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CB500/550 / What have I got?

« on: January 24, 2022, 06:18:19 PM »

Hi, Can anyone please advise / help identify what bike I actually have.
I thought (hoped) I had a 1978 550 K3. The bike wasn't identifiable when I purchased it some years ago.
Since embarking on the rebuild I have discovered it has F carbs and now I have found it has F front forks as well.
It has an engine no CB550E 2022251 and a chasis no CB550K 2021517
How can I confirm the model from this info?
Thanks

Where's My Old Bike? / 550 K3, TMF 517S

« on: November 06, 2021, 05:36:31 PM »

Anybody know of the whereabouts of TMF 517S, 550 K3.
Last known in the Grimsby area around 1982.
I swapped it for a lawnmower!
Thanks
Mariner Wayne

CB500/550 / Carb actuating spindle removal

« on: October 30, 2021, 05:30:50 PM »

Can anyone advise on how to remove the actuating spindle (pivot bar?) on a set of F2 carbs for cleaning and refurb?
Mine will move sideways in both directions for approx. 2-3 mm before stopping hard against something.
It's not obvious to me what is retaining it and hence how to remove it.
All advice gratefully received.
Thank you

New Member Introductions / Hello from an old newbie.

« on: September 16, 2021, 08:40:38 PM »

I registered on the forum a few years ago when the 1978 550 K3 was going to be a winter project. Anyway, I'm retired now and it will be a retirement project. (Trigger helped me out with a cam tensioner and I still owe him a beer)
I spoke to a guy at Waltham petrol station yesterday (15th Sept) on a beautiful 550 Super Sport and he suggested I have a look, so here I am.
Based in Louth, Lincolnshire, I had a 550K3 back in the late 70's and it took my girlfriend (now wife) and I on a cracking tour of Europe, hence the emotional desire to renovate the £390 unrecognisable K3 that became available a few years ago and now sits in many pieces in the attic.
If the guy from the petrol station makes himself known, I wouldn't mind meeting up again.
Current bikes are Ducati Multistrada and 916.
Happy days.

New Member Introductions / Hello from Lincolnshire

« on: December 04, 2016, 09:45:00 PM »

Hello SOHC4
I'm a new member residing in Lincolnshire.
I have a 550 four K3 in many bits throughout the garage. It seemed like a good idea at the time as I used to ride one back in the late 70's.
I also have a Ducati ST2, a Ducati 916 and a Suzuki GSX1400
I don't do facebook or any other social media stuff and to tell the truth, I'm struggling with this a little bit, but we'll see where it goes.
Anyway best wishes and regards