Honda-SOHC

Thanks for all your input so far :-)
The story goes that the first owner was in Germany in ‘73 and special ordered it from the factory in this colour. It was delivered new in the UK. Other than that yes I agree it’s not a UK colour. If I were to restore it (doubtful) I’d change it. As I say I think it’s better to enjoy as is, surface rust and all!

Hi everyone
I’ve recently acquired an original UK 500/4, 38000 miles, original colour (sadly not all original paint). It’s got plenty of patina but it’s very original and running fairly well so I’m tempted to enjoy it as is.
The seller told me it needed a carb clean, which I’ve now done borrowing an ultrasonic bath, but still running badly. Secondhand contact breaker plate acquired with old OEM points fitted but after timing up it runs a lot better than it did on the new cheap points - which were held in with self tappers so had been bodged! Has one new coil and plug leads numbered 4-1 instead of 1-4 so it’s clearly been fiddled with greatly recently. Fuel supply seems ok and the tank is reasonably clean, temporarily ran inline fuel filters and nothing showed up.
Fork oil looks like cold coffee so that needs doing, caliper needs looking at. Starter jammed in yesterday but freed itself off while I had a cuppa. Bench synced until I can afford a proper kit. Stock air box etc, I’ve removed the Motad 4-1 as I got lucky with a genuine period Dunstall 4-2 set up, a 4-4 is out of reach and I’m trying to buy used period parts rather than new copies.
The bike turns heads and I love it! Lucky also to have a ‘96 Triumph Sprint as a daily so the Honda is for fun.






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