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Other Stuff => Misc / Open => Topic started by: SteveW on April 29, 2018, 05:32:14 PM

Title: CB550 Idiot lights - differences in light order
Post by: SteveW on April 29, 2018, 05:32:14 PM

First pic is my 74 CB550 K0, ignore the metal plate with switches on someone added, ive got rid and moved the ignition switch back to the correct place.

Second pic is from a bike on Ebay, also a 74 550.

Idiot lights are in a different order?

Title: Re: CB550 Idiot lights - differences in light order
Post by: Trigger on April 29, 2018, 06:08:42 PM

Different plates for different country's  ;)
Just to add to the confusion, here is another one from a CB550

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Title: Re: CB550 Idiot lights - differences in light order
Post by: SteveW on April 29, 2018, 07:14:42 PM

Why would they go to the trouble of making different ones?

Would have saved money making it standard  :o

Title: Re: CB550 Idiot lights - differences in light order
Post by: mike the bike on April 29, 2018, 09:13:54 PM

It's because the UK models are right hand drive.

Title: Re: CB550 Idiot lights - differences in light order
Post by: Green1 on April 29, 2018, 10:12:24 PM

That explains why mine are the other way round being a Yankee import  ;D ;D 

Title: Re: CB550 Idiot lights - differences in light order
Post by: SteveW on April 29, 2018, 10:42:45 PM

Mines a US import

Title: Re: CB550 Idiot lights - differences in light order
Post by: Trigger on April 29, 2018, 10:54:34 PM

Quote from: SteveW on April 29, 2018, 10:42:45 PM

Mines a US import

But, could of originally been a Canadian unit. UK, Japan and Canada shared that plate. Yours is still black so, it has not had the sun sup the colour from it. The one in the second picture is been sun bleached. Or someone changed it  ;)

Title: Re: CB550 Idiot lights - differences in light order
Post by: BigAl (Alan) on April 30, 2018, 12:38:27 PM

Not an answer to the CB550 dashboard question, but the CB750 also utilised 3 No. different dashboards
1. K2:    FLASH/OIL/NEUT/BEAM
2. K3/4: TURN/OIL/NEUTRAL/BEAM
3. K5:    TURN/HIGHBEAM/NEUTRAL/OIL

Title: Re: CB550 Idiot lights - differences in light order
Post by: Trigger on April 30, 2018, 12:46:41 PM

Quote from: BigAl on April 30, 2018, 12:38:27 PM

Not an answer to the CB550 dashboard question, but the CB750 also utilised 3 No. different dashboards
1. K2:    FLASH/OIL/NEUT/BEAM
2. K3/4: TURN/OIL/NEUTRAL/BEAM
3. K5:    TURN/HIGHBEAM/NEUTRAL/OIL

You forgot to mention that all the above 750's are for the USA market. The UK K2 is in the picture  ;)
You can always tell a original plate as, the HONDA is raised up and the copy plates are not.


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