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CB500/550 / Re: eBay Bargain!
« on: March 04, 2011, 07:32:44 AM »
So nobody on here going to bid then?

 ;D

2792
CB500/550 / eBay Bargain!
« on: March 03, 2011, 08:33:53 PM »
NOT

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HONDA-500-4-/200576626757?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item2eb34c7045

"4 into 1 motad exhaust , although not the original 4 into 4 , is better quality and lighter ! (original are still available" - I'm sorry, did someone say that a Motad is better than the originals?   :o

"Some very minor detailing still to be completed " - like the wrong paint on the tank and the wrong seat...

I don't normally comment on eBay auctions on here but this one just had my anorak in tangles...

2793
CB500/550 / Re: How much is too much?
« on: March 03, 2011, 03:02:39 PM »
 ;D

I actually did that way back in the 70's when my 500/4 failed due to a faulty horn. As I was in a bicycle shop (many MOT stations were in those days), he sold me a cheap rubber bulb horn, watched while I fitted it and promptly passed me.

I then went home and took it off (and fixed the horn eventually)


One of my bikes failed recently as the Cibie Z-beam headlamp was actually French and dipped the wrong way. No MOT tester had noticed this since it was fitted 20 years ago!
He gave me some black tape and checked the beam pattern as I masked off various bits of the lens. He then passed me and suggested that I remove that ugly black tape once I was out of his premises...

 ;D

2794
CB500/550 / Re: How much is too much?
« on: March 03, 2011, 12:42:34 PM »
You would only get a daytime MOT of course.

Yes - forgot about those...

That could be the answer for a cafe racer.

2795
CB500/550 / Re: Cone filters
« on: March 03, 2011, 11:50:15 AM »
Get a cup of coffee and settle down in front of your screen.

Comfy?

Now read this:

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=5410.0

[Carb FAQ from .net site]

2796
Misc / Open / Re: Have I "lost the plot" or is this funny....
« on: March 03, 2011, 11:33:52 AM »
 ;D

That's one way of speeding up the handling by reducing the trail...

2797
CB500/550 / Re: How much is too much?
« on: March 03, 2011, 11:31:26 AM »
Bryan's an ex-MOT tester so he'll know all this, but...

You must have a horn
You must have a chainguard
Not sure about mudguards
If indicators are fitted they must work

2798
CB500/550 / Re: Cone filters
« on: March 03, 2011, 08:52:30 AM »
Not difficult, but if you haven't got a dyno, it's trial and error.

Getting carbs on and off is the worst bit.

2799
Misc / Open / Re: Have I "lost the plot" or is this funny....
« on: March 03, 2011, 08:49:21 AM »
I assume that his skip was full that day then?

2800
CB500/550 / Re: Refitting 500/4 Carbs
« on: March 02, 2011, 06:52:41 PM »
Yes.

Feed them in from the right hand side (when sitting on the bike) and waggle them onto the inlet rubbers.

Then fit the airbox chamber.

Works for me.

2801
CB500/550 / Re: Cone filters
« on: March 02, 2011, 12:14:28 PM »
K&Ns were our choice back in the 70's

You will need to re-jet the carbs though.


2802
CB500/550 / Re: Cone filters
« on: March 02, 2011, 07:36:46 AM »
You get up too early Bryan...

I would have said: "Modern bikes make more induction noise than exhaust noise (at least with standard cans) which is why they have such huge airboxes. For MOT purposes (theoretically) any modification that allows more noise than standard is a fail."

But as Bryan says - those rules are not retrospective.

2804
CB500/550 / Re: What model of cb500
« on: March 01, 2011, 05:35:33 PM »
Welcome to the UK by the way. Smaller (but more perfectly formed) than our colonial brothers.

2805
CB500/550 / Re: What model of cb500
« on: March 01, 2011, 05:34:48 PM »
Mine's the other way around. 1015277 frame with a 2154987 engine.

I don't think it makes much difference really as there were very few changes in the short life of this model. The 550 had all the "upgrades"  :)

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