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General => New Member Introductions => Topic started by: Rob550 on September 27, 2023, 06:12:34 PM

Title: Another newbie
Post by: Rob550 on September 27, 2023, 06:12:34 PM: Hi all i am Rob550 a new forum member. I own a cb550 us import. Had her a month or so and love her. Hoping to do some restoration over winter starting with exhausts.
Happy riding all
Title: Re: Another newbie
Post by: Laverda Dave on September 27, 2023, 06:17:53 PM: Welcome to the forum Rob. Lots of CB550 owners on here with plenty of knowledge. Enjoy.
Title: Re: Another newbie
Post by: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on September 27, 2023, 06:22:45 PM: Welcome Rob plenty of help & advice here - so is it a heated garage or are you under 60 yeas old! 😎😎😎
Title: Re: Another newbie
Post by: DomP on September 27, 2023, 06:30:56 PM: Welcome Rob, from a fellow 550 owner, you're in good company on here. So much invaluable knowledge that I really don't know where I'd be with my project with all the help I've received in a very short time.
Title: Re: Another newbie
Post by: Oddjob on September 27, 2023, 06:47:22 PM: Need to be more specific Rob, 550F or 550K. Same cc but completely different bikes.

550K1/2 will have a chrome tank cap for instance whereas 550F will have the cap under a flap on the tank.
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Post by: andy120t on September 27, 2023, 06:57:34 PM: Welcome aboard!
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Post by: Nurse Julie on September 27, 2023, 07:03:34 PM: Welcome to the forum Rob.
Title: Re: Another newbie
Post by: Rob550 on September 27, 2023, 07:22:39 PM: Thanks for the welcome messages to all of you.
Its a 550 k from 1976 a rolling resto. Starting in next few weeks with the exhausts. I am in my shed which has no heating but wont be long getting some as i am in my 50s.😉
Any help or tips with baffle removal would be well recieved. They are the trumpet style pipes. Thinking they are secured with bolts in the spacer piece linking the pipes at rear?
Title: Re: Another newbie
Post by: Nurse Julie on September 27, 2023, 07:31:41 PM: Quote from: Rob550 on September 27, 2023, 07:22:39 PM
Thanks for the welcome messages to all of you.
Its a 550 k from 1976 a rolling resto. Starting in next few weeks with the exhausts. I am in my shed which has no heating but wont be long getting some as i am in my 50s.😉
Any help or tips with baffle removal would be well recieved. They are the trumpet style pipes. Thinking they are secured with bolts in the spacer piece linking the pipes at rear?
If they are the standard Honda tulip type pipes, they don't come apart to remove the baffles. The little pipes you are referring to are just link pipes.

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Title: Re: Another newbie
Post by: Rob550 on September 27, 2023, 07:42:20 PM: Yes Nurse Julie they are the pipes. Not sure how baffles come out. Thought they may have been secured in the link.
Title: Re: Another newbie
Post by: Nurse Julie on September 27, 2023, 07:50:01 PM: Quote from: Rob550 on September 27, 2023, 07:42:20 PM
Yes Nurse Julie they are the pipes. Not sure how baffles come out. Thought they may have been secured in the link.
You would have to cut open the silencers at the weld line to get to the baffles and then re weld and re chrome. Like I said, they aren't removeable unless you resort to butchery.
Title: Re: Another newbie
Post by: Johnny4428 on September 27, 2023, 09:07:32 PM: Hi Rob, and welcome aboard, just bought a 1974 550k for restoration, so will post along the way to compare notes.
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Post by: Athame57 on September 27, 2023, 10:00:25 PM: Hello Rob
Welcome here, you are in good company! ;D
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Post by: Rob550 on September 27, 2023, 11:27:55 PM: Thanks Johny and Athame. I am excited to start on my bike this winter
Title: Re: Another newbie
Post by: philward on September 28, 2023, 12:00:42 AM: Welcome to the forum Rob. Right place for 550 help - loads of 550 guru's on here! Enjoy your resto!

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