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Title: 550 F1 owners handbook availability
Post by: Orcade-Ian on December 14, 2022, 06:39:51 PM
Hi folks,
Is anyone making a repro owners handbook for the F series 550?  I have seen a few K series for sale secondhand in the US for silly prices and even higher shipping costs.

Ian
Title: Re: 550 F1 owners handbook availability
Post by: Oddjob on December 14, 2022, 06:47:46 PM
Might have one lying around, did have one and can't remember giving it away. I'll have a look.
Title: Re: 550 F1 owners handbook availability
Post by: Orcade-Ian on December 14, 2022, 07:33:19 PM
Thanks Ken,
No rush - I'm still tinkering, carbs off at the moment and zinc plating all the brackets, springs, screws etc.  plus a bit of detailing on the rest. Lots of Rub N Buff too!
John Kenworthy in Lytham (Sunrise Graphics as was) used to do lovely repros of 400/4 handbooks as well as some great decals but had his collar felt in a big way by the big H and had to give up before they had chance to take him to the cleaners.  Bloody shame - not as if he was taking any of their business, he was just keeping classics on the road - which was Soichiro Honda's original ethos.

Ian
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