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« on: September 21, 2016, 10:01:29 AM »
How much???  For that money you'd definitely want a show condition 550F. I've seen a couple of tatty but running ones for about £2-2.5k recently, which seems about right if you're going to have to spend money on tidying it up.
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« on: September 21, 2016, 09:53:22 AM »
Hi Pete, Nice to see another 550F being brought back to life! I have a 1977 F2 in candy sword blue, definitely the best colour  I have a few bits and bobs lying around in the garage so if you need any parts give me a shout. I don't have any indicator stems though I'm afraid! Glad you got the ticking problem sorted and I hope you're enjoying the bike  Cheers, Steph.
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« on: June 16, 2015, 06:47:17 PM »
Hi all, It was great to meet some of you and put faces to the forum names! Sorry I didn't get more time to chat at Sammy Miller's, I kept having to dash off and try to herd bikers into parking spaces (a bit like herding cats??)  Thanks for making the big effort to ride all the way and support the show! Hopefully we can meet up again soon. Cheers, Steph.
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« on: March 03, 2015, 03:51:30 PM »
I'll be there with the 550....but Trigger, Nige might have something to say about me turning his garden into an sohc campsite! My bikes are already hogging half his garage space Looking forward to it! Steph.
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« on: February 20, 2015, 08:21:31 PM »
I had the hubs professionally polished and have found them fairly easy to keep looking bright and shiny with metal polish. They will probably dull very gradually over time - I had them polished a couple of years ago and they are still looking good so hopefully the effect will last a long time.
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« on: February 20, 2015, 02:03:22 PM »
I hope you're not disappointed if you ever see the bike in real life Graham! Pictures tend to be kind to her...she's not perfect but I prefer it that way (as does my bank balance!) Steph.
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« on: February 20, 2015, 09:04:35 AM »
Yes it is
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« on: February 16, 2015, 01:54:43 PM »
Yep it is my bike Haven't seen the article yet! Hope they've been kind to her..! Will pick up a copy of the magazine when it's in the shops. Sorry I haven't been very active on here for a while, I'll try harder I promise! Steph.
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« on: June 06, 2014, 07:18:58 AM »
Thanks for the replies Steve, Yeovil is doable but it is a particularly rubbish drive from Bournemouth! If I can use someone more local it would be preferable but I will bear it in mind. Thanks Yodasoldier, I'll have a chat with those guys and hopefully sort something out. Thanks, Steph.
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« on: June 03, 2014, 10:42:20 AM »
Does anyone know of a good tank sprayer within reasonable driving distance of Bournemouth? Looking to get my CB550 tank and side panels resprayed and would rather take it somewhere myself rather than risk it getting damaged in transit.
Cheers,
Steph.
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« on: May 30, 2014, 06:53:17 PM »
Hi, and welcome to the site!
Fantastic to see another 550F in the area - I have a blue 550F2 and live in Ringwood, just up the road from you. Best of luck with getting your bike looking and running how you want it, if I can be of any help let me know. It would be nice to meet up with the bikes at some point, two 550Fs side by side must be a fairly rare sight!
All the best,
Steph
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« on: April 30, 2014, 09:31:40 PM »
If by PA switch you mean the passing light button, mine has it - you press the button in for the horn, and sideways to flash main beam.
Steph.
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« on: April 09, 2014, 09:30:16 AM »
Unfortunately it looks like we're back to square one. Changed the centre plug caps to brand new NGKs which work fine. However, Nigel (my other half) rode the bike yesterday and it's no better at all... He was really struggling in traffic and pulling away from junctions.  Looks like we may be back to a carburation issue. Steph.
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« on: April 07, 2014, 04:00:55 PM »
Ok, so we've just spent some time investigating the electrical system. First we checked the spark from each plug with the engine turning over on the starter, and found them all to be fine. We then checked the coils and HT leads which gave 14.6 kOhms . The outer two plug caps were also good, at 4.7 kOhms. However, we could get no reading at all from the centre two plug caps. We checked one of the middle plug caps from my 550 to check our technique was ok and got a good reading.
Would these two plug caps not working properly be enough to cause the symptoms I've described? The spark from those plugs was fine just turning the engine over but I guess it would struggle under load?
Thanks,
Steph.
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« on: April 06, 2014, 04:21:09 PM »
Thanks again for all the replies! The bike has NGK plug caps as recommended by K2-K6: two straight ones in the middle and cranked ones on the outers. However we will check that they're not shorting. Surely, though, if it was an electrical problem it would affect the bike all the time, across all RPM ranges? We can balance the carbs, and the bike will run beautifully for 5-10 minutes, then go out of balance again. However even when out of balance it behaves well at higher RPMs. I would have thought if the problem was electrical it would show at least some symptoms at high RPM too? It also idles very nicely.  Cheers, Steph.
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