Honda UK registered CB500K0's

[Trigger]

I have one. Recently back from the dead!


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Welcome to the mad world of the SOHC.
You have one very beautiful bike. I wish my next one i build comes out as good as your 

[1234pot]

Thanks Trigger. I guess they remain an enigma. Even with an original bill of sale it’s difficult to prove that it’s not an early import. If you can work out your date of manufacture and date of first UK registration that may offer something...
I don’t know exactly what!


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[1234pot]

I wish I had the know how to achieve this level of perfection myself. I’m hoping to find a way to undertake a classic mechanics course when all this madness is over....Any suggestions?


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[Trigger]

I wish I had the know how to achieve this level of perfection myself. I’m hoping to find a way to undertake a classic mechanics course when all this madness is over....Any suggestions?


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I think that you would need a time machine to go back to 1970 to do a mechanics course on one of these old girls.. You can get all the information you will ever need from this forum 

[1234pot]

Agreed....And it’s greatly appreciated.


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[AshimotoK0]

I wish I had the know how to achieve this level of perfection myself. I’m hoping to find a way to undertake a classic mechanics course when all this madness is over....Any suggestions?
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1234pot ...Welcome from me too. 

Here is a good start frm my Dropbox links on here.

HONDA CB500 CB550 FOUR

CB500 / 550 F SHOP MANUAL

https://www.dropbox.com/s/88zdzlj8olqi8pl/CB500-550_Manual.pdf?dl=0

CB500F K0/K1 PARTS MANUAL   I believe originally scanned by Bryan Jones before it did the rounds on the Internet

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5jfzpdcvxnahso4/Honda%20CB500%20CB%20500%20Four%20K0%20K1%20Parts%20List%20Diagram%20Manual%201971%201972.pdf?dl=0

March 1971 (3/71) CB500K0 PARTS MANUAL Courtesy BRYAN JONES

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jw783apfka1vkna/CB500K0%20JDM%20Manual.pdf?dl=0

Also for CB500K2

http://www.honda4fun.com/materiale-documentazione-tecnica/parts-list/parts-list-cb500

https://www.dropbox.com/s/daizzh89pzezphs/CB500%20K2%20Parts%20List.pdf?dl=0

CB550 PARTS MANUAL

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wwtfuqz1tbgj5m1/CB550_Parts.pdf?

CB550K3 Parts Book (Thanks to Ken Oddjob for letting us scan his copy)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fk9l07zhkoxqhvk/CB550K3%20Parts%20Book.pdf?dl=0

CB550F2 Parts book (Massive thanks to Ken  AKA ODDJOB)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/h7tm19y5fy27vvd/CB550F2_PartsBook.pdf?dl=0


CB500/4 Service Bulletins .. MASSIVE THANKS TO BRYAN JONES FOR COLLECTING THESE AND LOANING FOR ME TO SCAN

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/z8s0vpxu8niqva3/AAC1D8GaKGw_tvX0y2-CTcHaa?dl=0

CB500K0 Dealer set Up Instructions (Thanks Deltarider for link)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/55kkbjdz9nfcfuf/CB500_set-up_man.pdf?dl=0

[AshimotoK0]

1234pot

This link below  is also very useful for engine strip/rebuild.

Trigger ...is that a genuine UK 500K0 in the 1988 Classic Mechanics strip?


https://www.dropbox.com/s/czobu24604mdiiv/Classic%20Mechanics%20%26%20MCM%20500-4%20Rebuild.pdf?dl=0

[1234pot]

Thanks Ash. Truly amazing!


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[AshimotoK0]

Thanks Ash. Truly amazing!


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I merely scanned some of it and stored it, as I hate it when people try to charge you for literature pdf's.
Most of the stuff on the 500 originally came from BryanJ on here, as he had the foresight to keep all of the literature from when he worked at dealers back in the day. Plus other members have contributed too. Oddjob on here ... another Honda mechanic back in the day (Ken) let me dissect his 550 manuals to scan.

[Laverda Dave]

I have one. Recently back from the dead!

Welcome to the forum. A fine looking machine you have there. The location appears to be Sawyers Hill in Richmond? I was there last week 'taking covid allowed exercise'.
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[triplE675]

I have one. Recently back from the dead!


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Welcome to the mad world of the SOHC.
You have one very beautiful bike. I wish my next one i build comes out as good as your 

Welcome to the forum from me too

If you have a trigger built K0 then that's an extremely rare bike that not only shows but goes too . 


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[Trigger]

1234pot

This link below  is also very useful for engine strip/rebuild.

Trigger ...is that a genuine UK 500K0 in the 1988 Classic Mechanics strip?


https://www.dropbox.com/s/czobu24604mdiiv/Classic%20Mechanics%20%26%20MCM%20500-4%20Rebuild.pdf?dl=0

Found that article confusing as, the engine being stripped looks to be a K1. Maybe the picture of the bike was only used as illustration purpose's. The reg number is first date of reg in the UK as Feb 72 but, the head is the later type 

[AshimotoK0]

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Found that article confusing as, the engine being stripped looks to be a K1. Maybe the picture of the bike was only used as illustration purpose's. The reg number is first date of reg in the UK as Feb 72 but, the head is the later type 
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Yea probably just a library shot .. still a useful article though

[Trigger]

Found that article confusing as, the engine being stripped looks to be a K1. Maybe the picture of the bike was only used as illustration purpose's. The reg number is first date of reg in the UK as Feb 72 but, the head is the later type 
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Yea probably just a library shot .. still a useful article though
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No use to me 

[AshimotoK0]

MCM Article is actually a strip at the Honda Training School in the 1970's .... so got to be of some use to somebody on here Trigg