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A quick update on the Shiny Orange 550

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Orcade-Ian:
Bike arrived in Orkney at the weekend and I picked it up on Monday afternoon.  Obviously very pleased to have one of James' 'cast offs'  ;). First assessment exactly as was described by James - no surprises (except the toolkit under the seat!) and the initial list includes Carb overhaul kit (from Julie) lots of polishing of aluminium casings and forks.  Master cylinder and caliper to refurb - James supplied an original to replace the after market one. Alternator cover badge from Phil.  Nice clean oil and light went out very quickly when cranked.  All lights working and turns over on the starter and with fresh fuel, chimed in on 2, 1, 3, 1, none as expected.
Pattern silencer still has original mounting plate - good result!  Straightened gear lever and re-positioned l/h footrest.  1st wash and wiped all over with ACF 50 for the time being.  Letter sent to Honda for date of manufacture - even though the plate says 06/75.

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Ian

Oddjob:
550F shouldn't have a generator cover plate, the 500 got it, the 550 got a embossed cover with the Honda logo engraved into the metal. Not a problem, either will work, just info so you know.

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Looks a very nice bike that just needs tweaking  to suit your personal tastes.

Orcade-Ian:
Hi Ted,
Yes, it won't take a great deal to make a useable bike and should be in use for the Spring next year.
Ken, is that the same for the US spec bikes as well?  The reason I ask is that Randall Washington (Randakk) in the US, who is a bugger for originality sold an identical bike not many numbers away from mine and it had the separate badge too.  I'm not too bothered either way as my cover will live to fight another day (with a bit of graft) and Phil has a NOS badge to fit and the claw/clips are still available.
One thing I do know is that it won't be as big a job as my 350/4  :)

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Ian

Bryanj:
I think it depends on the year of the bike as the first US 550 were 500 bikes with 550 engines using lots of 500 parts, the 550's we got were later ones and the K3 definately had embossed cover not sure about the F, ask Roo to look in my parts book to check

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