020, 11:12:55 PM »
so after all the excitement of the day - there are two big questions

a)can anyone let rob62 know its been found

b)how can I find out about its travels from Yorkshire to Hereford and back to Hyde owners wise?

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Re: Honda CB550 four K AWY 834S
« Reply #23 on: July 21, 2020, 11:40:30 PM »
Wow! I am amazed, I never truly expected to hear of this bike again. By the look and sound of it there isn’t much of the original bike left, I wonder if it’s the same engine... is the frame painted or stove enamelled? I had it stove enamelled by a company in Leeds who’s name escapes me at the moment, they did a lot of bike frames, this was before powder coating became the norm....  I presume you have the v5, how many owners has she had?  Oh the name of the Leeds stove enamel co just popped into my head, Thackreys.... or something... Wow I'm a bit gobsmacked at this bike turning up...

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Re: Honda CB550 four K AWY 834S
« Reply #24 on: July 21, 2020, 11:46:54 PM »
You’re in Hyde Greater Manchester? That’s not a million miles from me, just over the hill..... I can see a reunion coming up  :)

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« Reply #25 on: July 21, 2020, 11:57:41 PM »
This is me sat on AWY 834S in about 1981 at the Yorkshire Copperworks (night shift) happy days..

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« Reply #26 on: July 22, 2020, 12:47:44 AM »
rob62, hi rob to answer some of your questions  (deep breath) yes Hyde m/cr, frame painted, number of owners 12. can I ask a  few questions? -

did you change the swing arm, if so what make is it?

the front rotor disk is not a standard cb550 disc do you know what its off so I can match it for dual disc set up?

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« Reply #27 on: July 22, 2020, 07:29:55 AM »
If the rotor its probably easier to get 2 originals, same ones on all 500 and 550

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Re: Honda CB550 four K AWY 834S
« Reply #28 on: July 22, 2020, 09:46:52 AM »
rob62, hi rob to answer some of your questions  (deep breath) yes Hyde m/cr, frame painted, number of owners 12. can I ask a  few questions? -

did you change the swing arm, if so what make is it?

the front rotor disk is not a standard cb550 disc do you know what its off so I can match it for dual disc set up?
Hi rocker61
Interesting that the frame was painted. The stove enamel was pretty hard material and i imagine it would have taken a bit of removing. 12 owners! I think I would have been either the 2nd or 3rd owner, I paid £850 i think, from simpsons motorcycles (long gone now a kwikfit garage in Castleford). The swing arm was standard when i sold her. The only things i did was frame coating, comstar wheels, twin disks, marzocchi shocks and the marshall pipe. The rear wheel was off a CB650 and my standard drum brake went straight in iirc, the front wheel and discs were 400 superdream, i made a double adaptor banjo bolt for the twin disk setup, the forks already had all the lugs and threaded holes.... Things i remember, the rhs clutch cover had been chrome plated but was peeling off and looked rough, you can just about see on the photo’s. The lhs generator cover had a small hole at the bottom edge where it had been ground through due to a slide (previous owner to me) i never replaced that... I notice you said she had rusty spoke wheels but now she is wearing another set of comstars, her second set. It looks like she has had a lot of modifications over the years. I would love to know if its still the same motor, i dont think there is any way of finding out although Honda UK do keep records.. I’m 99% sure i dont have any more documents or photo’s relating to this bike but I’m going to double check later...

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Re: Honda CB550 four K AWY 834S
« Reply #29 on: July 22, 2020, 11:38:53 AM »
hi rob62
when I bought it it already had paint (hammerite) over the enamel. I just filled in holes that some butcher had drilled badly in the frame in  a attempt to fit rearsets. the enamel could be seen underneath the paint. on the frame the support frame for the passenger foot peg had been roughly ground off along with the mount for the rear brake pedal. For some strange reason the support frame on the gear change side was left on.
The comstars in the pics came fitted, so may still be the ones you fitted. I also got original spoke style  front and rear wheels and a original style swing arm as extras. the marzocci shocks had gone, as had the Marshall rear pipe.
as for the motor, David silver spares has a service where you can check frame/engine numbers so I am going to try this in the next few days, as Honda uk are dragging their heels over giving info

 

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