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Other Stuff => Member 4 Sales => Topic started by: Bryanj on November 17, 2025, 06:55:14 PM
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I have a nominaly N reg 550 that i have discovered is in a 500 frame.
This is in atrocious condition with a lacework tank, no seat or rear shocks and a 759 front caliper.
Has been stood many years and is nor pretty.
Cost is ZERO but needs collecting from Gloucester, pics are possible if you send me a PM
ONCE AGAIN THIS IS AN ABYSMALL BIKE
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I MUST see a photo! - and no, im not interested in it!
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You need to pm me your email
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Don’t think you’re selling it well Bryan!😂 (of course not selling) Sounds a bit like the one I was given.
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Probably not as good! I had it for spares but run out of space, has a good top yolk that somebody wanted one of!!
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Repeat to myself no no no no I don't need another.
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Aw come on mick, this would be the biggest challenge ever
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Now gone to a new home and i believe already in majour lumps!
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This was Sunday.
I've got a lot more done since [attachimg=1]
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In the snow as well
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Poor bike, someone loved it once, it was their pride and joy.
Cheers
Dennis
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Wonder why it’s wearing a 500 chaincase cover?
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Ken, it was so much of a bitsa a couldnt be bothered to lay a spanner on it mate
750 caliper
Fiberglass rear mudguard
500 frame
550 engine
I could go on but to me its better where it is being used
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I managed to save the rear axle by cutting up the rotten swing arm.
I don't want to start counting chickens, but it's looking like the rear drum (now bare) might actually have a serviceable liner in it .
The swing arm bolt and shaft are good, pumped full of grease.
Strangely, the axle spacer between the brake plate and the swing arm had rotted right through to the axle.
But the two chain adjusters although rusty and scruffy, are actually still serviceable.
Corrosion is weird.
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Good luck with it Grewth. What's the plan? Spares or repair?
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Good luck with it Grewth. What's the plan? Spares or repair?
I've got a 550F2 frame here which is rot free but unfortunately got powder coated white for some perverse reason.
If I can resurrect that seized engine, I'll have the basis of a viable project, although to build it up into a standard bike might be prohibitively expensive, with a pattern seat from DSS priced at £300.
So CB550 Cafe Racer maybe ?
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sounds good.
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I still have a few bits left from my stash, odds and sods but a pair of yokes, actually two, might even have a swinging arm, not sure. All free if you ever get down Woking way.
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Thanks for the offer, but Woking is a long way from me.
Last time I was there, I bought a XS850, a bike that never lived up to expectations.
Hopefully, I'll find an abandoned project or pile of leftover bits much closer to home.
Buying stuff at breakers prices is obviously not viable, you'd soon end up spending more than a complete running bike would cost.
Now if only I could find someone with a big stash of 550F seats,exhausts, and mudguards in their loft !
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Thanks for the offer, but Woking is a long way from me.
Last time I was there, I bought a XS850, a bike that never lived up to expectations.
Hopefully, I'll find an abandoned project or pile of leftover bits much closer to home.
Buying stuff at breakers prices is obviously not viable, you'd soon end up spending more than a complete running bike would cost.
Now if only I could find someone with a big stash of 550F seats,exhausts, and mudguards in their loft !
No worries, good luck!
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Dont forget 500, 550 and 750 front guards are all the same
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In the snow as well
Looks like it's been worked on by Roger Etcell :-)
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I must have missed this thread, I look forwards to more before photos from Grewth.
I know there have been a few basket case projects here in the past.
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I'm sorry to say that I'm tied up with a whole truckload of CB750 stuff at the moment.
The 550 motor is sulking in a corner with a mixture of acetone and ATF in its bores.
I don't think that it's going to free up somehow, but no harm trying.
I'll probably pull it apart in the winter.
Meanwhile, the summer is slipping away from me and I've got two CB750's that both run, but I ain't got brakes or electrics sorted.