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« on: December 09, 2014, 04:43:18 PM »
Every time I see a picture of our lovely bikes equipped with the higher US handlebars, I'm shocked. How could Honda equip a perfect riding machine with this silly sit up and beg bars? They simply cannot offer the correct riding position, period. Here's my guess: it is as Honda knew there was an extra market to have: people that have enough money to buy a new toy but are afraid of riding. This in a market where a licence to ride a motorcycle is very easy/cheap to get. Maybe Honda estimated there were a lot of big belly's too, I don't know. Unless you have a fat belly (why not have a chopper?) every one should have the lower bars, for better control and THUS safety.
Decades ago I've removed the rubber of the pegs to gain an extra cm or two for my legs. No need to be afraid: not once did my feet slip of the metal pegs, not even when I was standing on them in terrain.
The best you can do to your bike (and yourself) is making the bike fit well.
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« on: November 18, 2014, 09:45:29 PM »
This may shock you. I am 1,96 m tall and have removed the footpeg rubbers to gain a somewhat better riding position. In all these years not one time a foot has slipped of the peg and I have never felt uncomfortable about it.
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« on: October 25, 2014, 08:23:47 AM »
If somebody could scan it and mail it to me to complete my collection, I'd be very grateful. I used to buy Classic Motorcycle Mechanics but it has vanished from our shops in Holland years ago. I have several old articles in foresaid magazine however.
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« on: October 03, 2014, 06:32:51 PM »
My advise: don't "adjust" anything. Float heights are always right in my experience unless PO messed with them (this ofcourse after reading "interesting stuff" in manuals). My floats are in there for over 130.000 kms and have never needed adjustment. BTW, this floattang bending has become epidemic in the International site. Please don't spread it here.
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« on: September 21, 2014, 06:25:30 PM »
Oddjob and Mickwinf, are you aware that the 500K2 (ED) offered the best of the 500 and the 550 combined? Like the bigger and tilted clocks. It was a 1976 model for the European continent.
Here's mine.
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« on: September 19, 2014, 09:35:04 AM »
Although I've never seen one in real (they were not imported in Europe) the 550K2 '76 for me is the most desirable of the 500/550 series and here is why. It's the last model with the four original trumpet exhausts, that allow precise finetuning. In spite of the 550Fand F1, that had most power to offer, I prefer the looks of this model. The oldstyle carbs, that are so easy to work on compared to the later PDcarbs. It's all in all the model that stays closest to the original (the 500) by offering most of the features that were good from the beginning and least of what had become 'mode' later. In detail: there is the reliable engine and updated transmission. There are those wonderful harmonicarubbers that used to protect forkseals so well before shiny legs became mode. There is the oldstyle, elegant and sober dash with just four idiot lights and not the cheaplooking setup with that insulting fifth idiot light (I mean who needs to be informed WHAT indicator is on? Who else but a true idiot). The modest ignition key is still under the tank, where it can do no harm. No hanky panky with a choke knob to mimick a car. I bet the wires are still tidy inside the handlebars. A pity it only came in Candy Garnet Brown and not in Excel Black as the 500K2 '76 did (European models). If I had one I'd change the US for the Euro handlebars and would have those big and cheap looking indicators and rear light replaced by the earlier and smaller ones.
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« on: September 18, 2014, 08:56:49 PM »
Six speed... hm... interesting.
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« on: September 15, 2014, 08:43:10 PM »
Yes, you can. We all do.
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« on: September 15, 2014, 04:12:10 PM »
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« on: August 11, 2014, 11:09:04 AM »
Try to avoid spending unnecessarily. Start as close to the original as possible. Then evaluate what you like and don't like. These bikes should run good in stock condition. No need to buy fancy stuff.
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« on: July 20, 2014, 06:17:49 PM »
Push down and they stay down - have to pull on the bars to get the bike back to normal Did you tighten from the bottom to the top and by the manual? It is easy to do it wrong and as a consequence legs will bind.
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« on: July 17, 2014, 08:11:07 PM »
The 500 had various front legs. I remember decades ago a Honda mechanic and I looked at a view of the front legs and he commented: don't look at the picture, it is wrong. The stupid thing is I can't recall what picture it was, so I know nothing...
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« on: July 17, 2014, 04:28:38 PM »
I'm not sure. I recently got the advice (German site) tight coils should be up on my CB500. For the effect one would say it doesn't matter but you want to avoid unnecessary unsprung weight.
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« on: July 14, 2014, 09:35:32 PM »
think it was groove side down I'm afraid I don't understand. Groove means what?
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« on: July 14, 2014, 06:54:43 PM »
The question is which end goes in first.
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