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CB 500 resurrection
gary123:
Yours looks great if I can get mine anywhere near that Ill be well happy
Nurse Julie:
Or you can do it in black, like John Webleys
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Oddjob:
IIRC when this appeared on this forum there was a 500 and a 550 engine. The one on the wooden shelf is a 500, you can see the pushrod seal and it has the gearbox drum retaining bolt on the upper casing, which IIRC the 550 doesn't have.
gary123:
My bike is listed as black on the v5 but it came with a nos brown tank and panels and thats how I remember them from 50 years ago.
Yes , it also came with a 550 engine, not sure why, and as the previous owner sadly died last year Ill never know.
Trigger:
--- Quote from: gary123 on July 22, 2022, 05:45:43 PM ---My bike is listed as black on the v5 but it came with a nos brown tank and panels and thats how I remember them from 50 years ago.
Yes , it also came with a 550 engine, not sure why, and as the previous owner sadly died last year Ill never know.
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He was most probably going to put a 550 engine in as the 500 is toast. Years ago a lot of owners changed there engines to 550's as, they thought it was a more powerful engine with 50cc more. The 500 and the 550 are the same BHP so, no benefit from a engine change.
The UK CB500 only came in Black, Gold or Brown. ;)
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