Mihai ( or Michael) from Romania...in Europe

[mihai.i]

Greetings,
My name is Mihai ( or Michael, Mike, in english ou Michel en francais). I am from Romania and i`m really bad with english.
i live in Bucharest, the capital of Romania (not Budapest, that is for Hungary), and i`m in negotiations for an old CB550k 4 (1978) for the price of 2.000 euro (or abou 2.700 US dollars).
I wil get it in the spring time (hope). it has 35.000 miles (is the american version, was imported from US in 1981) and is in  a very good original condition.
I think is the only CB550K registred in Romania

Anyway...glad to find this forum and glad to find you all!

If you are traveling to Romania just give me a sign...mi casa e su casa!


I am back! just bought the Cb550k.

Some pics:) and a video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TQYVnTpbqI

[LesterPiglet]

Hi Mike and welcome. Your English is perfectly fine mate.

[mick]

Hi Mihai and welcome to the forum is that the bike your hoping to buy?, it looks nice and original  cheers Mick.

[Green1]

Welcome Mihai

I'm a typical Brit if we struggle to understand each other I'll just talk slower and louder 
She looks like a nice bike

Mick

[mihai.i]

Hi Mihai and welcome to the forum is that the bike your hoping to buy?, it looks nice and original  cheers Mick.

Yes this is the one. i only got 2 photos but i will get more after i buy it.
The bike is owned by a 67 years guy who all his life was a bike enthusiast but he never got a japanesse bike, only MZ, IJ, URAL, and other like those.
He said that is he`s last bike...and is very fond of it, but considering the age he need to sell it to a person who really wants to take care of her ( the bike:))
The price is a little high but he is selling it with the same money that he bought it.

[UK Pete]

Welcome Mihai, welcome to the forum
pete

[ka-ja]

Welcome Mahai,
                               Don't worry about your English, it is better than my Rumanian, and anyway, SOHC is the same thing everywhere---Ken

[Trigger]

Welcome Mihai, know your country very well. Ex- wife from Oradea. I lived just south of Saloniki for 8 years and have many friends in eastern Europe. You many be right, i have never seen a 550 in Romania. There is a few about in Greece.

[mihai.i]

Welcome Mihai, know your country very well. Ex- wife from Oradea. I lived just south of Saloniki for 8 years and have many friends in eastern Europe.

that is a good thing to know!
I visited a for 3 times Greece, crossing Saloniki, but only by car.
I really wish to make a round trip with my bike in Greece. probably next year!

[mihai.i]

Sound good?

http://youtu.be/6TQYVnTpbqI

[Trigger]

Looks nice Mihai. Never seen one with reflectors on the fork cases before.
What is the box next to the horn?

[mihai.i]

Looks nice Mihai. Never seen one with reflectors on the fork cases before.
What is the box next to the horn?

Some of the reflectors are from the previous owner...the strips from the fork and from the bottom of the fork. Also the rear round stop reflector...

[mihai.i]

What is the box next to the horn?

The previous owner is a..., i dont now how to translate ”inginer electronist” (something like electric engineer).
He made 2 electonic ignition (hand made)...one is the main ignition, and one is a backup
He also keept the points plate. So..when you want to use the eletronic ignition just turn on a switch, when you want to use the points turn of the switch.
Also..if the main ignition fails and also the point fails, you could plug on the backup ignition..pretty cool, no?

more pics you can find on our local bike forum: http://www.motociclism.ro/forum/index.php?/topic/661157-clasice-made-in-japan/?p=3757595

[SteveD CB500K0]

Backup electronic ignition AND a points plate.

That's more backups than Apollo 13!

He cetainly never wanted to be stranded.

MiHai - Electonic Engineer is correct (I'm one as well)

[Trigger]

Can not see how you could have a points system and a electric ignition in the same case. Thinking about it, i have seen some strange things in Eastern Europe.